+ kernel-fork-update-obsolete-use_mm-references-to-kthread_use_mm.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

+ kernel-fork-update-obsolete-use_mm-references-to-kthread_use_mm.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

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The patch titled
     Subject: kernel/fork: update obsolete use_mm references to kthread_use_mm
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     kernel-fork-update-obsolete-use_mm-references-to-kthread_use_mm.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/kernel-fork-update-obsolete-use_mm-references-to-kthread_use_mm.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: mingzhu.wang(王明珠) <mingzhu.wang@transsion.com>
Subject: kernel/fork: update obsolete use_mm references to kthread_use_mm
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 08:15:32 +0000

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.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/KUZPR04MB8965F954108B4DD7E8FFDB2B8F84A@KUZPR04MB8965.apcprd04.prod.outlook.com
Signed-off-by: mingzhu.wang <mingzhu.wang@transsion.com>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiazi Li <jqqlijiazi@gmail.com>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 kernel/fork.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/fork.c~kernel-fork-update-obsolete-use_mm-references-to-kthread_use_mm
+++ a/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ struct file *get_task_exe_file(struct ta
  * @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,
  * to do its AIO) is not set and if so returns a reference to it, after
  * bumping up the use count.  User must release the mm via mmput()
  * after use.  Typically used by /proc and ptrace.
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from mingzhu.wang@transsion.com are

kernel-fork-update-obsolete-use_mm-references-to-kthread_use_mm.patch