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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-08-06 21:14:42 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-08-06 21:14:42 -0700
commit33caee39925b887a99a2400dc5c980097c3573f9 (patch)
tree8e68ad97e1fee88c4a3f31453041f8d139f2027e /mm/mlock.c
parent6456a0438b984186a0c9c8ecc9fe3d97b7ac3613 (diff)
parentf84223087402c45179be5e7060c5736c17a7b271 (diff)
Merge branch 'akpm' (patchbomb from Andrew Morton)
Merge incoming from Andrew Morton: - Various misc things. - arch/sh updates. - Part of ocfs2. Review is slow. - Slab updates. - Most of -mm. - printk updates. - lib/ updates. - checkpatch updates. * emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (226 commits) checkpatch: update $declaration_macros, add uninitialized_var checkpatch: warn on missing spaces in broken up quoted checkpatch: fix false positives for --strict "space after cast" test checkpatch: fix false positive MISSING_BREAK warnings with --file checkpatch: add test for native c90 types in unusual order checkpatch: add signed generic types checkpatch: add short int to c variable types checkpatch: add for_each tests to indentation and brace tests checkpatch: fix brace style misuses of else and while checkpatch: add --fix option for a couple OPEN_BRACE misuses checkpatch: use the correct indentation for which() checkpatch: add fix_insert_line and fix_delete_line helpers checkpatch: add ability to insert and delete lines to patch/file checkpatch: add an index variable for fixed lines checkpatch: warn on break after goto or return with same tab indentation checkpatch: emit a warning on file add/move/delete checkpatch: add test for commit id formatting style in commit log checkpatch: emit fewer kmalloc_array/kcalloc conversion warnings checkpatch: improve "no space after cast" test checkpatch: allow multiple const * types ...
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/mlock.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/mlock.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index b1eb53634005..ce84cb0b83ef 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -210,12 +210,19 @@ out:
* @vma: target vma
* @start: start address
* @end: end address
+ * @nonblocking:
*
* This takes care of making the pages present too.
*
* return 0 on success, negative error code on error.
*
- * vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem must be held for at least read.
+ * vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem must be held.
+ *
+ * If @nonblocking is NULL, it may be held for read or write and will
+ * be unperturbed.
+ *
+ * If @nonblocking is non-NULL, it must held for read only and may be
+ * released. If it's released, *@nonblocking will be set to 0.
*/
long __mlock_vma_pages_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int *nonblocking)