[PATCH v2 16/17] mm/huge_memory: clarify supported split orders in comment

From: Kairui Song via B4 Relay

Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 14:55:28 EST


From: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>

The doc comment for __split_huge_page_to_list_to_order() needs an
update: only order 1 is rejected for anon and swapcache folios,
matching the new_order == 1 check in folio_check_splittable().

Also realign the continuation line of the function signature while at
it.

Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 317e5b63d44b..c8ec12f6f471 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -4406,11 +4406,10 @@ int folio_split_unmapped(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order)
* GUP pins, will result in the folio not getting split; instead, the caller
* will receive an -EAGAIN.
*
- * 4) @new_order > 1, usually. Order-1 is not supported for anon or swapcache
- * folios: anon folios need subpage 2 for _deferred_list, which order-1
- * folios lack, and a swapcache folio may become anon once faulted in.
- * File-backed order-1 folios are supported, since they do not use
- * _deferred_list.
+ * 4) @new_order != 1 for anon or swapcache. Anon folios need subpage 2 for
+ * _deferred_list, which order-1 folios lack, and a swapcache folio may
+ * become anon once faulted in. File-backed order-1 folios are supported,
+ * since they do not use _deferred_list.
*
* After splitting, the caller's folio reference will be transferred to @page,
* resulting in a raised refcount of @page after this call. The other pages may
@@ -4438,7 +4437,7 @@ int folio_split_unmapped(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order)
* with the folio. Splitting to order 0 is compatible with all folios.
*/
int __split_huge_page_to_list_to_order(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
- unsigned int new_order)
+ unsigned int new_order)
{
struct folio *folio = page_folio(page);


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