The patch titled
Subject: mm/vmalloc.c: fix the comment of find_vm_area
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-vmallocc-fix-the-comment-of-find_vm_area.patch
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https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-vmallocc-fix-the-comment-of-find_vm_area.patch
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From: Hui Su <sh_def@xxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/vmalloc.c: fix the comment of find_vm_area
Fix the comment of find_vm_area() and get_vm_area()
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200927153034.GA199877@rlk
Signed-off-by: Hui Su <sh_def@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmallocc-fix-the-comment-of-find_vm_area
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ struct vm_struct *get_vm_area_caller(uns
* It is up to the caller to do all required locking to keep the returned
* pointer valid.
*
- * Return: pointer to the found area or %NULL on faulure
+ * Return: the area descriptor on success or %NULL on failure.
*/
struct vm_struct *find_vm_area(const void *addr)
{
@@ -2154,7 +2154,7 @@ struct vm_struct *find_vm_area(const voi
* This function returns the found VM area, but using it is NOT safe
* on SMP machines, except for its size or flags.
*
- * Return: pointer to the found area or %NULL on faulure
+ * Return: the area descriptor on success or %NULL on failure.
*/
struct vm_struct *remove_vm_area(const void *addr)
{
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from sh_def@xxxxxxx are
mmkmemleak-testc-move-kmemleak-testc-to-samples-dir.patch
mm-vmallocc-update-the-comment-in-__vmalloc_area_node.patch
mm-vmallocc-fix-the-comment-of-find_vm_area.patch
mm-vmscan-fix-comments-for-isolate_lru_page.patch
mm-fix-some-comments-in-page_allocc-and-mempolicyc.patch
