Re: [PATCH v10 1/8] mm: fix stale ZONE_DEVICE refcount comment

Mike Rapoport <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel.cross-arch,gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.kernel.mm
Message-ID <178688187038.2799959.10744801601222444417.b4-review@b4>
On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:20:50 +0800, Li Zhe <[email protected]> wrote:
> The comment in __init_zone_device_page() still uses the old
> MEMORY_TYPE_* names and implies that FS_DAX pages regain a
> refcount of 1 in the free path. That no longer matches the code.
> 
> Update the comment to describe the current policy correctly:
> MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC pages regain a refcount of 1 in the free path,
> while the remaining ZONE_DEVICE types start from 0 here and raise the
> count again when the allocator or driver hands the page out.
> 
> [...]

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <[email protected]>

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Sincerely yours,
Mike.
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