Re: [PATCH 4/4] Documentation/vm: Rework "Temporary Virtual Mappings"

From: Fabio M. De Francesco
Date: Sun Apr 24 2022 - 22:05:21 EST


On lunedì 25 aprile 2022 03:42:46 CEST Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> On lunedì 25 aprile 2022 02:59:48 CEST Ira Weiny wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Why do you say this?
>
> Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to say this. What I wrote is _not_ what I meant.
> My intention was to say the same that you may read below about
> k[un]map_atomic().
>
> This sentence should have been:
>
> + It always returns a valid virtual address. It is assumed that
> + k[un]map_local() won't ever fail.

These two sentences should be better rephrased as the following text...

+ kmap_local_page() always returns a valid virtual address. It is assumed
+ that kunmap_local() won't fail.

Thanks,

Fabio