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authorSoumishDas <soumish.das@gmail.com>2025-03-25 23:43:25 +0530
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2025-05-11 17:48:14 -0700
commitf4d1c32489117c9d38206a673d880d23d7d3bb8a (patch)
tree7c3db074dd1f424d872f8903a501b479ce5ce1e4 /mm/memory.c
parentec9827cd28b13b88517812eb08b13d0ed97ae8f1 (diff)
mm: add kernel-doc comment for free_pgd_range()
Provide kernel-doc for free_pgd_range() so it's easier to understand what the function does and how it is used. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250325181325.5774-1-soumish.das@gmail.com Signed-off-by: SoumishDas <soumish.das@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 86e7e66e3c5b..f41fac7118ba 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -278,8 +278,17 @@ static inline void free_p4d_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pgd_t *pgd,
p4d_free_tlb(tlb, p4d, start);
}
-/*
- * This function frees user-level page tables of a process.
+/**
+ * free_pgd_range - Unmap and free page tables in the range
+ * @tlb: the mmu_gather containing pending TLB flush info
+ * @addr: virtual address start
+ * @end: virtual address end
+ * @floor: lowest address boundary
+ * @ceiling: highest address boundary
+ *
+ * This function tears down all user-level page tables in the
+ * specified virtual address range [@addr..@end). It is part of
+ * the memory unmap flow.
*/
void free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,