The patch titled
Subject: mm/vmalloc: fix comments about vmap_area struct
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-vmalloc-fix-comments-about-vmap_area-struct.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-vmalloc-fix-comments-about-vmap_area-struct.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-vmalloc-fix-comments-about-vmap_area-struct.patch
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From: Bang Li <libang.linuxer@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/vmalloc: fix comments about vmap_area struct
The vmap_area_root should be in the "busy" tree and the
free_vmap_area_root should be in the "free" tree.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220305011510.33596-1-libang.linuxer@xxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 688fcbfc06e4 ("mm/vmalloc: modify struct vmap_area to reduce its size")
Signed-off-by: Bang Li <libang.linuxer@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pengfei Li <lpf.vector@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/vmalloc.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h~mm-vmalloc-fix-comments-about-vmap_area-struct
+++ a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ struct vmap_area {
/*
* The following two variables can be packed, because
* a vmap_area object can be either:
- * 1) in "free" tree (root is vmap_area_root)
- * 2) or "busy" tree (root is free_vmap_area_root)
+ * 1) in "free" tree (root is free_vmap_area_root)
+ * 2) or "busy" tree (root is vmap_area_root)
*/
union {
unsigned long subtree_max_size; /* in "free" tree */
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from libang.linuxer@xxxxxxxxx are
mm-vmalloc-fix-comments-about-vmap_area-struct.patch
