linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 10/12] mmap locking API: rename mmap_sem to mmap

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Message-ID: <20200529204250.7uv4t5ijzllhcsim@ca-dmjordan1.us.oracle.com>
Date:   Fri, 29 May 2020 16:42:50 -0400
From:   Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com>
To:     Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Liam Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 10/12] mmap locking API: rename mmap_sem to mmap_lock

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 10:29:06PM -0700, Michel Lespinasse wrote:
> Rename the mmap_sem field to mmap_lock. Any new uses of this lock
> should now go through the new mmap locking api. The mmap_lock is
> still implemented as a rwsem, though this could change in the future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com>