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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl1
-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c50
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
index 49c745720f4..2b5ac604948 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ X!Ilib/string.c
!Emm/filemap.c
!Emm/memory.c
!Emm/vmalloc.c
+!Imm/page_alloc.c
!Emm/mempool.c
!Emm/page-writeback.c
!Emm/truncate.c
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index b5468de4986..a8c003e7b3d 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2051,8 +2051,8 @@ int __init early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn)
/**
* free_bootmem_with_active_regions - Call free_bootmem_node for each active range
- * @nid: The node to free memory on. If MAX_NUMNODES, all nodes are freed
- * @max_low_pfn: The highest PFN that till be passed to free_bootmem_node
+ * @nid: The node to free memory on. If MAX_NUMNODES, all nodes are freed.
+ * @max_low_pfn: The highest PFN that will be passed to free_bootmem_node
*
* If an architecture guarantees that all ranges registered with
* add_active_ranges() contain no holes and may be freed, this
@@ -2082,11 +2082,11 @@ void __init free_bootmem_with_active_regions(int nid,
/**
* sparse_memory_present_with_active_regions - Call memory_present for each active range
- * @nid: The node to call memory_present for. If MAX_NUMNODES, all nodes will be used
+ * @nid: The node to call memory_present for. If MAX_NUMNODES, all nodes will be used.
*
* If an architecture guarantees that all ranges registered with
* add_active_ranges() contain no holes and may be freed, this
- * this function may be used instead of calling memory_present() manually.
+ * function may be used instead of calling memory_present() manually.
*/
void __init sparse_memory_present_with_active_regions(int nid)
{
@@ -2156,14 +2156,14 @@ static void __init account_node_boundary(unsigned int nid,
/**
* get_pfn_range_for_nid - Return the start and end page frames for a node
- * @nid: The nid to return the range for. If MAX_NUMNODES, the min and max PFN are returned
- * @start_pfn: Passed by reference. On return, it will have the node start_pfn
- * @end_pfn: Passed by reference. On return, it will have the node end_pfn
+ * @nid: The nid to return the range for. If MAX_NUMNODES, the min and max PFN are returned.
+ * @start_pfn: Passed by reference. On return, it will have the node start_pfn.
+ * @end_pfn: Passed by reference. On return, it will have the node end_pfn.
*
* It returns the start and end page frame of a node based on information
* provided by an arch calling add_active_range(). If called for a node
* with no available memory, a warning is printed and the start and end
- * PFNs will be 0
+ * PFNs will be 0.
*/
void __init get_pfn_range_for_nid(unsigned int nid,
unsigned long *start_pfn, unsigned long *end_pfn)
@@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ unsigned long __init zone_spanned_pages_in_node(int nid,
/*
* Return the number of holes in a range on a node. If nid is MAX_NUMNODES,
- * then all holes in the requested range will be accounted for
+ * then all holes in the requested range will be accounted for.
*/
unsigned long __init __absent_pages_in_range(int nid,
unsigned long range_start_pfn,
@@ -2269,7 +2269,7 @@ unsigned long __init __absent_pages_in_range(int nid,
* @start_pfn: The start PFN to start searching for holes
* @end_pfn: The end PFN to stop searching for holes
*
- * It returns the number of pages frames in memory holes within a range
+ * It returns the number of pages frames in memory holes within a range.
*/
unsigned long __init absent_pages_in_range(unsigned long start_pfn,
unsigned long end_pfn)
@@ -2583,11 +2583,12 @@ void __init shrink_active_range(unsigned int nid, unsigned long old_end_pfn,
/**
* remove_all_active_ranges - Remove all currently registered regions
+ *
* During discovery, it may be found that a table like SRAT is invalid
* and an alternative discovery method must be used. This function removes
* all currently registered regions.
*/
-void __init remove_all_active_ranges()
+void __init remove_all_active_ranges(void)
{
memset(early_node_map, 0, sizeof(early_node_map));
nr_nodemap_entries = 0;
@@ -2637,7 +2638,7 @@ unsigned long __init find_min_pfn_for_node(unsigned long nid)
* find_min_pfn_with_active_regions - Find the minimum PFN registered
*
* It returns the minimum PFN based on information provided via
- * add_active_range()
+ * add_active_range().
*/
unsigned long __init find_min_pfn_with_active_regions(void)
{
@@ -2648,7 +2649,7 @@ unsigned long __init find_min_pfn_with_active_regions(void)
* find_max_pfn_with_active_regions - Find the maximum PFN registered
*
* It returns the maximum PFN based on information provided via
- * add_active_range()
+ * add_active_range().
*/
unsigned long __init find_max_pfn_with_active_regions(void)
{
@@ -2663,10 +2664,7 @@ unsigned long __init find_max_pfn_with_active_regions(void)
/**
* free_area_init_nodes - Initialise all pg_data_t and zone data
- * @arch_max_dma_pfn: The maximum PFN usable for ZONE_DMA
- * @arch_max_dma32_pfn: The maximum PFN usable for ZONE_DMA32
- * @arch_max_low_pfn: The maximum PFN usable for ZONE_NORMAL
- * @arch_max_high_pfn: The maximum PFN usable for ZONE_HIGHMEM
+ * @max_zone_pfn: an array of max PFNs for each zone
*
* This will call free_area_init_node() for each active node in the system.
* Using the page ranges provided by add_active_range(), the size of each
@@ -2724,14 +2722,15 @@ void __init free_area_init_nodes(unsigned long *max_zone_pfn)
#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP */
/**
- * set_dma_reserve - Account the specified number of pages reserved in ZONE_DMA
- * @new_dma_reserve - The number of pages to mark reserved
+ * set_dma_reserve - set the specified number of pages reserved in the first zone
+ * @new_dma_reserve: The number of pages to mark reserved
*
* The per-cpu batchsize and zone watermarks are determined by present_pages.
* In the DMA zone, a significant percentage may be consumed by kernel image
* and other unfreeable allocations which can skew the watermarks badly. This
- * function may optionally be used to account for unfreeable pages in
- * ZONE_DMA. The effect will be lower watermarks and smaller per-cpu batchsize
+ * function may optionally be used to account for unfreeable pages in the
+ * first zone (e.g., ZONE_DMA). The effect will be lower watermarks and
+ * smaller per-cpu batchsize.
*/
void __init set_dma_reserve(unsigned long new_dma_reserve)
{
@@ -2844,10 +2843,11 @@ static void setup_per_zone_lowmem_reserve(void)
calculate_totalreserve_pages();
}
-/*
- * setup_per_zone_pages_min - called when min_free_kbytes changes. Ensures
- * that the pages_{min,low,high} values for each zone are set correctly
- * with respect to min_free_kbytes.
+/**
+ * setup_per_zone_pages_min - called when min_free_kbytes changes.
+ *
+ * Ensures that the pages_{min,low,high} values for each zone are set correctly
+ * with respect to min_free_kbytes.
*/
void setup_per_zone_pages_min(void)
{