linux/mm
Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) fa307474c6 mm: update the documentation for vfree
Patch series "remove alloc_vm_area", v4.

This series removes alloc_vm_area, which was left over from the big
vmalloc interface rework.  It is a rather arkane interface, basicaly the
equivalent of get_vm_area + actually faulting in all PTEs in the allocated
area.  It was originally addeds for Xen (which isn't modular to start
with), and then grew users in zsmalloc and i915 which seems to mostly
qualify as abuses of the interface, especially for i915 as a random driver
should not set up PTE bits directly.

This patch (of 11):

 * Document that you can call vfree() on an address returned from vmap()
 * Remove the note about the minimum size -- the minimum size of a vmalloc
   allocation is one page
 * Add a Context: section
 * Fix capitalisation
 * Reword the prohibition on calling from NMI context to avoid a double
   negative

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: Matthew Auld <matthew.auld@intel.com>
Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201002122204.1534411-1-hch@lst.de
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201002122204.1534411-2-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2020-10-18 09:27:10 -07:00
..
kasan mm: kasan: do not panic if both panic_on_warn and kasan_multishot set 2020-10-13 18:38:32 -07:00
backing-dev.c bdi: replace BDI_CAP_NO_{WRITEBACK,ACCT_DIRTY} with a single flag 2020-09-24 13:43:39 -06:00
balloon_compaction.c
cleancache.c
cma_debug.c debugfs: make sure we can remove u32_array files cleanly 2020-07-10 13:54:00 -07:00
cma.c cma: don't quit at first error when activating reserved areas 2020-08-12 10:57:57 -07:00
cma.h mm: cma: use CMA_MAX_NAME to define the length of cma name array 2020-09-01 09:19:43 +02:00
compaction.c mm: rename page_order() to buddy_order() 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
debug_page_ref.c
debug_vm_pgtable.c mm/debug_vm_pgtable: avoid doing memory allocation with pgtable_t mapped. 2020-10-16 11:11:14 -07:00
debug.c mm, dump_page: rename head_mapcount() --> head_compound_mapcount() 2020-10-13 18:38:29 -07:00
dmapool.c mm/dmapool.c: replace hard coded function name with __func__ 2020-10-13 18:38:32 -07:00
early_ioremap.c
fadvise.c mm, fadvise: improve the expensive remote LRU cache draining after FADV_DONTNEED 2020-10-13 18:38:29 -07:00
failslab.c
filemap.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-10-16 11:31:55 -07:00
frame_vector.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
frontswap.c mm/frontswap: mark various intentional data races 2020-08-14 19:56:56 -07:00
gup_benchmark.c mm/gup_benchmark: take the mmap lock around GUP 2020-10-18 09:27:09 -07:00
gup.c mm/gup: take mmap_lock in get_dump_page() 2020-10-16 11:11:21 -07:00
highmem.c mm/highmem.c: clean up endif comments 2020-10-16 11:11:18 -07:00
hmm.c mm: do page fault accounting in handle_mm_fault 2020-08-12 10:58:02 -07:00
huge_memory.c mm: fix a race during THP splitting 2020-10-16 11:11:15 -07:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c hugetlb_cgroup: convert comma to semicolon 2020-08-21 09:52:52 -07:00
hugetlb.c dma-mapping updates for 5.10 2020-10-15 14:43:29 -07:00
hwpoison-inject.c mm,hwpoison-inject: don't pin for hwpoison_filter 2020-10-16 11:11:16 -07:00
init-mm.c mmap locking API: add MMAP_LOCK_INITIALIZER 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
internal.h mm: rename page_order() to buddy_order() 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
interval_tree.c
ioremap.c mm: move p?d_alloc_track to separate header file 2020-08-07 11:33:26 -07:00
Kconfig mm/memory_hotplug: mark pageblocks MIGRATE_ISOLATE while onlining memory 2020-10-16 11:11:17 -07:00
Kconfig.debug treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
khugepaged.c mm: remove the now-unnecessary mmget_still_valid() hack 2020-10-16 11:11:22 -07:00
kmemleak.c mm/kmemleak: rely on rcu for task stack scanning 2020-10-13 18:38:27 -07:00
ksm.c docs: get rid of :c:type explicit declarations for structs 2020-10-15 07:49:40 +02:00
list_lru.c mm/list_lru: fix a data race in list_lru_count_one 2020-08-14 19:56:57 -07:00
maccess.c uaccess: add force_uaccess_{begin,end} helpers 2020-08-12 10:57:59 -07:00
madvise.c mm/madvise: introduce process_madvise() syscall: an external memory hinting API 2020-10-18 09:27:10 -07:00
Makefile mm,kmemleak-test.c: move kmemleak-test.c to samples dir 2020-10-13 18:38:27 -07:00
mapping_dirty_helpers.c mm/mapping_dirty_helpers: update huge page-table entry callbacks 2020-04-02 09:35:29 -07:00
memblock.c memblock: get rid of a :c:type leftover 2020-10-15 07:49:46 +02:00
memcontrol.c mm: kmem: enable kernel memcg accounting from interrupt contexts 2020-10-18 09:27:09 -07:00
memfd.c
memory_hotplug.c mm/memory_hotplug: remove a wrapper for alloc_migration_target() 2020-10-18 09:27:09 -07:00
memory-failure.c mm/memory-failure: remove a wrapper for alloc_migration_target() 2020-10-18 09:27:09 -07:00
memory.c mm/memory: remove page fault assumption of compound page size 2020-10-16 11:11:15 -07:00
mempolicy.c mm: remove unused alloc_page_vma_node() 2020-10-13 18:38:34 -07:00
mempool.c mm/mempool: add 'else' to split mutually exclusive case 2020-10-13 18:38:34 -07:00
memremap.c mm: pass migratetype into memmap_init_zone() and move_pfn_range_to_zone() 2020-10-16 11:11:17 -07:00
memtest.c
migrate.c mm/migrate: avoid possible unnecessary process right check in kernel_move_pages() 2020-10-18 09:27:09 -07:00
mincore.c mm: factor find_get_incore_page out of mincore_page 2020-10-13 18:38:29 -07:00
mlock.c mlock: fix unevictable_pgs event counts on THP 2020-09-19 13:13:38 -07:00
mm_init.c mm: adjust vm_committed_as_batch according to vm overcommit policy 2020-08-07 11:33:26 -07:00
mmap.c mm/mmap: add inline munmap_vma_range() for code readability 2020-10-18 09:27:09 -07:00
mmu_gather.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
mmu_notifier.c mm/mmu_notifier: fix mmget() assert in __mmu_interval_notifier_insert 2020-10-16 11:11:17 -07:00
mmzone.c
mprotect.c mm: Introduce arch_validate_flags() 2020-09-04 12:46:07 +01:00
mremap.c mm/mremap: start addresses are properly aligned 2020-08-07 11:33:27 -07:00
msync.c mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
nommu.c Fix references to nommu-mmap.rst 2020-09-24 11:03:40 -06:00
oom_kill.c mm, oom_adj: don't loop through tasks in __set_oom_adj when not necessary 2020-10-13 18:38:35 -07:00
page_alloc.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-10-16 11:31:55 -07:00
page_counter.c mm/page_counter: correct the obsolete func name in the comment of page_counter_try_charge() 2020-10-13 18:38:30 -07:00
page_ext.c mm/page_ext.c: drop pfn_present() check when onlining 2020-04-07 10:43:40 -07:00
page_idle.c mm/page_idle.c: skip offline pages 2020-06-08 11:05:55 -07:00
page_io.c mm/page_io.c: remove useless out label in __swap_writepage() 2020-10-13 18:38:30 -07:00
page_isolation.c mm: rename page_order() to buddy_order() 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
page_owner.c mm: rename page_order() to buddy_order() 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
page_poison.c mm/page_poison.c: replace bool variable with static key 2020-10-16 11:11:17 -07:00
page_reporting.c mm: rename page_order() to buddy_order() 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
page_reporting.h mm: introduce include/linux/pgtable.h 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
page_vma_mapped.c mm: replace hpage_nr_pages with thp_nr_pages 2020-08-14 19:56:56 -07:00
page-writeback.c mm/page-writeback: support tail pages in wait_for_stable_page 2020-10-16 11:11:15 -07:00
pagewalk.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
percpu-internal.h mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu-km.c mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu-stats.c mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu-vm.c mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu.c mm: kmem: move memcg_kmem_bypass() calls to get_mem/obj_cgroup_from_current() 2020-10-18 09:27:09 -07:00
pgalloc-track.h mm: move p?d_alloc_track to separate header file 2020-08-07 11:33:26 -07:00
pgtable-generic.c mm: introduce include/linux/pgtable.h 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
process_vm_access.c mm: remove compat_process_vm_{readv,writev} 2020-10-03 00:02:15 -04:00
ptdump.c mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
readahead.c mm/readahead: pass a file_ra_state into force_page_cache_ra 2020-10-16 11:11:16 -07:00
rmap.c mm/rmap: fix assumptions of THP size 2020-10-16 11:11:15 -07:00
rodata_test.c mm/rodata_test.c: fix missing function declaration 2020-08-21 09:52:53 -07:00
shmem.c fs: add a filesystem flag for THPs 2020-10-16 11:11:15 -07:00
shuffle.c mm: rename page_order() to buddy_order() 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
shuffle.h mm/shuffle: remove dynamic reconfiguration 2020-08-07 11:33:29 -07:00
slab_common.c mm/slab_common.c: delete duplicated word 2020-08-12 10:57:58 -07:00
slab.c mm: fix some comments formatting 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
slab.h mm: kmem: move memcg_kmem_bypass() calls to get_mem/obj_cgroup_from_current() 2020-10-18 09:27:09 -07:00
slob.c mm: memcg: convert vmstat slab counters to bytes 2020-08-07 11:33:24 -07:00
slub.c mm: fix some comments formatting 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm/sparse: only sub-section aligned range would be populated 2020-08-07 11:33:27 -07:00
sparse.c mm/memory_hotplug: guard more declarations by CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG 2020-10-16 11:11:18 -07:00
swap_cgroup.c mm: memcontrol: make swap tracking an integral part of memory control 2020-06-03 20:09:48 -07:00
swap_slots.c mm/swap_slots.c: remove always zero and unused return value of enable_swap_slots_cache() 2020-10-13 18:38:30 -07:00
swap_state.c mm: fix some broken comments 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
swap.c mm: move call to compound_head() in release_pages() 2020-10-13 18:38:33 -07:00
swapfile.c mm/swapfile.c: fix potential memory leak in sys_swapon 2020-10-13 18:38:30 -07:00
truncate.c mm/truncate: fix truncation for pages of arbitrary size 2020-10-16 11:11:15 -07:00
usercopy.c mm/usercopy.c: delete duplicated word 2020-08-12 10:57:58 -07:00
userfaultfd.c mm/vmscan: protect the workingset on anonymous LRU 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
util.c mm/util.c: update the kerneldoc for kstrdup_const() 2020-10-16 11:11:17 -07:00
vmacache.c kernel: better document the use_mm/unuse_mm API contract 2020-06-10 19:14:18 -07:00
vmalloc.c mm: update the documentation for vfree 2020-10-18 09:27:10 -07:00
vmpressure.c mm: vmpressure: use mem_cgroup_is_root API 2020-04-02 09:35:31 -07:00
vmscan.c mm: use self-explanatory macros rather than "2" 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
vmstat.c mm/vmstat.c: use helper macro abs() 2020-10-16 11:11:17 -07:00
workingset.c mm/workingset.c: fix some doc warnings 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
z3fold.c mm/z3fold.c: use xx_zalloc instead xx_alloc and memset 2020-10-13 18:38:34 -07:00
zbud.c mm/zbud: remove redundant initialization 2020-10-13 18:38:34 -07:00
zpool.c mm/zpool.c: delete duplicated word and fix grammar 2020-08-12 10:57:58 -07:00
zsmalloc.c mm/zsmalloc.c: fix duplicated words 2020-08-12 10:57:58 -07:00
zswap.c mm/zswap: allow setting default status, compressor and allocator in Kconfig 2020-04-07 10:43:41 -07:00