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diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index 6d53675c2b54..98ada58f9942 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -329,7 +329,9 @@ static inline void set_page_writeback(struct page *page)
* System with lots of page flags available. This allows separate
* flags for PageHead() and PageTail() checks of compound pages so that bit
* tests can be used in performance sensitive paths. PageCompound is
- * generally not used in hot code paths.
+ * generally not used in hot code paths except arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
+ * and arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio_hv.c which use it to detect huge pages
+ * and avoid handling those in real mode.
*/
__PAGEFLAG(Head, head) CLEARPAGEFLAG(Head, head)
__PAGEFLAG(Tail, tail)