linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/6] mm: shmem: remove 'fadvise()' comments

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Message-Id: <fae702b9775f58b55b45be5eaad22d8586d0290a.1738918357.git.baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Fri,  7 Feb 2025 17:44:18 +0800
From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	hughd@...gle.com
Cc: david@...hat.com,
	baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com,
	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] mm: shmem: remove 'fadvise()' comments

Similar to commit 255ff62d1586 ("docs: tmpfs: drop 'fadvise()' from the
documentation"), fadvise() has no HUGEPAGE advise currently. Remove
the confusing fadvise() comments.

Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
---
 mm/shmem.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index ddf800357e7a..b7aef4f0a427 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -525,9 +525,9 @@ static bool shmem_confirm_swap(struct address_space *mapping,
  *	enables huge pages for the mount;
  * SHMEM_HUGE_WITHIN_SIZE:
  *	only allocate huge pages if the page will be fully within i_size,
- *	also respect fadvise()/madvise() hints;
+ *	also respect madvise() hints;
  * SHMEM_HUGE_ADVISE:
- *	only allocate huge pages if requested with fadvise()/madvise();
+ *	only allocate huge pages if requested with madvise();
  */
 
 #define SHMEM_HUGE_NEVER	0
-- 
2.39.3