On Wed, 11 Feb 2015, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > __mlock_vma_pages_range() doesn't necessary mlock pages. It depends on > vma flags. The same codepath is used for MAP_POPULATE. > s/necessary/necessarily/ > Let's rename __mlock_vma_pages_range() to populate_vma_page_range(). > > This patch also drops mlock_vma_pages_range() references from > documentation. It has gone in commit cea10a19b797. > > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> I think it makes sense to drop the references about "downgrading" mm->mmap_sem in the documentation since populate_vma_page_range() can be called with it held either for read or write depending on the context. Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>