Dave Hansen 57ea8171d2 mm: documentation: remove hopelessly out-of-date locking doc ... Documentation/vm/locking is a blast from the past. In the entire git history, it has had precisely Three modifications. Two of those look to be pure renames, and the third was from 2005. The doc contains such gems as: > The page_table_lock is grabbed while holding the > kernel_lock spinning monitor. > Page stealers hold kernel_lock to protect against a bunch of > races. Or this which talks about mmap_sem: > 4. The exception to this rule is expand_stack, which just > takes the read lock and the page_table_lock, this is ok > because it doesn't really modify fields anybody relies on. expand_stack() doesn't take any locks any more directly, and the mmap_sem acquisition was long ago moved up in to the page fault code itself. It could be argued that we need to rewrite this, but it is dangerous to leave it as-is. It will confuse more people than it helps. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Wanpeng Li <liwanp@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>		2014-01-23 16:36:50 -08:00
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ABI	f2fs updates for v3.14	2014-01-23 09:21:09 -08:00
DocBook	Merge branch 'master' into for-next	2013-12-19 15:08:32 +01:00
EDID	drm: Add 1600x1200 (UXGA) screen resolution to the built-in EDIDs	2013-04-12 14:06:16 +10:00
PCI	Merge branch 'pci/msi' into next	2014-01-07 17:34:39 -07:00
RCU	Merge branches 'doc.2013.12.03a', 'fixes.2013.12.12a', 'rcutorture.2013.12.03a' and 'sparse.2013.12.12a' into HEAD	2013-12-12 12:35:38 -08:00
accounting	Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c: avoid strncpy in accounting tool	2013-07-03 16:08:06 -07:00
acpi	GPIO tree bulk changes for v3.14	2014-01-21 10:09:12 -08:00
aoe	aoe: remove do-nothing NAME="%k" term from example udev rules	2013-09-11 15:59:28 -07:00
arm	gpio: samsung: Update documentation	2014-01-07 19:00:59 +01:00
arm64	arm64: Use 42-bit address space with 64K pages	2013-11-05 17:23:52 +00:00
auxdisplay	…
backlight	backlight: lp855x_bl: support new LP8555 device	2013-11-13 12:09:14 +09:00
blackfin	…
block	null_blk: set use_per_node_hctx param to false	2013-12-21 09:30:33 -07:00
blockdev	floppy: Correct documentation of driver options when used as a module.	2013-11-08 09:10:31 -07:00
bus-devices	…
cdrom	…
cgroups	doc: cgroups: Fix typo in doc/cgroups	2013-12-31 07:33:38 -05:00
connector	connector - documentation: simplify netlink message length assignment	2013-10-02 16:03:51 -04:00
console	TTY:console: update document console.txt	2013-05-21 10:21:57 -07:00
cpu-freq	cpufreq: Implement light weight ->target_index() routine	2013-10-25 22:42:24 +02:00
cpuidle	cpuidle: remove cpuidle_unregister_governor()	2013-10-30 01:21:24 +01:00
cris	…
crypto	drivers/dma: remove unused support for MEMSET operations	2013-07-03 16:07:42 -07:00
development-process	Documentation: development-process: Update -mm and -next URLs	2013-07-25 12:37:24 +02:00
device-mapper	dm cache: add policy name to status output	2014-01-16 13:44:11 -05:00
devicetree	PCI changes for the v3.14 merge window:	2014-01-22 16:39:28 -08:00
driver-model	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2014-01-22 21:21:55 -08:00
dvb	…
early-userspace	Documentation: remove reference to 2.7 kernel in early-userspace	2013-08-20 12:47:28 +02:00
extcon	extcon: fix switch class porting guide (Documentation)	2014-01-07 11:54:28 +09:00
fault-injection	…
fb	Documentation/fb/viafb.modes fix a typo	2013-08-20 12:41:11 +02:00
filesystems	f2fs updates for v3.14	2014-01-23 09:21:09 -08:00
firmware_class	…
fmc	doc: Fix typo "is is" in Documentations	2013-08-27 10:50:52 +02:00
frv	…
gpio	gpiolib: return -ENOENT if no GPIO mapping exists	2013-12-12 19:33:59 +01:00
hid	HID: uhid: use generic hidinput_input_event()	2013-07-31 10:33:05 +02:00
hwmon	Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging	2013-11-15 16:35:10 -08:00
i2c	Documentation: i2c: Remove obsolete example	2014-01-09 23:02:46 +01:00
i2o	…
ia64	Fix example error_injection_tool	2013-04-02 09:39:55 -07:00
ide	…
infiniband	…
input	Input: clarify gamepad API ABS values	2013-10-15 23:42:07 -07:00
ioctl	ALSA: add DICE driver	2013-10-17 21:18:32 +02:00
isdn	…
ja_JP	Documentation: ja_JP: Update broken link to tpp	2013-12-10 23:09:08 -08:00
kbuild	Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt: 'make listnewconfig' replaces: yes "" | make oldconfig	2013-10-08 23:51:50 +02:00
kdump	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2013-07-04 11:40:58 -07:00
kmsg/s390	s390/zcrypt: add support for EP11 coprocessor cards	2013-12-18 17:37:15 +01:00
ko_KR	Documentation: HOWTO: Updates on subsystem trees, patchwork, -next (vs. -mm) in ko_KR	2014-01-08 15:32:51 -08:00
laptops	Documentation: Fix size parameter for snprintf	2014-01-02 10:47:33 +01:00
leds	Documentation: leds-lp5521,lp5523: update device attribute information	2013-08-26 17:22:13 -07:00
m68k	block: remove refs to XD disks from documentation	2013-05-17 15:17:12 +02:00
make	…
memory-devices	…
metag	doc: fix misspellings with 'codespell' tool	2013-05-28 12:02:12 +02:00
mic	misc: mic: Fix endianness issues.	2013-11-27 11:03:38 -08:00
mips	…
misc-devices	Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c: remove unneeded call of mei_deinit()	2014-01-08 15:20:20 -08:00
mmc	mmc: core: Add in support to expose PRV for v4 MMCs	2013-03-22 12:10:42 -04:00
mn10300	…
mtd	doc: Fix typo "is is" in Documentations	2013-08-27 10:50:52 +02:00
namespaces	…
netlabel	…
networking	ipv4: improve documentation of ip_no_pmtu_disc	2013-12-17 15:20:15 -05:00
nfc	…
parisc	parisc: document the shadow registers	2013-07-09 22:09:19 +02:00
pcmcia	…
power	More ACPI and power management updates for 3.13-rc1	2013-11-20 13:25:04 -08:00
powerpc	powerpc: Update the 00-Index in Documentation/powerpc	2013-08-27 14:44:27 +10:00
pps	USB: serial: invoke dcd_change ldisc's handler.	2013-09-26 09:45:40 -07:00
prctl	…
pti	…
ptp	ptp: add the PTP_SYS_OFFSET ioctl to the testptp program	2013-09-23 16:46:17 -04:00
rapidio	doc: Fix typo in doucmentations	2013-07-25 12:34:15 +02:00
s390	s390/s390dbf: add debug_level_enabled() function	2013-10-24 17:16:53 +02:00
scheduler	H8/300 has been dead for several years, the kernel for it has	2013-11-12 14:13:14 +09:00
scsi	[SCSI] Update documentation	2013-12-19 07:39:03 -08:00
security	ima: update IMA-templates.txt documentation	2014-01-03 07:42:59 -05:00
serial	serial: core: delete .set_wake() callback	2013-10-16 13:16:19 -07:00
sh	…
sound	ASoC: docs: Update the Overview document	2014-01-07 17:56:32 +00:00
spi	spi/documentation: Fix usage of __initdata	2013-08-20 12:52:28 +02:00
sysctl	mm: add overcommit_kbytes sysctl variable	2014-01-21 16:19:44 -08:00
target	target: Remove TF_CIT_TMPL macro	2013-10-16 13:35:02 -07:00
thermal	thermal: thermal_core: allow binding with limits on bind_params	2013-09-03 09:10:24 -04:00
timers	doc: add missing files to timers/00-INDEX	2013-10-27 21:55:50 +00:00
tpm	drivers/tpm: add xen tpmfront interface	2013-08-09 10:57:06 -04:00
trace	tracing/uprobes: Add @+file_offset fetch method	2014-01-02 20:57:05 -05:00
usb	doc: Fix typo in USB Gadget Documentation	2014-01-10 15:33:54 +01:00
vDSO	…
video4linux	[media] V4L: Add support for integer menu controls with standard menu items	2013-08-18 07:12:59 -03:00
virtual	Merge tag 'kvm-arm-for-3.14' of git://git.linaro.org/people/christoffer.dall/linux-kvm-arm into kvm-queue	2014-01-15 12:14:29 +01:00
vm	mm: documentation: remove hopelessly out-of-date locking doc	2014-01-23 16:36:50 -08:00
w1	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2013-07-04 11:40:58 -07:00
watchdog	watchdog: delete mpcore_wdt driver	2013-07-11 21:47:58 +02:00
wimax	…
x86	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2014-01-22 21:21:55 -08:00
xtensa	xtensa: document MMUv3 setup sequence	2013-05-09 01:07:09 -07:00
zh_CN	Documentation: zh_CN: Update broken link to tpp	2013-12-10 23:09:08 -08:00
.gitignore	…
00-INDEX	doc: fix a typo in Documentation/00-INDEX	2013-08-27 10:53:07 +02:00
BUG-HUNTING	…
Changes	remove obsolete references to powertweak	2013-11-27 20:34:32 -08:00
CodingStyle	Documentation/CodingStyle: allow multiple return statements per function	2013-07-03 16:08:01 -07:00
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt	DMA-API: provide a helper to set both DMA and coherent DMA masks	2013-09-17 15:32:37 +01:00
DMA-API.txt	DMA-API: provide a helper to set both DMA and coherent DMA masks	2013-09-17 15:32:37 +01:00
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt	…
DMA-attributes.txt	doc: Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt fix typo	2013-10-14 15:50:53 +02:00
HOWTO	Documentation: HOWTO: Update broken links to tpp	2013-12-10 23:09:08 -08:00
IPMI.txt	ipmi: add options to disable openfirmware and PCI scanning	2013-02-27 19:10:21 -08:00
IRQ-affinity.txt	doc: fix a typo about irq affinity	2013-08-20 12:59:18 +02:00
IRQ-domain.txt	doc: fix some typos	2013-12-02 14:48:28 +01:00
IRQ.txt	…
Intel-IOMMU.txt	…
Makefile	…
ManagementStyle	…
SAK.txt	…
SM501.txt	…
SecurityBugs	…
SubmitChecklist	Finally eradicate CONFIG_HOTPLUG	2013-06-03 14:20:18 -07:00
SubmittingDrivers	…
SubmittingPatches	Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Request summaries for commit references	2013-08-20 12:58:15 +02:00
VGA-softcursor.txt	…
applying-patches.txt	…
assoc_array.txt	KEYS: Fix multiple key add into associative array	2013-12-02 11:24:18 +00:00
atomic_ops.txt	…
bad_memory.txt	…
basic_profiling.txt	…
bcache.txt	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2013-07-04 11:40:58 -07:00
binfmt_misc.txt	…
braille-console.txt	…
bt8xxgpio.txt	…
btmrvl.txt	…
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt	…
cachetlb.txt	Documentation: fix typo and update version in cachetlb.txt	2013-08-20 12:46:52 +02:00
circular-buffers.txt	documentation: Update circular buffer for load-acquire/store-release	2013-12-03 10:08:57 -08:00
clk.txt	clk: add support for clock reparent on set_rate	2013-08-19 12:27:17 -07:00
coccinelle.txt	Coccinelle: Update information about the minimal version required	2013-07-03 22:58:20 +02:00
cpu-hotplug.txt	MAINTAINERS: update Zwane Mwaikambo's e-mail address	2013-11-13 12:09:14 +09:00
cpu-load.txt	…
cputopology.txt	doc: Documentation/cputopology.txt fix typo	2013-09-04 12:59:47 +02:00
crc32.txt	…
dcdbas.txt	…
debugging-modules.txt	…
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt	…
dell_rbu.txt	…
devices.txt	cuse: add fix minor number to /dev/cuse	2013-10-01 16:44:54 +02:00
digsig.txt	…
dma-buf-sharing.txt	dma-buf: Expose buffer size to userspace (v2)	2013-09-10 11:36:45 +05:30
dmaengine.txt	…
dmatest.txt	dmatest: add a 'wait' parameter	2013-11-14 11:04:40 -08:00
dontdiff	…
dynamic-debug-howto.txt	doc: fix misspellings with 'codespell' tool	2013-05-28 12:02:12 +02:00
edac.txt	…
efi-stub.txt	doc: Fix trivial spelling mistake in efi-stub.txt	2013-12-19 15:09:14 +01:00
eisa.txt	…
email-clients.txt	doc: fix some typos	2013-12-02 14:48:28 +01:00
flexible-arrays.txt	…
futex-requeue-pi.txt	…
gcov.txt	gcov: compile specific gcov implementation based on gcc version	2013-11-13 12:09:34 +09:00
highuid.txt	…
hw_random.txt	hwrng: Fix a wrong comment in Documentation/hw_random.txt	2013-03-10 18:16:36 +08:00
hwspinlock.txt	doc: documentation/hwspinlock.txt fix typo	2013-08-27 10:46:02 +02:00
init.txt	…
initrd.txt	…
intel_txt.txt	…
io-mapping.txt	doc: fix some typos	2013-12-02 14:48:28 +01:00
io_ordering.txt	…
iostats.txt	iostats.txt: add easy-to-find description for field 6	2013-04-29 15:18:50 +02:00
irqflags-tracing.txt	…
isapnp.txt	…
java.txt	…
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt	kernel-doc: Update references to SGML to refs to XML instead.	2013-05-28 12:02:11 +02:00
kernel-docs.txt	…
kernel-parameters.txt	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2014-01-22 21:21:55 -08:00
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt	kthread: Add pointer to vmstat-avoidance patch	2013-09-25 06:49:46 -07:00
kmemcheck.txt	Documentation/kmemcheck: update kmemcheck documentation	2013-08-27 10:47:05 +02:00
kmemleak.txt	…
kobject.txt	kobject: remove kset from sysfs immediately in kset_unregister()	2013-12-07 21:20:11 -08:00
kprobes.txt	…
kref.txt	…
ldm.txt	…
local_ops.txt	…
lockdep-design.txt	…
lockstat.txt	lockstat: Report avg wait and hold times	2013-10-09 08:19:08 +02:00
lockup-watchdogs.txt	…
logo.gif	…
logo.txt	…
magic-number.txt	…
md.txt	doc: fix some typos in documentations	2013-12-02 14:45:19 +01:00
media-framework.txt	Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media	2013-07-13 12:09:57 -07:00
memory-barriers.txt	locking/doc: Rename LOCK/UNLOCK to ACQUIRE/RELEASE	2014-01-12 10:37:13 +01:00
memory-hotplug.txt	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2013-09-06 09:36:28 -07:00
module-signing.txt	Add Documentation/module-signing.txt file	2013-12-13 15:59:11 +00:00
mono.txt	…
mutex-design.txt	locking/doc: Update references to kernel/mutex.c	2013-11-11 12:41:33 +01:00
nommu-mmap.txt	…
numastat.txt	…
oops-tracing.txt	…
padata.txt	…
parport-lowlevel.txt	…
parport.txt	…
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt	…
phy.txt	drivers: phy: add generic PHY framework	2013-09-27 17:35:41 -07:00
pi-futex.txt	…
pinctrl.txt	pinctrl: Fix some typos and grammar issues in the documentation	2014-01-15 13:59:50 +01:00
pnp.txt	…
preempt-locking.txt	…
printk-formats.txt	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2013-09-06 09:36:28 -07:00
pwm.txt	Documentation/pwm: Fix trivial typos	2013-10-24 10:51:33 +02:00
ramoops.txt	…
rbtree.txt	…
remoteproc.txt	…
rfkill.txt	doc: fix some typos in documentations	2013-12-02 14:45:19 +01:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt	Documentation/robust-futex-API: Count properly to 4	2013-11-30 14:08:28 +01:00
robust-futexes.txt	…
rpmsg.txt	…
rt-mutex-design.txt	doc: fix some typos in documentations	2013-12-02 14:45:19 +01:00
rt-mutex.txt	…
rtc.txt	rtc: add ability to push out an existing wakealarm using sysfs	2013-07-03 16:07:54 -07:00
serial-console.txt	…
sgi-ioc4.txt	…
sgi-visws.txt	…
smsc_ece1099.txt	…
sparse.txt	…
spinlocks.txt	sched: Rename sched.c as sched/core.c in comments and Documentation	2013-06-19 12:58:42 +02:00
stable_api_nonsense.txt	…
stable_kernel_rules.txt	…
static-keys.txt	doc: fix some typos in documentations	2013-12-02 14:45:19 +01:00
svga.txt	…
sysfs-rules.txt	doc: Fix typo in doucmentations	2013-07-25 12:34:15 +02:00
sysrq.txt	sysrq: Allow magic SysRq key functions to be disabled through Kconfig	2013-10-16 13:01:44 -07:00
this_cpu_ops.txt	percpu: add documentation on this_cpu operations	2013-04-04 10:24:53 -07:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt	…
unicode.txt	…
unshare.txt	…
vfio.txt	vfio: fix documentation	2013-09-05 16:36:21 -06:00
vgaarbiter.txt	…
video-output.txt	…
vme_api.txt	VME: Rename vme_slot_get to avoid confusion with reference counting	2013-12-03 11:15:58 -08:00
volatile-considered-harmful.txt	…
workqueue.txt	workqueue: Correct/Drop references to gcwq in Documentation	2013-08-21 10:32:09 -04:00
ww-mutex-design.txt	mutex: Add support for wound/wait style locks	2013-06-26 12:10:56 +02:00
xz.txt	…
zorro.txt	zorro/UAPI: Disintegrate include/linux/zorro*.h	2013-11-26 11:09:08 +01:00