linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/33] mm: remove old aio use

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Date:	Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:35:22 -0700
From:	Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-aio@...ck.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	Zach Brown <zab@...hat.com>,
	Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@...e.com>,
	Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@...ron.com>,
	Selvan Mani <smani@...ron.com>,
	Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@...ron.com>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
Subject: [PATCH 01/33] mm: remove old aio use_mm() comment

From: Zach Brown <zab@...hat.com>

use_mm() is used in more places than just aio.  There's no need to mention
callers when describing the function.

Signed-off-by: Zach Brown <zab@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com>
Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@...e.com>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@...ron.com>
Cc: Selvan Mani <smani@...ron.com>
Cc: Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@...ron.com>
Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---
 mm/mmu_context.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mmu_context.c b/mm/mmu_context.c
index 3dcfaf4..8a8cd02 100644
--- a/mm/mmu_context.c
+++ b/mm/mmu_context.c
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
  * use_mm
  *	Makes the calling kernel thread take on the specified
  *	mm context.
- *	Called by the retry thread execute retries within the
- *	iocb issuer's mm context, so that copy_from/to_user
- *	operations work seamlessly for aio.
  *	(Note: this routine is intended to be called only
  *	from a kernel thread context)
  */
-- 
1.8.1.3

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