1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/migrate_device.c b/mm/migrate_device.c
index 27fb37d65476..72354248dde9 100644
--- a/mm/migrate_device.c
+++ b/mm/migrate_device.c
@@ -185,9 +185,16 @@ again:
 		get_page(page);
 
 		/*
-		 * Optimize for the common case where page is only mapped once
-		 * in one process. If we can lock the page, then we can safely
-		 * set up a special migration page table entry now.
+		 * We rely on trylock_page() to avoid deadlock between
+		 * concurrent migrations where each is waiting on the others
+		 * page lock. If we can't immediately lock the page we fail this
+		 * migration as it is only best effort anyway.
+		 *
+		 * If we can lock the page it's safe to set up a migration entry
+		 * now. In the common case where the page is mapped once in a
+		 * single process setting up the migration entry now is an
+		 * optimisation to avoid walking the rmap later with
+		 * try_to_migrate().
 		 */
 		if (trylock_page(page)) {
 			bool anon_exclusive;