Re: [PATCH 5/6] mm/page_io: refer to folios in swap_writeout() comments
From: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 09:32:43 EST
On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 06:55:37PM -0400, Tal Zussman wrote:
> swap_writeout() operates on folios, not pages. Update its comments
> accordingly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tal Zussman <tz2294@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
LGTM so:
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/page_io.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
> index 8573f7b8967a..b18d3b7d853c 100644
> --- a/mm/page_io.c
> +++ b/mm/page_io.c
> @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ int swap_writeout(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio)
> goto out_unlock;
>
> /*
> - * Arch code may have to preserve more data than just the page
> + * Arch code may have to preserve more data than just the folio
> * contents, e.g. memory tags.
> */
> ret = arch_prepare_to_swap(folio);
> @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ int swap_writeout(struct swap_io_ctx *ctx, struct folio *folio)
>
> /*
> * Use the swap table zero mark to avoid doing IO for zero-filled
> - * pages. The zero mark is protected by the cluster lock, which is
> + * folios. The zero mark is protected by the cluster lock, which is
> * acquired internally by swap_zeromap_folio_set/clear.
> */
> if (is_folio_zero_filled(folio)) {
>
> --
> 2.39.5
>
--
Cheers, Lorenzo