On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 12:03:22PM -0700, Roman Gushchin wrote: > +++ b/mm/percpu.c > @@ -1980,6 +1980,9 @@ void __percpu *__alloc_reserved_percpu(size_t size, size_t align) > * If empty_only is %false, reclaim all fully free chunks regardless of the > * number of populated pages. Otherwise, only reclaim chunks that have no > * populated pages. > + * > + * CONTEXT: > + * pcpu_lock (can be dropped temporarily) > */ What's the shouting all about? I would write it like this: * Context: Process context. Caller must hold pcpu_lock with interrupts * disabled. This function may drop the lock and re-enable interrupts if * it needs to sleep, but will return with the lock held and interrupts * disabled.