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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-11-18 11:31:26 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-11-18 11:31:26 -0800 |
commit | c67a98c00ea3c1fad14833f440fcd770232d24e7 (patch) | |
tree | 8f8848b43285f36e3dada9b989d09b00127dab5e /mm/gup.c | |
parent | 03582f338e39ed8f8e8451ef1ef04f060d785a87 (diff) | |
parent | 45e79815b89149dc6698e71b587c86ffaf4062aa (diff) |
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge misc fixes from Andrew Morton:
"16 fixes"
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>:
mm/memblock.c: fix a typo in __next_mem_pfn_range() comments
mm, page_alloc: check for max order in hot path
scripts/spdxcheck.py: make python3 compliant
tmpfs: make lseek(SEEK_DATA/SEK_HOLE) return ENXIO with a negative offset
lib/ubsan.c: don't mark __ubsan_handle_builtin_unreachable as noreturn
mm/vmstat.c: fix NUMA statistics updates
mm/gup.c: fix follow_page_mask() kerneldoc comment
ocfs2: free up write context when direct IO failed
scripts/faddr2line: fix location of start_kernel in comment
mm: don't reclaim inodes with many attached pages
mm, memory_hotplug: check zone_movable in has_unmovable_pages
mm/swapfile.c: use kvzalloc for swap_info_struct allocation
MAINTAINERS: update OMAP MMC entry
hugetlbfs: fix kernel BUG at fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c:444!
kernel/sched/psi.c: simplify cgroup_move_task()
z3fold: fix possible reclaim races
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/gup.c')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/gup.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -385,11 +385,17 @@ static struct page *follow_p4d_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma, * @vma: vm_area_struct mapping @address * @address: virtual address to look up * @flags: flags modifying lookup behaviour - * @page_mask: on output, *page_mask is set according to the size of the page + * @ctx: contains dev_pagemap for %ZONE_DEVICE memory pinning and a + * pointer to output page_mask * * @flags can have FOLL_ flags set, defined in <linux/mm.h> * - * Returns the mapped (struct page *), %NULL if no mapping exists, or + * When getting pages from ZONE_DEVICE memory, the @ctx->pgmap caches + * the device's dev_pagemap metadata to avoid repeating expensive lookups. + * + * On output, the @ctx->page_mask is set according to the size of the page. + * + * Return: the mapped (struct page *), %NULL if no mapping exists, or * an error pointer if there is a mapping to something not represented * by a page descriptor (see also vm_normal_page()). */ |