summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorMike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2018-04-05 16:24:50 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-04-05 21:36:26 -0700
commite48e3c590aac5ba9a7b6106239543c251931ba2d (patch)
tree2d4db2ec3d28717f061d6c44bfd039e44d0913cc
parent60f5921a9a4f126e081318bd6bb2bc2798b7bba8 (diff)
downloadlwn-e48e3c590aac5ba9a7b6106239543c251931ba2d.tar.gz
lwn-e48e3c590aac5ba9a7b6106239543c251931ba2d.zip
mm/nommu: remove description of alloc_vm_area
The alloc_mm_area in nommu is a stub, but its description states it allocates kernel address space. Remove the description to make the code and the documentation agree. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519585191-10180-2-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
-rw-r--r--mm/nommu.c12
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 4f8720243ae7..13723736d38f 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -457,18 +457,6 @@ void __weak vmalloc_sync_all(void)
{
}
-/**
- * alloc_vm_area - allocate a range of kernel address space
- * @size: size of the area
- *
- * Returns: NULL on failure, vm_struct on success
- *
- * This function reserves a range of kernel address space, and
- * allocates pagetables to map that range. No actual mappings
- * are created. If the kernel address space is not shared
- * between processes, it syncs the pagetable across all
- * processes.
- */
struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(size_t size, pte_t **ptes)
{
BUG();