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diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
index aa1e64196d8d..3a283bf97f2f 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
@@ -2344,6 +2344,10 @@ bool __weak bpf_helper_changes_pkt_data(void *func)
/* Return TRUE if the JIT backend wants verifier to enable sub-register usage
* analysis code and wants explicit zero extension inserted by verifier.
* Otherwise, return FALSE.
+ *
+ * The verifier inserts an explicit zero extension after BPF_CMPXCHGs even if
+ * you don't override this. JITs that don't want these extra insns can detect
+ * them using insn_is_zext.
*/
bool __weak bpf_jit_needs_zext(void)
{