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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] mm: Remove an ambiguous sentence from kmap_local_folio() kdocs
On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 01:04:24PM +0100, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> In the kdocs of kmap_local_folio() there is a an ambiguous sentence
> which suggests to use this API "only when really necessary".
>
> On the contrary, since kmap() and kmap_atomic() are deprecated, both
> kmap_local_folio(), as well as kmap_local_page(), must be preferred
> to the previous ones.
>
> Therefore, remove the above-mentioned sentence exactly how it has
> previously been done for the kmap_local_page() kdocs in
> commit 72f1c55adf70 ("highmem: delete a sentence from kmap_local_page() kdocs").
>
> Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>

> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
> ---
> include/linux/highmem.h | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/highmem.h b/include/linux/highmem.h
> index 44242268f53b..7b0085a61e67 100644
> --- a/include/linux/highmem.h
> +++ b/include/linux/highmem.h
> @@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ static inline void *kmap_local_page(struct page *page);
> * temporarily mapped.
> *
> * While it is significantly faster than kmap() for the higmem case it
> - * comes with restrictions about the pointer validity. Only use when really
> - * necessary.
> + * comes with restrictions about the pointer validity.
> *
> * On HIGHMEM enabled systems mapping a highmem page has the side effect of
> * disabling migration in order to keep the virtual address stable across
> --
> 2.39.0
>

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