The patch titled
Subject: mm/gup.c: Fix the comment of return value for populate_vma_page_range()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-gupc-fix-the-comment-of-return-value-for-populate_vma_page_range.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-gupc-fix-the-comment-of-return-value-for-populate_vma_page_range.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-gupc-fix-the-comment-of-return-value-for-populate_vma_page_range.patch
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From: Tang Yizhou <tangyizhou@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/gup.c: Fix the comment of return value for populate_vma_page_range()
The return value of populate_vma_page_range() is consistent with
__get_user_pages(), and so is the function comment of return value.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200720034303.29920-1-tangyizhou@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tang Yizhou <tangyizhou@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/gup.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/gup.c~mm-gupc-fix-the-comment-of-return-value-for-populate_vma_page_range
+++ a/mm/gup.c
@@ -1404,7 +1404,8 @@ retry:
*
* This takes care of mlocking the pages too if VM_LOCKED is set.
*
- * return 0 on success, negative error code on error.
+ * Return either number of pages pinned in the vma, or a negative error
+ * code on error.
*
* vma->vm_mm->mmap_lock must be held.
*
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from tangyizhou@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-gupc-fix-the-comment-of-return-value-for-populate_vma_page_range.patch
