The patch titled
Subject: mm: shmem: remove 'fadvise()' comments
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-shmem-remove-fadvise-comments.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-shmem-remove-fadvise-comments.patch
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: shmem: remove 'fadvise()' comments
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 17:44:18 +0800
Similar to commit 255ff62d1586 ("docs: tmpfs: drop 'fadvise()' from the
documentation"), fadvise() has no HUGEPAGE advise currently. Remove the
confusing fadvise() comments.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/fae702b9775f58b55b45be5eaad22d8586d0290a.1738918357.git.baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickens <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/shmem.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/shmem.c~mm-shmem-remove-fadvise-comments
+++ a/mm/shmem.c
@@ -525,9 +525,9 @@ static bool shmem_confirm_swap(struct ad
* enables huge pages for the mount;
* SHMEM_HUGE_WITHIN_SIZE:
* only allocate huge pages if the page will be fully within i_size,
- * also respect fadvise()/madvise() hints;
+ * also respect madvise() hints;
* SHMEM_HUGE_ADVISE:
- * only allocate huge pages if requested with fadvise()/madvise();
+ * only allocate huge pages if requested with madvise();
*/
#define SHMEM_HUGE_NEVER 0
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-shmem-drop-the-unused-macro.patch
mm-shmem-remove-fadvise-comments.patch
mm-shmem-remove-duplicate-error-validation.patch
mm-shmem-change-the-return-value-of-shmem_find_swap_entries.patch
mm-shmem-factor-out-the-within_size-logic-into-a-new-helper.patch
maintainers-add-myself-as-shmem-reviewer.patch
