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Subject: lock_page/LockPage/UnlockPage
From: Jim Mostek <mostek@sgi.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 18:41:47 -0500 (CDT)
Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org

Just a minor nit, but it seems to me that if UnlockPage wakes up
sleepers, LockPage should go to sleep.

The interface:

	LockPage
	UnlockPage
	TryLockPage(page)

should all be bit operators and then:

	lock_page
	unlock_page
	trylock_page

should be the ones that actually sleep/wakeup.


Not a big deal, but ....

Jim
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