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-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 299d09accf1f..8a0fd4137684 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -712,12 +712,12 @@ static inline struct page *get_page_from_free_area(struct free_area *area,
}
/*
- * If this is not the largest possible page, check if the buddy
- * of the next-highest order is free. If it is, it's possible
+ * If this is less than the 2nd largest possible page, check if the buddy
+ * of the next-higher order is free. If it is, it's possible
* that pages are being freed that will coalesce soon. In case,
* that is happening, add the free page to the tail of the list
* so it's less likely to be used soon and more likely to be merged
- * as a higher order page
+ * as a 2-level higher order page
*/
static inline bool
buddy_merge_likely(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long buddy_pfn,