[PATCH 1/3] mm/gup: documentation corrections for gup/pup

From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] mm/gup: documentation corrections for gup/pup
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2021 16:50:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210808235018.1924918-2-jhubbard@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210808235018.1924918-1-jhubbard@nvidia.com>

The documentation for try_grab_compound_head() and try_grab_page() has
fallen a little out of date. Update and clarify a few points.

Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
---
 mm/gup.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 77150624f77a..5cb18b62921c 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -103,8 +103,14 @@ static inline struct page *try_get_compound_head(struct page *page, int refs)
  * same time. (That's true throughout the get_user_pages*() and
  * pin_user_pages*() APIs.) Cases:
  *
- *    FOLL_GET: page's refcount will be incremented by 1.
- *    FOLL_PIN: page's refcount will be incremented by GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS.
+ *    FOLL_GET: page's refcount will be incremented by refs.
+ *
+ *    FOLL_PIN on compound pages that are > two pages long: page's refcount will
+ *        be incremented by refs, and page[2].hpage_pinned_refcount will be
+ *        incremented by refs * GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS.
+ *
+ *    FOLL_PIN on normal pages, or compound pages that are two pages long:
+ *        page's refcount will be incremented by refs * GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS.
  *
  * Return: head page (with refcount appropriately incremented) for success, or
  * NULL upon failure. If neither FOLL_GET nor FOLL_PIN was set, that's
@@ -143,6 +149,8 @@ __maybe_unused struct page *try_grab_compound_head(struct page *page,
 		 *
 		 * However, be sure to *also* increment the normal page refcount
 		 * field at least once, so that the page really is pinned.
+		 * That's why the refcount from the earlier
+		 * try_get_compound_head() is left intact.
 		 */
 		if (hpage_pincount_available(page))
 			hpage_pincount_add(page, refs);
@@ -186,10 +194,8 @@ static void put_compound_head(struct page *page, int refs, unsigned int flags)
  * @flags:   gup flags: these are the FOLL_* flag values.
  *
  * Either FOLL_PIN or FOLL_GET (or neither) may be set, but not both at the same
- * time. Cases:
- *
- *    FOLL_GET: page's refcount will be incremented by 1.
- *    FOLL_PIN: page's refcount will be incremented by GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS.
+ * time. Cases: please see the try_grab_compound_head() documentation, with
+ * "refs=1".
  *
  * Return: true for success, or if no action was required (if neither FOLL_PIN
  * nor FOLL_GET was set, nothing is done). False for failure: FOLL_GET or
-- 
2.32.0

