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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-24 13:01:29 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-24 13:01:29 -0800
commit0b5e2588d8238b03df66c4e74769fd03ad84f694 (patch)
tree7a7baf0d8309a3473bf265d1354bb756d65a4a02 /mm
parent6067d7e4f05e5c08617cf95032867d892035e581 (diff)
parent443c6f145de813518c36ac6b6e4e08d9445337e7 (diff)
Merge branch 'sysctl' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-misc-2.6
* 'sysctl' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-misc-2.6: SYSCTL: Add a mutex to the page_alloc zone order sysctl SYSCTL: Print binary sysctl warnings (nearly) only once
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index d79b92580561..4e9f5cc5fb59 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2402,13 +2402,14 @@ int numa_zonelist_order_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
{
char saved_string[NUMA_ZONELIST_ORDER_LEN];
int ret;
+ static DEFINE_MUTEX(zl_order_mutex);
+ mutex_lock(&zl_order_mutex);
if (write)
- strncpy(saved_string, (char*)table->data,
- NUMA_ZONELIST_ORDER_LEN);
+ strcpy(saved_string, (char*)table->data);
ret = proc_dostring(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto out;
if (write) {
int oldval = user_zonelist_order;
if (__parse_numa_zonelist_order((char*)table->data)) {
@@ -2421,7 +2422,9 @@ int numa_zonelist_order_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
} else if (oldval != user_zonelist_order)
build_all_zonelists();
}
- return 0;
+out:
+ mutex_unlock(&zl_order_mutex);
+ return ret;
}