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Subject[PATCH] documentation/mm: Update pmd_present() in arch_pgtable_helpers.rst
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Although pmd_present() might seem to indicate a valid and mapped pmd entry,
in reality it returns true when pmd_page() points to a valid page in memory
, regardless whether the pmd entry is mapped or not. Andrea Arcangeli had
earlier explained [1] the required semantics for pmd_present(). This just
updates the documentation for pmd_present() as required.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181017020930.GN30832@redhat.com/

Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
---
This applies on v6.1-rc6

The latest trigger was from an earlier discussion here.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/53c0c955-7afe-905b-468a-cd7ac81238c5@arm.com/

Documentation/mm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/mm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst b/Documentation/mm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst
index cbaee9e59241..fd2a19df884e 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ PMD Page Table Helpers
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| pmd_trans_huge | Tests a Transparent Huge Page (THP) at PMD |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
-| pmd_present | Tests a valid mapped PMD |
+| pmd_present | Tests whether pmd_page() points to valid memory |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| pmd_young | Tests a young PMD |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
--
2.25.1
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