The patch titled
vmalloc: remove confusing comment on vwrite()
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vmalloc-remove-confusing-comment-on-vwrite.patch
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Subject: vmalloc: remove confusing comment on vwrite()
From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
KM_USER1 is never used for vwrite() path so the caller doesn't need to
guarantee it is not used. Only the caller should guarantee is KM_USER0
and it is commented already.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/vmalloc.c~vmalloc-remove-confusing-comment-on-vwrite mm/vmalloc.c
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~vmalloc-remove-confusing-comment-on-vwrite
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1935,8 +1935,6 @@ finished:
* should know vmalloc() area is valid and can use memcpy().
* This is for routines which have to access vmalloc area without
* any informaion, as /dev/kmem.
- *
- * The caller should guarantee KM_USER1 is not used.
*/
long vwrite(char *buf, char *addr, unsigned long count)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from namhyung@xxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
mm-batch-free-pcp-list-if-possible.patch
mm-batch-free-pcp-list-if-possible-fix.patch
mempolicy-remove-redundant-check-in-__mpol_equal.patch
vmalloc-remove-confusing-comment-on-vwrite.patch
select-remove-unused-max_select_seconds.patch
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