[to-be-updated] mm-khugepaged-fix-outdated-comments.patch removed from -mm tree

[to-be-updated] mm-khugepaged-fix-outdated-comments.patch removed from -mm tree

[Andrew Morton]

The quilt patch titled
     Subject: mm/khugepaged: fix outdated comments
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     mm-khugepaged-fix-outdated-comments.patch

This patch was dropped because an updated version will be issued

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From: "Nico Pache (Red Hat)" <nico.pache@linux.dev>
Subject: mm/khugepaged: fix outdated comments
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:25:02 -0600

Fix comment in collapse_scan_pmd() that still described the old
folio_mapcount() > folio_ref_count() check and a "512" false-positive
scenario.  The code now uses folio_expected_ref_count() !=
folio_ref_count() which doesn't suffer from the same limitation.

Fix comment in collapse_huge_page() that referenced ptep_clear_flush, when
the code actually uses pmdp_collapse_flush.

Fix comment in __collapse_huge_page_swapin() that referenced the old
function name khugepaged_scan_pmd, now collapse_scan_pmd.

Also clean up some simple typos and stale terminology (mmap_sem ->
mmap_lock, PG_lock -> folio lock, page -> folio, grammar).

We also clarify a comment regarding where the max_ptes_none check is
deferred to in mthp_collapse() from the original collapse_scan_pmd check.

Update all comments that references a function to include parentheses.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260804-khugepaged_pte_refactor-v3-4-0364cad642a0@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Nico Pache (Red Hat) <nico.pache@linux.dev>
Acked-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Cursor(claude-sonnet-4):4.6
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/khugepaged.c |   44 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/khugepaged.c~mm-khugepaged-fix-outdated-comments
+++ a/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ void __khugepaged_exit(struct mm_struct
 		/*
 		 * This is required to serialize against
 		 * collapse_test_exit() (which is guaranteed to run
-		 * under mmap sem read mode). Stop here (after we return all
+		 * under mmap_lock read mode). Stop here (after we return all
 		 * pagetables will be destroyed) until khugepaged has finished
 		 * working on the pagetables under the mmap_lock.
 		 */
@@ -789,8 +789,8 @@ static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_
 
 		/*
 		 * We can do it before folio_isolate_lru because the
-		 * folio can't be freed from under us. NOTE: PG_lock
-		 * is needed to serialize against split_huge_page
+		 * folio can't be freed from under us. NOTE: folio lock
+		 * is needed to serialize against split_huge_page()
 		 * when invoked from the VM.
 		 */
 		if (!folio_trylock(folio)) {
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * Isolate the page to avoid collapsing an hugepage
+		 * Isolate the folio to avoid collapsing a hugepage
 		 * currently in use by the VM.
 		 */
 		if (!folio_isolate_lru(folio)) {
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ static void __collapse_huge_page_copy_fa
 	 * Re-establish the PMD to point to the original page table
 	 * entry. Restoring PMD needs to be done prior to releasing
 	 * pages. Since pages are still isolated and locked here,
-	 * acquiring anon_vma_lock_write is unnecessary.
+	 * acquiring anon_vma_lock_write() is unnecessary.
 	 */
 	pmd_ptl = pmd_lock(vma->vm_mm, pmd);
 	pmd_populate(vma->vm_mm, pmd, pmd_pgtable(orig_pmd));
@@ -1101,9 +1101,9 @@ static enum scan_result hugepage_vma_rev
 		return SCAN_VMA_CHECK;
 	/*
 	 * Anon VMA expected, the address may be unmapped then
-	 * remapped to file after khugepaged reaquired the mmap_lock.
+	 * remapped to file after khugepaged reacquired the mmap_lock.
 	 *
-	 * thp_vma_allowable_orders may return true for qualified file
+	 * thp_vma_allowable_orders() may return true for qualified file
 	 * vmas.
 	 */
 	if (expect_anon && (!(*vmap)->anon_vma || !vma_is_anonymous(*vmap)))
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ static enum scan_result check_pmd_still_
 
 /*
  * Bring missing pages in from swap, to complete THP collapse.
- * Only done if khugepaged_scan_pmd believes it is worthwhile.
+ * Only done if collapse_scan_pmd() believes it is worthwhile.
  *
  * For mTHP orders the function bails on the first swap entry, because
  * faulting pages back in during collapse could re-populate PTEs that
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ static enum scan_result __collapse_huge_
 		pte = NULL;
 
 		/*
-		 * do_swap_page returns VM_FAULT_RETRY with released mmap_lock.
+		 * do_swap_page() returns VM_FAULT_RETRY with released mmap_lock.
 		 * Note we treat VM_FAULT_RETRY as VM_FAULT_ERROR here because
 		 * we do not retry here and swap entry will remain in pagetable
 		 * resulting in later failure.
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ static enum scan_result alloc_charge_fol
 }
 
 /*
- * collapse_huge_page expects the mmap_lock to be unlocked before entering and
+ * collapse_huge_page() expects the mmap_lock to be unlocked before entering and
  * will always return with the lock unlocked, to avoid holding the mmap_lock
  * while allocating a THP, as that could trigger direct reclaim/compaction.
  * Note that the VMA must be rechecked after grabbing the mmap_lock again.
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_huge_pa
 
 	if (unmapped) {
 		/*
-		 * __collapse_huge_page_swapin will return with mmap_lock
+		 * __collapse_huge_page_swapin() will return with mmap_lock
 		 * released when it fails. So we jump out_nolock directly in
 		 * that case.  Continuing to collapse causes inconsistency.
 		 */
@@ -1351,8 +1351,8 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_huge_pa
 	mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 	/*
 	 * Prevent all access to pagetables with the exception of
-	 * gup_fast later handled by the ptep_clear_flush and the VM
-	 * handled by the anon_vma lock + PG_lock.
+	 * gup_fast later handled by the pmdp_collapse_flush() and the VM
+	 * handled by the anon_vma lock + folio lock.
 	 *
 	 * UFFDIO_MOVE is prevented to race as well thanks to the
 	 * mmap_lock.
@@ -1409,9 +1409,9 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_huge_pa
 		spin_lock(pmd_ptl);
 		VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pmd_none(*pmd));
 		/*
-		 * We can only use set_pmd_at when establishing
+		 * We can only use set_pmd_at() when establishing
 		 * hugepmds and never for establishing regular pmds that
-		 * points to regular pagetables. Use pmd_populate for that
+		 * points to regular pagetables. Use pmd_populate() for that
 		 */
 		pmd_populate(mm, pmd, pmd_pgtable(_pmd));
 		spin_unlock(pmd_ptl);
@@ -1643,7 +1643,8 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pm
 
 	/*
 	 * If PMD is the only enabled order, enforce max_ptes_none, otherwise
-	 * scan all pages to populate the bitmap for mTHP collapse.
+	 * scan all pages to populate the bitmap for mTHP collapse. The bitmap
+	 * is then checked again in mthp_collapse() for each attempted order.
 	 */
 	if (enabled_orders != BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER))
 		max_ptes_none = KHUGEPAGED_MAX_PTES_LIMIT;
@@ -1764,12 +1765,9 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pm
 		/*
 		 * Check if the page has any GUP (or other external) pins.
 		 *
-		 * Here the check may be racy:
-		 * it may see folio_mapcount() > folio_ref_count().
-		 * But such case is ephemeral we could always retry collapse
-		 * later.  However it may report false positive if the page
-		 * has excessive GUP pins (i.e. 512).  Anyway the same check
-		 * will be done again later the risk seems low.
+		 * Here the check is racy, but such case is ephemeral and
+		 * we could always retry collapse later. Anyway the same
+		 * check will be done again later the risk seems low.
 		 */
 		if (folio_expected_ref_count(folio) != folio_ref_count(folio)) {
 			result = SCAN_PAGE_COUNT;
@@ -1789,7 +1787,7 @@ static enum scan_result collapse_scan_pm
 out_unmap:
 	pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
 	if (result == SCAN_SUCCEED) {
-		/* collapse_huge_page expects the lock to be dropped before calling */
+		/* collapse_huge_page() expects the lock to be dropped before calling */
 		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 		result = mthp_collapse(mm, start_addr, referenced,
 				       unmapped, cc, enabled_orders);
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from nico.pache@linux.dev are

mm-khugepaged-refactor-the-pte-state-checks-into-a-helper.patch
mm-khugepaged-unmap-pte-before-releasing-vma-write-lock.patch
mm-documentation-clarify-where-the-mthp-stats-live.patch