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Explain clearly why kmalloc() can't use __GFP_HIGHMEM.

Fix the wishy-washy comment to clearly explain why kmalloc() can't
use the __GFP_HIGHMEM zone modifier.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Robert P. J. Day 17 年之前
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      mm/nommu.c

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mm/nommu.c

@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfree);
 void *__vmalloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot)
 {
 	/*
-	 * kmalloc doesn't like __GFP_HIGHMEM for some reason
+	 *  You can't specify __GFP_HIGHMEM with kmalloc() since kmalloc()
+	 * returns only a logical address.
 	 */
 	return kmalloc(size, (gfp_mask | __GFP_COMP) & ~__GFP_HIGHMEM);
 }