The patch titled
Subject: mm: fix outdated incorrect code comments for handle_mm_fault()
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-fix-outdated-incorrect-code-comments-for-handle_mm_fault.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-fix-outdated-incorrect-code-comments-for-handle_mm_fault.patch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: Jinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: fix outdated incorrect code comments for handle_mm_fault()
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:18:20 +0800
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241213031820.778342-1-alexjlzheng@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memory.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/memory.c~mm-fix-outdated-incorrect-code-comments-for-handle_mm_fault
+++ a/mm/memory.c
@@ -6140,7 +6140,8 @@ static vm_fault_t sanitize_fault_flags(s
}
/*
- * By the time we get here, we already hold the mm semaphore
+ * By the time we get here, we already hold either the VMA lock or the
+ * mmap_Lock (FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK tells you which).
*
* The mmap_lock may have been released depending on flags and our
* return value. See filemap_fault() and __folio_lock_or_retry().
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from alexjlzheng@xxxxxxxxx are
mm-fix-outdated-incorrect-code-comments-for-handle_mm_fault.patch
