[PATCH] ksm: update comments and docs to reference folio->mapping
Hongfu Li <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 18:59:07 +0800
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From: Hongfu Li <[email protected]> The KSM code already stores and checks the stable node key via folio->mapping, but the comment in ksm_get_folio() and the reverse mapping documentation in ksm.rst still refer to page->mapping. This is a pure wording update to match the folio-based implementation. No functional change is intended. Signed-off-by: Hongfu Li <[email protected]> --- Documentation/mm/ksm.rst | 4 ++-- Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/ksm.rst | 4 ++-- mm/ksm.c | 7 +++---- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/mm/ksm.rst b/Documentation/mm/ksm.rst index 2806e3e4a10e..2b4f72f1f953 100644 --- a/Documentation/mm/ksm.rst +++ b/Documentation/mm/ksm.rst @@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ tree. If a KSM page is shared between less than ``max_page_sharing`` VMAs, the node of the stable tree that represents such KSM page points to a -list of struct ksm_rmap_item and the ``page->mapping`` of the +list of struct ksm_rmap_item and the ``folio->mapping`` of the KSM page points to the stable tree node. When the sharing passes this threshold, KSM adds a second dimension to the stable tree. The tree node becomes a "chain" that links one or more "dups". Each "dup" keeps reverse mapping information for a KSM -page with ``page->mapping`` pointing to that "dup". +page with ``folio->mapping`` pointing to that "dup". Every "chain" and all "dups" linked into a "chain" enforce the invariant that they represent the same write protected memory content, diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/ksm.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/ksm.rst index f0f458753d0c..822c7a289671 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/ksm.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/ksm.rst @@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ KSM维护着稳定树中的KSM页的逆映射信息。 当KSM页面的共享数小于 ``max_page_sharing`` 的虚拟内存区域(VMAs)时,则代表了 KSM页的稳定树其中的节点指向了一个ksm_rmap_item结构体类型的列表。同时,这个KSM页 -的 ``page->mapping`` 指向了该稳定树节点。 +的 ``folio->mapping`` 指向了该稳定树节点。 如果共享数超过了阈值,KSM将给稳定树添加第二个维度。稳定树就变成链接一个或多 -个稳定树"副本"的"链"。每个副本都保留KSM页的逆映射信息,其中 ``page->mapping`` +个稳定树"副本"的"链"。每个副本都保留KSM页的逆映射信息,其中 ``folio->mapping`` 指向该"副本"。 每个链以及链接到该链中的所有"副本"强制不变的是,它们代表了相同的写保护内存 diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c index ab1fc59424e8..4bde9fd8d44e 100644 --- a/mm/ksm.c +++ b/mm/ksm.c @@ -959,10 +959,9 @@ enum ksm_get_folio_flags { * seconds or even minutes: much too unresponsive. So instead we use a * "keyhole reference": access to the ksm page from the stable node peeps * out through its keyhole to see if that page still holds the right key, - * pointing back to this stable node. This relies on freeing a PageAnon - * page to reset its page->mapping to NULL, and relies on no other use of - * a page to put something that might look like our key in page->mapping. - * is on its way to being freed; but it is an anomaly to bear in mind. + * pointing back to this stable node. This relies on freeing an anon + * folio to reset its mapping to NULL, and relies on no other use of a + * folio to put something that might look like our key in its mapping. */ static struct folio *ksm_get_folio(struct ksm_stable_node *stable_node, enum ksm_get_folio_flags flags) -- 2.54.0