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docs: mm/gup: minor documentation update 

Now there are 5 cases. Updated the same.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1592422023-7401-1-git-send-email-jrdr.linux@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
5.9.x+fslc
Souptick Joarder 2020-06-25 20:30:25 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
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Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
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@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ all combinations of get*(), pin*(), FOLL_LONGTERM, and more. Also, the
pin_user_pages*() APIs are clearly distinct from the get_user_pages*() APIs, so
that's a natural dividing line, and a good point to make separate wrapper calls.
In other words, use pin_user_pages*() for DMA-pinned pages, and
get_user_pages*() for other cases. There are four cases described later on in
get_user_pages*() for other cases. There are five cases described later on in
this document, to further clarify that concept.
FOLL_PIN and FOLL_GET are mutually exclusive for a given gup call. However,