The patch titled
Subject: mm-mmap-start-distinguishing-if-vma-can-be-removed-in-mergeability-test-fix.
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-mmap-start-distinguishing-if-vma-can-be-removed-in-mergeability-test-fix.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-mmap-start-distinguishing-if-vma-can-be-removed-in-mergeability-test-fix.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Subject: mm-mmap-start-distinguishing-if-vma-can-be-removed-in-mergeability-test-fix.
adjust comment as suggested by Lorenzo
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/74f2ea6c-f1a9-6dd7-260c-25e660f42379@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/mm/mmap.c~mm-mmap-start-distinguishing-if-vma-can-be-removed-in-mergeability-test-fix
+++ a/mm/mmap.c
@@ -755,8 +755,8 @@ int vma_shrink(struct vma_iterator *vmi,
/*
* If the vma has a ->close operation then the driver probably needs to release
- * per-vma resources, so we don't attempt to merge those in case the caller
- * indicates the current vma may be removed as part of the merge.
+ * per-vma resources, so we don't attempt to merge those if the caller indicates
+ * the current vma may be removed as part of the merge.
*/
static inline bool is_mergeable_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
struct file *file, unsigned long vm_flags,
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from vbabka@xxxxxxx are
mm-page_alloc-reduce-page-alloc-free-sanity-checks.patch
mm-mmap-vma_merge-use-only-primary-pointers-for-preparing-merge.patch
mm-mmap-vma_merge-use-the-proper-vma-pointer-in-case-3.patch
mm-mmap-vma_merge-use-the-proper-vma-pointers-in-cases-1-and-6.patch
mm-mmap-vma_merge-use-the-proper-vma-pointer-in-case-4.patch
mm-mmap-vma_merge-initialize-mid-and-next-in-natural-order.patch
mm-mmap-vma_merge-set-mid-to-null-if-not-applicable.patch
mm-mmap-vma_merge-rename-adj_next-to-adj_start.patch
mm-mmap-vma_merge-convert-mergeability-checks-to-return-bool.patch
mm-mmap-start-distinguishing-if-vma-can-be-removed-in-mergeability-test.patch
mm-mmap-start-distinguishing-if-vma-can-be-removed-in-mergeability-test-fix.patch
mm-mremap-simplify-vma-expansion-again.patch
