+ docs-mm-describe-set_memory-and-set_direct_map-apis-fix.patch added to mm-unstable branch

+ docs-mm-describe-set_memory-and-set_direct_map-apis-fix.patch added to mm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: docs-mm-describe-set_memory-and-set_direct_map-apis-fix
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     docs-mm-describe-set_memory-and-set_direct_map-apis-fix.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/docs-mm-describe-set_memory-and-set_direct_map-apis-fix.patch

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

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From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Subject: docs-mm-describe-set_memory-and-set_direct_map-apis-fix
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:42:55 +0300

fix phrasing, per Kevin

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/arJNn2QD_pY6e14R@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
---

 Documentation/mm/kernel-page-tables.rst |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/mm/kernel-page-tables.rst~docs-mm-describe-set_memory-and-set_direct_map-apis-fix
+++ a/Documentation/mm/kernel-page-tables.rst
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ There are two families of functions for
 * `set_memory_*()` change permissions of an arbitrary kernel mapping. They
   take a kernel virtual address and the number of pages.
 
-* `set_direct_map_*()` change permissions of the direct mapping of the page
-  frame represented by a `struct page`. They take a `struct page` pointer and
-  the number of pages.
+* `set_direct_map_*()` change permissions of the direct mapping for the range
+  of page frames starting at the page represented by a `struct page`. They take
+  a `struct page` pointer and the number of pages.
 
 Architectures that implement `set_memory()` select `CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY`
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from rppt@kernel.org are

set_memory-add-number-of-pages-parameter-to-set_direct_map-apis.patch
mm-vmalloc-set-areas-page_order-after-allocation-succeeds.patch
mm-vmalloc-constify-vm-parameter-of-get_vm_area_page_order.patch
mm-vmalloc-make-set_area_direct_map-huge_vmap-friendly.patch
mm-execmem-use-vm_flush_reset_perms-for-rox-cache-allocations.patch
revert-arch-introduce-set_direct_map_valid_noflush.patch
docs-core-api-memory-allocation-add-kalloc_obj-and-clarify-kmalloc.patch
maintainers-add-memory-related-docs-in-core-mm-to-mm-misc-section.patch
mm-execmem-free-rox-cache-chunks-only-when-they-span-an-entire-vm-area.patch
mm-execmem-handle-potential-allocation-errors-in-the-maple-tree.patch
mm-execmem-make-sure-rox-cache-always-contains-multiples-of-pmd_size.patch
mm-vmalloc-add-define_free-for-vfree.patch
mm-execmem-use-cleanup-infrastructure-in-rox-cache-functions.patch
docs-core-api-memory-allocation-clarify-when-to-use-kzalloc_obj-and-kzalloc.patch
docs-mm-describe-set_memory-and-set_direct_map-apis.patch
docs-mm-describe-set_memory-and-set_direct_map-apis-fix.patch
sh-remove-config_numa-and-realted-configuration-options.patch
sh-mm-remove-numac.patch
sh-mm-drop-allocate_pgdat.patch
sh-remove-setup_bootmem_node-and-plat_mem_setup.patch
sh-drop-dead-code-guarded-by-ifdef-config_numa.patch
sh-drop-include-asm-mmzoneh.patch
init-kconfig-drop-arch_want_numa_variable_locality.patch
sh-init-remove-call-the-memblock_set_node.patch
sh-remove-sparsemem-related-entries-from-kconfig.patch
sh-drop-include-asm-sparsememh.patch