--- a/mm/slab.c~mm-slabc-update-outdated-kmem_list3-in-a-comment +++ a/mm/slab.c @@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ int slab_prepare_cpu(unsigned int cpu) * offline. * * Even if all the cpus of a node are down, we don't free the - * kmem_list3 of any cache. This to avoid a race between cpu_down, and + * kmem_cache_node of any cache. This to avoid a race between cpu_down, and * a kmalloc allocation from another cpu for memory from the node of * the cpu going down. The list3 structure is usually allocated from * kmem_cache_create() and gets destroyed at kmem_cache_destroy().