linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm: rename FOLL_MLOCK to FOLL

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1502111145200.9656@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:59:20 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm: rename FOLL_MLOCK to FOLL_POPULATE

On Wed, 11 Feb 2015, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:

> After commit a1fde08c74e9 FOLL_MLOCK has lost its original meaning: we
> don't necessary mlock the page if the flags is set -- we also take
> VM_LOCKED into consideration.
> 

s/necessary/necessarily/

> Since we use the same codepath for __mm_populate(), let's rename
> FOLL_MLOCK to FOLL_POPULATE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
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