The patch titled
Subject: docs: mm/gup: minor documentation update
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
docs-mm-gup-minor-documentation-update.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/docs-mm-gup-minor-documentation-update.patch
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From: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: docs: mm/gup: minor documentation update
Now there are 5 cases. Updated the same.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1592422023-7401-1-git-send-email-jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst~docs-mm-gup-minor-documentation-update
+++ a/Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ all combinations of get*(), pin*(), FOLL
pin_user_pages*() APIs are clearly distinct from the get_user_pages*() APIs, so
that's a natural dividing line, and a good point to make separate wrapper calls.
In other words, use pin_user_pages*() for DMA-pinned pages, and
-get_user_pages*() for other cases. There are four cases described later on in
+get_user_pages*() for other cases. There are five cases described later on in
this document, to further clarify that concept.
FOLL_PIN and FOLL_GET are mutually exclusive for a given gup call. However,
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