[PATCH v1 2/2] mm/page_isolation: fixup isolate_single_pageblock() comment regarding splitting free pages

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Fri Dec 06 2024 - 05:00:33 EST


Let's fixup the comment, documenting how free_one_page_maybe_split()
comes into play.

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_isolation.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c
index c608e9d728655..63fddf283e681 100644
--- a/mm/page_isolation.c
+++ b/mm/page_isolation.c
@@ -298,11 +298,10 @@ __first_valid_page(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
* pagelbocks.
* [ MAX_PAGE_ORDER ]
* [ pageblock0 | pageblock1 ]
- * When either pageblock is isolated, if it is a free page, the page is not
- * split into separate migratetype lists, which is supposed to; if it is an
- * in-use page and freed later, __free_one_page() does not split the free page
- * either. The function handles this by splitting the free page or migrating
- * the in-use page then splitting the free page.
+ * When either pageblock is isolated, if it is an in-use page and freed later,
+ * __free_one_page_maybe_split() will split the free page if required. If the
+ * page is already free, this function handles this by splitting the free page
+ * through move_freepages_block_isolate()->__free_one_page_maybe_split().
*/
static int isolate_single_pageblock(unsigned long boundary_pfn, int flags,
bool isolate_before, bool skip_isolation, int migratetype)
--
2.47.1