Re: [PATCH 03/16] mm/huge_memory: fix comment of __pud_trans_huge_lock

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Fri Jun 24 2022 - 14:56:33 EST


On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 01:06:14AM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> __pud_trans_huge_lock returns page table lock pointer if a given pud maps
> a thp instead of 'true' since introduced. Fix corresponding comments.

I think the comments here are rather wasted. I think this comment
should be moved to pud_trans_huge_lock() and turned into kernel-doc
format.

> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/huge_memory.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index 83fb6c3442ff..a26580da8011 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -1903,10 +1903,10 @@ spinlock_t *__pmd_trans_huge_lock(pmd_t *pmd, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> }
>
> /*
> - * Returns true if a given pud maps a thp, false otherwise.
> + * Returns page table lock pointer if a given pud maps a thp, NULL otherwise.
> *
> - * Note that if it returns true, this routine returns without unlocking page
> - * table lock. So callers must unlock it.
> + * Note that if it returns page table lock pointe, this routine returns without
> + * unlocking page table lock. So callers must unlock it.
> */
> spinlock_t *__pud_trans_huge_lock(pud_t *pud, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> {
> --
> 2.23.0
>