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diff --git a/Documentation/vm/locking b/Documentation/vm/locking index 25fadb448760..f61228bd6395 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/locking +++ b/Documentation/vm/locking | |||
| @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ in some cases it is not really needed. Eg, vm_start is modified by | |||
| 66 | expand_stack(), it is hard to come up with a destructive scenario without | 66 | expand_stack(), it is hard to come up with a destructive scenario without |
| 67 | having the vmlist protection in this case. | 67 | having the vmlist protection in this case. |
| 68 | 68 | ||
| 69 | The page_table_lock nests with the inode i_mmap_lock and the kmem cache | 69 | The page_table_lock nests with the inode i_mmap_mutex and the kmem cache |
| 70 | c_spinlock spinlocks. This is okay, since the kmem code asks for pages after | 70 | c_spinlock spinlocks. This is okay, since the kmem code asks for pages after |
| 71 | dropping c_spinlock. The page_table_lock also nests with pagecache_lock and | 71 | dropping c_spinlock. The page_table_lock also nests with pagecache_lock and |
| 72 | pagemap_lru_lock spinlocks, and no code asks for memory with these locks | 72 | pagemap_lru_lock spinlocks, and no code asks for memory with these locks |