Re: [PATCH] mm/rmap: synchronize lock and unlock target in anon_vma_clone

Barry Song <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.kernel.mm
Message-ID <CAGsJ_4xtF3awozoxJTHPu7nREiiJ09Gg1W8tY3B=8Zg_io2wOg@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Aug 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM Seohyun Kim <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 8/15/26 14:21, Barry Song wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM Eric Kim <[email protected]> wrote:
[...]

> You're right. My original commit message does come as confusing
> because it sounds like there's an actual lock/unlock target mismatch.
> (I'm not a native speaker too) My intent was to match the variable
> name for locking and unlocking, and since active_anon_vma is the
> implemented alias for src->anon_vma, anon_vma_clone() should
> consistently use active_anon_vma. Should I send a v2 to clarify the commit
> message?

Yes, please, if possible. :-)

Best Regards
Barry
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