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
