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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-03-13 16:20:46 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-03-13 16:21:04 +0300
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Merge tag 'v4.0-rc3' into x86/build, to refresh an older tree before applying new changes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ and it's also much more restricted in the latter case:
even if this was created by another process.
- If possible, the file mapping will be directly on the backing device
- if the backing device has the BDI_CAP_MAP_DIRECT capability and
+ if the backing device has the NOMMU_MAP_DIRECT capability and
appropriate mapping protection capabilities. Ramfs, romfs, cramfs
and mtd might all permit this.
- If the backing device device can't or won't permit direct sharing,
- but does have the BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY capability, then a copy of the
+ but does have the NOMMU_MAP_COPY capability, then a copy of the
appropriate bit of the file will be read into a contiguous bit of
memory and any extraneous space beyond the EOF will be cleared
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ directly (can't be copied).
The file->f_op->mmap() operation will be called to actually inaugurate the
mapping. It can be rejected at that point. Returning the ENOSYS error will
-cause the mapping to be copied instead if BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY is specified.
+cause the mapping to be copied instead if NOMMU_MAP_COPY is specified.
The vm_ops->close() routine will be invoked when the last mapping on a chardev
is removed. An existing mapping will be shared, partially or not, if possible
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ want to handle it, despite the fact it's got an operation. For instance, it
might try directing the call to a secondary driver which turns out not to
implement it. Such is the case for the framebuffer driver which attempts to
direct the call to the device-specific driver. Under such circumstances, the
-mapping request will be rejected if BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY is not specified, and a
+mapping request will be rejected if NOMMU_MAP_COPY is not specified, and a
copy mapped otherwise.
IMPORTANT NOTE: