2 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h
index 3202aa74e0d6..6437ca21f61b 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 #define PENALTY_FOR_NODE_WITH_CPUS 255
 
 /*
- * Distance above which we begin to use zone reclaim
+ * Nodes within this distance are eligible for reclaim by zone_reclaim() when
+ * zone_reclaim_mode is enabled.
  */
 #define RECLAIM_DISTANCE 15
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
index c9202151079f..6c8a8c5a37a1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -9,12 +9,8 @@ struct device_node;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 
 /*
- * Before going off node we want the VM to try and reclaim from the local
- * node. It does this if the remote distance is larger than RECLAIM_DISTANCE.
- * With the default REMOTE_DISTANCE of 20 and the default RECLAIM_DISTANCE of
- * 20, we never reclaim and go off node straight away.
- *
- * To fix this we choose a smaller value of RECLAIM_DISTANCE.
+ * If zone_reclaim_mode is enabled, a RECLAIM_DISTANCE of 10 will mean that
+ * all zones on all nodes will be eligible for zone_reclaim().
  */
 #define RECLAIM_DISTANCE 10