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[patch -mm 1/2] mm, oom: add description of struct oom_control

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Describe the purpose of struct oom_control and what each member does.

Also make gfp_mask and order const since they are never manipulated or
passed to functions that discard the qualifier.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
---
 include/linux/oom.h | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/oom.h b/include/linux/oom.h
--- a/include/linux/oom.h
+++ b/include/linux/oom.h
@@ -12,11 +12,25 @@ struct notifier_block;
 struct mem_cgroup;
 struct task_struct;
 
+/*
+ * Details of the page allocation that triggered the oom killer that are used to
+ * determine what should be killed.
+ */
 struct oom_control {
+	/* Used to determine cpuset */
 	struct zonelist *zonelist;
-	nodemask_t	*nodemask;
-	gfp_t		gfp_mask;
-	int		order;
+
+	/* Used to determine mempolicy */
+	nodemask_t *nodemask;
+
+	/* Used to determine cpuset and node locality requirement */
+	const gfp_t gfp_mask;
+
+	/*
+	 * order == -1 means the oom kill is required by sysrq, otherwise only
+	 * for display purposes.
+	 */
+	const int order;
 };
 
 /*
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[patch -mm 1/2] mm, oom: add description of struct oom_control David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> - 2015-07-15 01:50 +0200

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