linux-kernel - [PATCH] docs/vm: fix 'mm_count' vs 'mm

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Date:   Mon, 10 Aug 2020 08:24:55 +0200
From:   Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] docs/vm: fix 'mm_count' vs 'mm_users' counter confusion

In the context of the anonymous address space lifespan
description the 'mm_users' reference counter is confused
with 'mm_count'. I.e a "zombie" mm gets released when
"mm_count" becomes zero, not "mm_users".

Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 Documentation/vm/active_mm.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/vm/active_mm.rst b/Documentation/vm/active_mm.rst
index c84471b..6f8269c 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/active_mm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/vm/active_mm.rst
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Active MM
  actually get cases where you have a address space that is _only_ used by
  lazy users. That is often a short-lived state, because once that thread
  gets scheduled away in favour of a real thread, the "zombie" mm gets
- released because "mm_users" becomes zero.
+ released because "mm_count" becomes zero.
 
  Also, a new rule is that _nobody_ ever has "init_mm" as a real MM any
  more. "init_mm" should be considered just a "lazy context when no other
-- 
1.8.3.1