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>
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 42fb84e..8f09333 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@
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);
}