Re: [PATCH RESEND] kernel/fork: Update obsolete use_mm references to kthread_use_mm
From: Michal Hocko
Date: Tue Jan 06 2026 - 04:26:56 EST
On Tue 06-01-26 07:05:28, mingzhu.wang(王明珠) wrote:
> The comment for get_task_mm() in kernel/fork.c incorrectly references the deprecated function `use_mm()`, which has been renamed to `kthread_use_mm()` in kernel/kthread.c.
> This patch updates the documentation to reflect the current function names, ensuring accuracy when developers refer to the kernel thread memory context API.
> No functional changes were introduced.
>
> Signed-off-by: mingzhu.wang <mingzhu.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/fork.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index c4ada32598bd..64e228c541bc 100644
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ struct file *get_task_exe_file(struct task_struct *task)
> * @task: The task.
> *
> * Returns %NULL if the task has no mm. Checks PF_KTHREAD (meaning
> - * this kernel workthread has transiently adopted a user mm with use_mm,
> + * this kernel workthread has transiently adopted a user mm with
> + kthread_use_mm,
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> * to do its AIO) is not set and if so returns a reference to it, after
> * bumping up the use count. User must release the mm via mmput()
> * after use. Typically used by /proc and ptrace.
> --
> 2.34.1
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs