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Subject: mm/rmap: correct obsolete comment of page_get_anon_vma()
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mm-rmap-correct-obsolete-comment-of-page_get_anon_vma.patch
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From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/rmap: correct obsolete comment of page_get_anon_vma()
Since commit 746b18d421da ("mm: use refcounts for page_lock_anon_vma()"),
page_lock_anon_vma() is renamed to page_get_anon_vma() and converted to
return a refcount increased anon_vma. But it forgot to change the
relevant comment.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210203093215.31990-1-linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/rmap.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/rmap.c~mm-rmap-correct-obsolete-comment-of-page_get_anon_vma
+++ a/mm/rmap.c
@@ -462,8 +462,8 @@ void __init anon_vma_init(void)
* Getting a lock on a stable anon_vma from a page off the LRU is tricky!
*
* Since there is no serialization what so ever against page_remove_rmap()
- * the best this function can do is return a locked anon_vma that might
- * have been relevant to this page.
+ * the best this function can do is return a refcount increased anon_vma
+ * that might have been relevant to this page.
*
* The page might have been remapped to a different anon_vma or the anon_vma
* returned may already be freed (and even reused).
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-rmap-fix-potential-pte_unmap-on-an-not-mapped-pte.patch
mm-page_owner-use-helper-function-zone_end_pfn-to-get-end_pfn.patch
mm-fix-potential-pte_unmap_unlock-pte-error.patch
mm-simplify-the-vm_bug_on-condition-in-pmdp_huge_clear_flush.patch
mm-hugetlb-fix-potential-double-free-in-hugetlb_register_node-error-path.patch
mm-hugetlb-avoid-unnecessary-hugetlb_acct_memory-call.patch
mm-hugetlb-use-helper-huge_page_order-and-pages_per_huge_page.patch
mm-hugetlb-fix-use-after-free-when-subpool-max_hpages-accounting-is-not-enabled.patch
mm-hugetlb-fix-some-comment-typos.patch
mm-workingsetc-avoid-unnecessary-max_nodes-estimation-in-count_shadow_nodes.patch
z3fold-remove-unused-attribute-for-release_z3fold_page.patch
z3fold-simplify-the-zhdr-initialization-code-in-init_z3fold_page.patch
mm-compaction-remove-duplicated-vm_bug_on_page-pagelocked.patch
mm-mempolicy-use-helper-range_in_vma-in-queue_pages_test_walk.patch
hugetlbfs-remove-useless-bug_oninode-in-hugetlbfs_setattr.patch
hugetlbfs-use-helper-macro-default_hstate-in-init_hugetlbfs_fs.patch
hugetlbfs-correct-obsolete-function-name-in-hugetlbfs_read_iter.patch
hugetlbfs-remove-meaningless-variable-avoid_reserve.patch
hugetlbfs-make-hugepage-size-conversion-more-readable.patch
hugetlbfs-correct-some-obsolete-comments-about-inode-i_mutex.patch
hugetlbfs-fix-some-comment-typos.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-use-helper-function-zone_end_pfn-to-get-end_pfn.patch
mm-rmap-correct-some-obsolete-comments-of-anon_vma.patch
mm-rmap-remove-unneeded-semicolon-in-page_not_mapped.patch
mm-rmap-fix-obsolete-comment-in-__page_check_anon_rmap.patch
mm-rmap-use-page_not_mapped-in-try_to_unmap.patch
mm-rmap-correct-obsolete-comment-of-page_get_anon_vma.patch
mm-zsmallocc-convert-to-use-kmem_cache_zalloc-in-cache_alloc_zspage.patch
