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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/ksm.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/ksm.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -909,12 +909,13 @@ again: */ while (!folio_try_get(folio)) { /* - * Another check for page->mapping != expected_mapping would - * work here too. We have chosen the !PageSwapCache test to - * optimize the common case, when the page is or is about to - * be freed: PageSwapCache is cleared (under spin_lock_irq) - * in the ref_freeze section of __remove_mapping(); but Anon - * folio->mapping reset to NULL later, in free_pages_prepare(). + * Another check for folio->mapping != expected_mapping + * would work here too. We have chosen to test the + * swapcache flag to optimize the common case, when the + * folio is or is about to be freed: the swapcache flag + * is cleared (under spin_lock_irq) in the ref_freeze + * section of __remove_mapping(); but anon folio->mapping + * is reset to NULL later, in free_pages_prepare(). */ if (!folio_test_swapcache(folio)) goto stale; @@ -945,7 +946,7 @@ again: stale: /* - * We come here from above when page->mapping or !PageSwapCache + * We come here from above when folio->mapping or the swapcache flag * suggests that the node is stale; but it might be under migration. * We need smp_rmb(), matching the smp_wmb() in folio_migrate_ksm(), * before checking whether node->kpfn has been changed. @@ -1452,7 +1453,7 @@ static int try_to_merge_one_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, goto out; /* - * We need the page lock to read a stable PageSwapCache in + * We need the folio lock to read a stable swapcache flag in * write_protect_page(). We use trylock_page() instead of * lock_page() because we don't want to wait here - we * prefer to continue scanning and merging different pages, @@ -3123,7 +3124,7 @@ void folio_migrate_ksm(struct folio *newfolio, struct folio *folio) * newfolio->mapping was set in advance; now we need smp_wmb() * to make sure that the new stable_node->kpfn is visible * to ksm_get_folio() before it can see that folio->mapping - * has gone stale (or that folio_test_swapcache has been cleared). + * has gone stale (or that the swapcache flag has been cleared). */ smp_wmb(); folio_set_stable_node(folio, NULL); |