1 files changed, 24 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
index e3633795fb22..5afb5e0fe903 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
@@ -36,39 +36,41 @@ static inline void native_set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
 
 #define pmd_read_atomic pmd_read_atomic
 /*
- * pte_offset_map_lock on 32bit PAE kernels was reading the pmd_t with
- * a "*pmdp" dereference done by gcc. Problem is, in certain places
- * where pte_offset_map_lock is called, concurrent page faults are
+ * pte_offset_map_lock() on 32-bit PAE kernels was reading the pmd_t with
+ * a "*pmdp" dereference done by GCC. Problem is, in certain places
+ * where pte_offset_map_lock() is called, concurrent page faults are
  * allowed, if the mmap_sem is hold for reading. An example is mincore
  * vs page faults vs MADV_DONTNEED. On the page fault side
- * pmd_populate rightfully does a set_64bit, but if we're reading the
+ * pmd_populate() rightfully does a set_64bit(), but if we're reading the
  * pmd_t with a "*pmdp" on the mincore side, a SMP race can happen
- * because gcc will not read the 64bit of the pmd atomically. To fix
- * this all places running pmd_offset_map_lock() while holding the
+ * because GCC will not read the 64-bit value of the pmd atomically.
+ *
+ * To fix this all places running pte_offset_map_lock() while holding the
  * mmap_sem in read mode, shall read the pmdp pointer using this
- * function to know if the pmd is null nor not, and in turn to know if
- * they can run pmd_offset_map_lock or pmd_trans_huge or other pmd
+ * function to know if the pmd is null or not, and in turn to know if
+ * they can run pte_offset_map_lock() or pmd_trans_huge() or other pmd
  * operations.
  *
- * Without THP if the mmap_sem is hold for reading, the pmd can only
- * transition from null to not null while pmd_read_atomic runs. So
+ * Without THP if the mmap_sem is held for reading, the pmd can only
+ * transition from null to not null while pmd_read_atomic() runs. So
  * we can always return atomic pmd values with this function.
  *
- * With THP if the mmap_sem is hold for reading, the pmd can become
+ * With THP if the mmap_sem is held for reading, the pmd can become
  * trans_huge or none or point to a pte (and in turn become "stable")
- * at any time under pmd_read_atomic. We could read it really
- * atomically here with a atomic64_read for the THP enabled case (and
+ * at any time under pmd_read_atomic(). We could read it truly
+ * atomically here with an atomic64_read() for the THP enabled case (and
  * it would be a whole lot simpler), but to avoid using cmpxchg8b we
  * only return an atomic pmdval if the low part of the pmdval is later
- * found stable (i.e. pointing to a pte). And we're returning a none
- * pmdval if the low part of the pmd is none. In some cases the high
- * and low part of the pmdval returned may not be consistent if THP is
- * enabled (the low part may point to previously mapped hugepage,
- * while the high part may point to a more recently mapped hugepage),
- * but pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad() only needs the low part
- * of the pmd to be read atomically to decide if the pmd is unstable
- * or not, with the only exception of when the low part of the pmd is
- * zero in which case we return a none pmd.
+ * found to be stable (i.e. pointing to a pte). We are also returning a
+ * 'none' (zero) pmdval if the low part of the pmd is zero.
+ *
+ * In some cases the high and low part of the pmdval returned may not be
+ * consistent if THP is enabled (the low part may point to previously
+ * mapped hugepage, while the high part may point to a more recently
+ * mapped hugepage), but pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad() only
+ * needs the low part of the pmd to be read atomically to decide if the
+ * pmd is unstable or not, with the only exception when the low part
+ * of the pmd is zero, in which case we return a 'none' pmd.
  */
 static inline pmd_t pmd_read_atomic(pmd_t *pmdp)
 {