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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2017-02-22 07:44:15 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2017-02-22 07:44:15 -0300
commite6b377dbbb944d5e3ceef4e5d429fc5c841e3692 (patch)
treec84b714acad1ad20a0f0ea223dc019dd1267f4b6 /include/linux/mmzone.h
parent9eeb0ed0f30938f31a3d9135a88b9502192c18dd (diff)
parentc470abd4fde40ea6a0846a2beab642a578c0b8cd (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.10' into patchwork
Linux 4.10 * tag 'v4.10': (1558 commits) Linux 4.10 Fix missing sanity check in /dev/sg scsi: don't BUG_ON() empty DMA transfers ipv6: release dst on error in ip6_dst_lookup_tail printk: use rcuidle console tracepoint ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: enable Qualcomm RPMCC irda: Fix lockdep annotations in hashbin_delete(). vxlan: fix oops in dev_fill_metadata_dst dccp: fix freeing skb too early for IPV6_RECVPKTINFO dpaa_eth: small leak on error packet: Do not call fanout_release from atomic contexts reset: fix shared reset triggered_count decrement on error ntb: ntb_hw_intel: link_poll isn't clearing the pending status properly ntb_transport: Pick an unused queue ntb: ntb_perf missing dmaengine_unmap_put NTB: ntb_transport: fix debugfs_remove_recursive Revert "nohz: Fix collision between tick and other hrtimers" vfs: fix uninitialized flags in splice_to_pipe() drm/radeon: Use mode h/vdisplay fields to hide out of bounds HW cursor ARM: 8658/1: uaccess: fix zeroing of 64-bit get_user() ...
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diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 36d9896fbc1e..f4aac87adcc3 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -972,12 +972,16 @@ static __always_inline struct zoneref *next_zones_zonelist(struct zoneref *z,
* @zonelist - The zonelist to search for a suitable zone
* @highest_zoneidx - The zone index of the highest zone to return
* @nodes - An optional nodemask to filter the zonelist with
- * @zone - The first suitable zone found is returned via this parameter
+ * @return - Zoneref pointer for the first suitable zone found (see below)
*
* This function returns the first zone at or below a given zone index that is
* within the allowed nodemask. The zoneref returned is a cursor that can be
* used to iterate the zonelist with next_zones_zonelist by advancing it by
* one before calling.
+ *
+ * When no eligible zone is found, zoneref->zone is NULL (zoneref itself is
+ * never NULL). This may happen either genuinely, or due to concurrent nodemask
+ * update due to cpuset modification.
*/
static inline struct zoneref *first_zones_zonelist(struct zonelist *zonelist,
enum zone_type highest_zoneidx,