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diff --git a/Documentation/mm/transhuge.rst b/Documentation/mm/transhuge.rst index 03bbd0a19041..a9608fe51649 100644 --- a/Documentation/mm/transhuge.rst +++ b/Documentation/mm/transhuge.rst @@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ clear where references should go after split: it will stay on the head page. Note that split_huge_pmd() doesn't have any limitations on refcounting: pmd can be split at any point and never fails. -Partial unmap and deferred_split_huge_page() -============================================ +Partial unmap and deferred_split_folio() +======================================== Unmapping part of THP (with munmap() or other way) is not going to free memory immediately. Instead, we detect that a subpage of THP is not in use @@ -166,6 +166,6 @@ the place where we can detect partial unmap. It also might be counterproductive since in many cases partial unmap happens during exit(2) if a THP crosses a VMA boundary. -The function deferred_split_huge_page() is used to queue a page for splitting. +The function deferred_split_folio() is used to queue a folio for splitting. The splitting itself will happen when we get memory pressure via shrinker interface. |