mmzone: note that node_size_lock should be manipulated via pgdat_resize_lock()

Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <[email protected]>
Cc: David Rientjes <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 9ec7cffcae21..e511f9429f1e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -733,6 +733,9 @@ typedef struct pglist_data {
 	 * or node_spanned_pages stay constant.  Holding this will also
 	 * guarantee that any pfn_valid() stays that way.
 	 *
+	 * pgdat_resize_lock() and pgdat_resize_unlock() are provided to
+	 * manipulate node_size_lock without checking for CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
+	 *
 	 * Nests above zone->lock and zone->span_seqlock
 	 */
 	spinlock_t node_size_lock;