[patch 104/119] mm/nommu: remove description of alloc_vm_area

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From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/nommu: remove description of alloc_vm_area

The alloc_mm_area in nommu is a stub, but its description states it
allocates kernel address space.  Remove the description to make the code
and the documentation agree.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519585191-10180-2-git-send-email-rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/nommu.c |   12 ------------
 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff -puN mm/nommu.c~mm-nommu-remove-description-of-alloc_vm_area mm/nommu.c
--- a/mm/nommu.c~mm-nommu-remove-description-of-alloc_vm_area
+++ a/mm/nommu.c
@@ -457,18 +457,6 @@ void __weak vmalloc_sync_all(void)
 {
 }
 
-/**
- *	alloc_vm_area - allocate a range of kernel address space
- *	@size:		size of the area
- *
- *	Returns:	NULL on failure, vm_struct on success
- *
- *	This function reserves a range of kernel address space, and
- *	allocates pagetables to map that range.  No actual mappings
- *	are created.  If the kernel address space is not shared
- *	between processes, it syncs the pagetable across all
- *	processes.
- */
 struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(size_t size, pte_t **ptes)
 {
 	BUG();
_
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