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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst index 8463f5538fda..067a90a1499c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst @@ -364,19 +364,19 @@ follows: 2) for querying the policy, we do not need to take an extra reference on the target task's task policy nor vma policies because we always acquire the - task's mm's mmap_sem for read during the query. The set_mempolicy() and - mbind() APIs [see below] always acquire the mmap_sem for write when + task's mm's mmap_lock for read during the query. The set_mempolicy() and + mbind() APIs [see below] always acquire the mmap_lock for write when installing or replacing task or vma policies. Thus, there is no possibility of a task or thread freeing a policy while another task or thread is querying it. 3) Page allocation usage of task or vma policy occurs in the fault path where - we hold them mmap_sem for read. Again, because replacing the task or vma - policy requires that the mmap_sem be held for write, the policy can't be + we hold them mmap_lock for read. Again, because replacing the task or vma + policy requires that the mmap_lock be held for write, the policy can't be freed out from under us while we're using it for page allocation. 4) Shared policies require special consideration. One task can replace a - shared memory policy while another task, with a distinct mmap_sem, is + shared memory policy while another task, with a distinct mmap_lock, is querying or allocating a page based on the policy. To resolve this potential race, the shared policy infrastructure adds an extra reference to the shared policy during lookup while holding a spin lock on the shared |