linux-kernel - [RFC 01/10] docs: tmpfs: remove implementation detail reference

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Message-ID: <707886a5ce4afa4c54456ab2ad8dfe5ba0d86086.1762464515.git.luizcap@redhat.com>
Date: Thu,  6 Nov 2025 16:28:48 -0500
From: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@...hat.com>
To: david@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc: ryan.roberts@....com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com
Subject: [RFC 01/10] docs: tmpfs: remove implementation detail reference

The tmpfs.rst doc references the has_transparent_hugepage() helper, which
is an implementation detail in the kernel and not relevant for users
wishing to properly configure THP support for tmpfs. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@...hat.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.rst | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.rst
index d677e0428c3f..46fc986c3388 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.rst
@@ -109,9 +109,8 @@ noswap  Disables swap. Remounts must respect the original settings.
 ======  ===========================================================
 
 tmpfs also supports Transparent Huge Pages which requires a kernel
-configured with CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE and with huge supported for
-your system (has_transparent_hugepage(), which is architecture specific).
-The mount options for this are:
+configured with CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE and with huge pages
+supported for your system. The mount options for this are:
 
 ================ ==============================================================
 huge=never       Do not allocate huge pages.  This is the default.
-- 
2.51.1