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Subject[PATCH 1/3] mm/nommu: remove description of alloc_vm_area
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The alloc_mm_area in nommu is a stub, but it's description states it
allocates kernel address space.
Remove the description to make the code and the documentation agree.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
mm/nommu.c | 12 ------------
1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index ebb6e618dade..4f1cabd07e81 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -457,18 +457,6 @@ void __weak vmalloc_sync_all(void)
{
}

-/**
- * alloc_vm_area - allocate a range of kernel address space
- * @size: size of the area
- *
- * Returns: NULL on failure, vm_struct on success
- *
- * This function reserves a range of kernel address space, and
- * allocates pagetables to map that range. No actual mappings
- * are created. If the kernel address space is not shared
- * between processes, it syncs the pagetable across all
- * processes.
- */
struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(size_t size, pte_t **ptes)
{
BUG();
--
2.7.4
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