Re: [PATCH RESEND] kernel/fork: Update obsolete use_mm references to kthread_use_mm
From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Tue Jan 06 2026 - 06:53:43 EST
On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 10:29:03AM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) wrote:
> On 1/6/26 10:26, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > 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,
> >
> > Please do not wrap the line here.
>
> But please do so in the patch description, where the maximum should usually
> be 72 characters per line. :)
75 ;-P
https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes
> --
> Cheers
> David
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Sincerely yours,
Mike.