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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2012-11-17 07:27:58 +0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2012-11-17 07:27:58 +0400
commitd05f06e60df4f56a70fb8a3e46335b40687169e9 (patch)
treec1eec6749fed86a21b08606e1e4acefe4b033253 /mm/mempolicy.c
parent0af1c5300db31f25a412e6e83d42b1747d56c9de (diff)
parent1d72d9f83df057e71c7951def41138a0230bf737 (diff)
downloadlinux-d05f06e60df4f56a70fb8a3e46335b40687169e9.tar.xz
Merge branch 'arch-frv' into no-rebases
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diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 0b78fb9ea65b..d04a8a54c294 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1536,9 +1536,8 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_mbind(compat_ulong_t start, compat_ulong_t len,
*
* Returns effective policy for a VMA at specified address.
* Falls back to @task or system default policy, as necessary.
- * Current or other task's task mempolicy and non-shared vma policies
- * are protected by the task's mmap_sem, which must be held for read by
- * the caller.
+ * Current or other task's task mempolicy and non-shared vma policies must be
+ * protected by task_lock(task) by the caller.
* Shared policies [those marked as MPOL_F_SHARED] require an extra reference
* count--added by the get_policy() vm_op, as appropriate--to protect against
* freeing by another task. It is the caller's responsibility to free the