[RFC PATCH 2/3] mm/huge_memory: add kernel-doc for folio_split_supported()
From: Zi Yan
Date: Wed Nov 19 2025 - 23:00:09 EST
It clarifies that folio_split_supported() does not check folio->mapping and
can dereference it.
Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index efea42d68157..15e555f1b85d 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3688,6 +3688,23 @@ static int __split_unmapped_folio(struct folio *folio, int new_order,
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * folio_split_supported() - check if a folio can be split to a given order
+ * @folio: folio to be split
+ * @new_order: the smallest order of the after split folios (since buddy
+ * allocator like split generates folios with orders from @folio's
+ * order - 1 to new_order).
+ * @split_type: uniform or non-uniform split
+ * @warns: whether gives warnings or not for the checks in the function
+ *
+ * folio_split_supported() checks if @folio can be split to @new_order using
+ * @split_type method.
+ *
+ * Context: Caller must make sure folio->mapping is not NULL, since the
+ * function does not check it and can dereference folio->mapping
+ * Return: true - @folio can be split to @new_order, false - @folio cannot be
+ * split
+ */
bool folio_split_supported(struct folio *folio, unsigned int new_order,
enum split_type split_type, bool warns)
{
--
2.51.0