Let's clarify a bit by extending the comments.
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <[email protected]>
---
mm/balloon_compaction.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/balloon_compaction.c b/mm/balloon_compaction.c
index 03c5dbabb1565..85eea88cea083 100644
--- a/mm/balloon_compaction.c
+++ b/mm/balloon_compaction.c
@@ -222,7 +222,11 @@ static void balloon_page_putback(struct page *page)
struct balloon_dev_info *b_dev_info = balloon_page_device(page);
unsigned long flags;
- /* Isolated balloon pages cannot get deflated. */
+ /*
+ * When we isolated the page, the page was still inflated in a balloon
+ * device. As isolated balloon pages cannot get deflated, we still have
+ * a balloon device here.
+ */
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!b_dev_info))
return;
@@ -241,7 +245,11 @@ static int balloon_page_migrate(struct page *newpage,
struct page *page,
VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(newpage), newpage);
- /* Isolated balloon pages cannot get deflated. */
+ /*
+ * When we isolated the page, the page was still inflated in a balloon
+ * device. As isolated balloon pages cannot get deflated, we still have
+ * a balloon device here.
+ */
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!balloon))
return -EAGAIN;
--
2.52.0