The patch titled
Subject: mm: remove an ambiguous sentence from kmap_local_folio() kdocs
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-remove-an-ambiguous-sentence-from-kmap_local_folio-kdocs.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-remove-an-ambiguous-sentence-from-kmap_local_folio-kdocs.patch
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: remove an ambiguous sentence from kmap_local_folio() kdocs
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 13:04:24 +0100
In the kdocs of kmap_local_folio() there is a an ambiguous sentence which
suggests to use this API "only when really necessary".
On the contrary, since kmap() and kmap_atomic() are deprecated, both
kmap_local_folio(), as well as kmap_local_page(), must be preferred to the
previous ones.
Therefore, remove the above-mentioned sentence exactly how it has
previously been done for the kmap_local_page() kdocs in commit
72f1c55adf70 ("highmem: delete a sentence from kmap_local_page() kdocs").
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230105120424.30055-1-fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/highmem.h | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/highmem.h~mm-remove-an-ambiguous-sentence-from-kmap_local_folio-kdocs
+++ a/include/linux/highmem.h
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ static inline void *kmap_local_page(stru
* temporarily mapped.
*
* While it is significantly faster than kmap() for the higmem case it
- * comes with restrictions about the pointer validity. Only use when really
- * necessary.
+ * comes with restrictions about the pointer validity.
*
* On HIGHMEM enabled systems mapping a highmem page has the side effect of
* disabling migration in order to keep the virtual address stable across
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx are
mm-highmem-add-notes-about-conversions-from-kmap_atomic.patch
mm-remove-an-ambiguous-sentence-from-kmap_local_folio-kdocs.patch
mm-fix-two-spelling-mistakes-in-highmemh.patch
