+ mm-vmap-area-cache-fix.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     mm-vmap-area-cache-fix
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     mm-vmap-area-cache-fix.patch

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Subject: mm-vmap-area-cache-fix
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/vmalloc.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff -puN mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmap-area-cache-fix mm/vmalloc.c
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmap-area-cache-fix
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(vmap_area_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(vmap_area_list);
 static struct rb_root vmap_area_root = RB_ROOT;
 
+/* The vmap cache globals are protected by vmap_area_lock */
 static struct rb_node *free_vmap_cache;
 static unsigned long cached_hole_size;
 static unsigned long cached_start;
_

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