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The patch titled
     Subject: mm: vmscan: fix documentation for page_check_references()
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     mm-vmscan-fix-documentation-for-page_check_references.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-vmscan-fix-documentation-for-page_check_references.patch
and later at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-vmscan-fix-documentation-for-page_check_references.patch

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From: Charan Teja Kalla <quic_charante@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: vmscan: fix documentation for page_check_references()

commit b518154e59aa ("mm/vmscan: protect the workingset on anonymous LRU")
requires to look twice for both mapped anon/file pages are used more than
once to take the decission of reclaim or activation.  Correct the
documentation accordingly.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1646925640-21324-1-git-send-email-quic_charante@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Charan Teja Kalla <quic_charante@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/vmscan.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/mm/vmscan.c~mm-vmscan-fix-documentation-for-page_check_references
+++ a/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ static enum page_references page_check_r
 		/*
 		 * All mapped pages start out with page table
 		 * references from the instantiating fault, so we need
-		 * to look twice if a mapped file page is used more
+		 * to look twice if a mapped file/anon page is used more
 		 * than once.
 		 *
 		 * Mark it and spare it for another trip around the
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from quic_charante@xxxxxxxxxxx are

mm-vmscan-fix-documentation-for-page_check_references.patch




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