From b8072f099b7829a6ff3eba618e1d079a81f753f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hugh Dickins Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 18:16:41 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] mm: update comments to pte lock Updated several references to page_table_lock in common code comments. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/asm-generic/pgtable.h | 2 +- include/linux/mempolicy.h | 3 +-- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h index ff28c8b31f58..7dca30a26c53 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ * - update the page tables * - inform the TLB about the new one * - * We hold the mm semaphore for reading and vma->vm_mm->page_table_lock. + * We hold the mm semaphore for reading, and the pte lock. * * Note: the old pte is known to not be writable, so we don't need to * worry about dirty bits etc getting lost. diff --git a/include/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/linux/mempolicy.h index 38e60a099399..7af8cb836e78 100644 --- a/include/linux/mempolicy.h +++ b/include/linux/mempolicy.h @@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct; * Locking policy for interlave: * In process context there is no locking because only the process accesses * its own state. All vma manipulation is somewhat protected by a down_read on - * mmap_sem. For allocating in the interleave policy the page_table_lock - * must be also aquired to protect il_next. + * mmap_sem. * * Freeing policy: * When policy is MPOL_BIND v.zonelist is kmalloc'ed and must be kfree'd. -- cgit v1.2.3