The patch titled
Subject: mm-madvise-remove-redundant-mmap_lock-operations-from-process_madvise-fix
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-madvise-remove-redundant-mmap_lock-operations-from-process_madvise-fix.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-madvise-remove-redundant-mmap_lock-operations-from-process_madvise-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: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm-madvise-remove-redundant-mmap_lock-operations-from-process_madvise-fix
Date: Thu Feb 6 04:34:29 PM PST 2025
update comment, per Lorenzo
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <howlett@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/madvise.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/madvise.c~mm-madvise-remove-redundant-mmap_lock-operations-from-process_madvise-fix
+++ a/mm/madvise.c
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ static ssize_t vector_madvise(struct mm_
* the operation in aggregate, and would be surprising to the
* user.
*
- * As we have already dropped locks, it is safe to just loop and
+ * We drop and reacquire locks so it is safe to just loop and
* try again. We check for fatal signals in case we need exit
* early anyway.
*/
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-vmscan-extract-calculated-pressure-balance-as-a-function-fix.patch
mm-madvise-remove-redundant-mmap_lock-operations-from-process_madvise-fix.patch
lib-plistc-add-shortcut-for-plist_requeue-fix.patch
