Re: [PATCH] mm/gup.c: fix the wrong comments

From: William Kucharski
Date: Thu Apr 04 2019 - 08:32:46 EST




> On Apr 4, 2019, at 1:23 AM, Huang Shijie <sjhuang@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> + * This function is different from the get_user_pages_unlocked():
> + * The @pages may has different page order with the result
> + * got by get_user_pages_unlocked().
> + *

I suggest a slight rewrite of the comment, something like:

* Note this routine may fill the pages array with entries in a
* different order than get_user_pages_unlocked(), which may cause
* issues for callers expecting the routines to be equivalent.