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diff --git a/include/linux/bootmem.h b/include/linux/bootmem.h
index 7942a96b1a9d..42515195d7d8 100644
--- a/include/linux/bootmem.h
+++ b/include/linux/bootmem.h
@@ -27,9 +27,20 @@ extern unsigned long max_pfn;
extern unsigned long long max_possible_pfn;
#ifndef CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM
-/*
- * node_bootmem_map is a map pointer - the bits represent all physical
- * memory pages (including holes) on the node.
+/**
+ * struct bootmem_data - per-node information used by the bootmem allocator
+ * @node_min_pfn: the starting physical address of the node's memory
+ * @node_low_pfn: the end physical address of the directly addressable memory
+ * @node_bootmem_map: is a bitmap pointer - the bits represent all physical
+ * memory pages (including holes) on the node.
+ * @last_end_off: the offset within the page of the end of the last allocation;
+ * if 0, the page used is full
+ * @hint_idx: the PFN of the page used with the last allocation;
+ * together with using this with the @last_end_offset field,
+ * a test can be made to see if allocations can be merged
+ * with the page used for the last allocation rather than
+ * using up a full new page.
+ * @list: list entry in the linked list ordered by the memory addresses
*/
typedef struct bootmem_data {
unsigned long node_min_pfn;