linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/doc: add usage description for migrate_vma

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Message-ID: <20200910105657.6007c5ca@lwn.net>
Date:   Thu, 10 Sep 2020 10:56:57 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>
Cc:     <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/doc: add usage description for migrate_vma_*()

On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 14:29:56 -0700
Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com> wrote:

> The migrate_vma_setup(), migrate_vma_pages(), and migrate_vma_finalize()
> API usage by device drivers is not well documented.
> Add a description for how device drivers are expected to use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>
> ---
> 
> There shouldn't be any merge conflict with my previous patch which
> touched hmm.rst but since Jonathan Corbet took my last patch, perhaps he
> would like to take this one through his tree too.

I'm happy to take it, but it certainly needs an ack from somebody who
understands HMM better than I do.

Thanks,

jon