On Wed, 11 Feb 2015, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > __mlock_vma_pages_range() doesn't necessary mlock pages. It depends on > vma flags. The same codepath is used for MAP_POPULATE. >
s/necessary/necessarily/ > Let's rename __mlock_vma_pages_range() to populate_vma_page_range(). > > This patch also drops mlock_vma_pages_range() references from > documentation. It has gone in commit cea10a19b797. > > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <[email protected]> I think it makes sense to drop the references about "downgrading" mm->mmap_sem in the documentation since populate_vma_page_range() can be called with it held either for read or write depending on the context. Acked-by: David Rientjes <[email protected]> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
