[PATCH v3] slub: clarify kmem_cache_refill_sheaf() comments
From: Hao Li
Date: Tue Apr 07 2026 - 08:03:00 EST
In the in-place refill case, some objects may already have been added
before the function returns -ENOMEM.
Clarify this behavior and polish the rest of the comment for readability.
Acked-by: Harry Yoo (Oracle) <harry@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hao Li <hao.li@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Thanks Harry for good suggestion!
---
mm/slub.c | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 4927407c9699..92362eeb13e5 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -5120,12 +5120,15 @@ void kmem_cache_return_sheaf(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfp,
}
/*
- * refill a sheaf previously returned by kmem_cache_prefill_sheaf to at least
- * the given size
+ * Refill a sheaf previously returned by kmem_cache_prefill_sheaf to at least
+ * the given size.
*
- * the sheaf might be replaced by a new one when requesting more than
- * s->sheaf_capacity objects if such replacement is necessary, but the refill
- * fails (returning -ENOMEM), the existing sheaf is left intact
+ * Return: 0 on success. The sheaf will contain at least @size objects.
+ * The sheaf might have been replaced with a new one if more than
+ * sheaf->capacity objects are requested.
+ *
+ * Return: -ENOMEM on failure. Some objects might have been added to the sheaf
+ * but the sheaf will not be replaced.
*
* In practice we always refill to full sheaf's capacity.
*/
--
2.50.1