Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] mm/khugepaged: fix outdated comments

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 09:42:42 EST


On 8/4/26 21:25, Nico Pache (Red Hat) wrote:
> Fix comment in collapse_scan_pmd() that still described the old
> folio_mapcount() > folio_ref_count() check and a "512" false-positive
> scenario. The code now uses folio_expected_ref_count() != folio_ref_count()
> which doesn't suffer from the same limitation.
>
> Fix comment in collapse_huge_page() that referenced ptep_clear_flush,
> when the code actually uses pmdp_collapse_flush.
>
> Fix comment in __collapse_huge_page_swapin() that referenced the old
> function name khugepaged_scan_pmd, now collapse_scan_pmd.
>
> Also clean up some simple typos and stale terminology (mmap_sem ->
> mmap_lock, PG_lock -> folio lock, page -> folio, grammar).
>
> We also clarify a comment regarding where the max_ptes_none check is
> deferred to in mthp_collapse() from the original collapse_scan_pmd check.
>
> Update all comments that references a function to include parentheses.
>
> Acked-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxx>
> Assisted-by: Cursor(claude-sonnet-4):4.6
> Signed-off-by: Nico Pache (Red Hat) <nico.pache@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers,

David