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-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c13
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 96d48d24e1ef..5afdf495c374 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -705,16 +705,14 @@ static inline void rmv_page_order(struct page *page)
/*
* This function checks whether a page is free && is the buddy
- * we can do coalesce a page and its buddy if
+ * we can coalesce a page and its buddy if
* (a) the buddy is not in a hole (check before calling!) &&
* (b) the buddy is in the buddy system &&
* (c) a page and its buddy have the same order &&
* (d) a page and its buddy are in the same zone.
*
- * For recording whether a page is in the buddy system, we set ->_mapcount
- * PAGE_BUDDY_MAPCOUNT_VALUE.
- * Setting, clearing, and testing _mapcount PAGE_BUDDY_MAPCOUNT_VALUE is
- * serialized by zone->lock.
+ * For recording whether a page is in the buddy system, we set PageBuddy.
+ * Setting, clearing, and testing PageBuddy is serialized by zone->lock.
*
* For recording page's order, we use page_private(page).
*/
@@ -759,9 +757,8 @@ static inline int page_is_buddy(struct page *page, struct page *buddy,
* as necessary, plus some accounting needed to play nicely with other
* parts of the VM system.
* At each level, we keep a list of pages, which are heads of continuous
- * free pages of length of (1 << order) and marked with _mapcount
- * PAGE_BUDDY_MAPCOUNT_VALUE. Page's order is recorded in page_private(page)
- * field.
+ * free pages of length of (1 << order) and marked with PageBuddy.
+ * Page's order is recorded in page_private(page) field.
* So when we are allocating or freeing one, we can derive the state of the
* other. That is, if we allocate a small block, and both were
* free, the remainder of the region must be split into blocks.