Re: [PATCH] mm/mmu_notifier: Fix a begin vs. start typo in the invalidate range comment

From: Mike Rapoport

Date: Thu May 14 2026 - 06:28:39 EST


On Wed, May 13, 2026 at 09:35:46AM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> From: Takahiro Itazuri <itazur@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Fix a goof in the block comment for invalidate_range_{start,end}() where
> start() is incorrectly referred to as begin().
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Takahiro Itazuri <itazur@xxxxxxxxxx>
> [sean: split to separate patch, write changelog]
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> include/linux/mmu_notifier.h | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
> index 69c304b467df..a11a44eef521 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
> @@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ struct mmu_notifier_ops {
> * Invalidation of multiple concurrent ranges may be
> * optionally permitted by the driver. Either way the
> * establishment of sptes is forbidden in the range passed to
> - * invalidate_range_begin/end for the whole duration of the
> - * invalidate_range_begin/end critical section.
> + * invalidate_range_start/end for the whole duration of the
> + * invalidate_range_start/end critical section.
> *
> * invalidate_range_start() is called when all pages in the
> * range are still mapped and have at least a refcount of one.
>
> base-commit: 5d6919055dec134de3c40167a490f33c74c12581
> --
> 2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog
>

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Sincerely yours,
Mike.