}
/*
- * Emergency case only. It can happen under low memory
- * condition when an allocation gets failed, so the "bulk"
- * path can not be temporary maintained.
+ * This is used when the "bulk" path can not be used for the
+ * double-argument of kvfree_rcu(). This happens when the
+ * page-cache is empty, which means that objects are instead
+ * queued on a linked list through their rcu_head structures.
+ * This list is named "Channel 3".
*/
for (; head; head = next) {
unsigned long offset = (unsigned long)head->func;
if ((krcp->bkvhead[0] && !krwp->bkvhead_free[0]) ||
(krcp->bkvhead[1] && !krwp->bkvhead_free[1]) ||
(krcp->head && !krwp->head_free)) {
- // Channel 1 corresponds to SLAB ptrs.
- // Channel 2 corresponds to vmalloc ptrs.
+ // Channel 1 corresponds to the SLAB-pointer bulk path.
+ // Channel 2 corresponds to vmalloc-pointer bulk path.
for (j = 0; j < FREE_N_CHANNELS; j++) {
if (!krwp->bkvhead_free[j]) {
krwp->bkvhead_free[j] = krcp->bkvhead[j];
}
}
- // Channel 3 corresponds to emergency path.
+ // Channel 3 corresponds to both SLAB and vmalloc
+ // objects queued on the linked list.
if (!krwp->head_free) {
krwp->head_free = krcp->head;
krcp->head = NULL;