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

From: Miaohe Lin
Date: Fri Jun 24 2022 - 23:33:25 EST


On 2022/6/25 2:47, Zach O'Keefe wrote:
> On 23 Jun 01:06, 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.
>>
>> 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
>
> s/pointe/pointer

Thanks for catching this.

>
>> + * 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
>>
> .
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