diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index e9cc229d2990..2e78a80361c4 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -1408,6 +1408,10 @@ static inline struct list_head *get_dep_list(struct lock_list *lock, int offset)
 	return lock_class + offset;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Forward- or backward-dependency search, used for both circular dependency
+ * checking and hardirq-unsafe/softirq-unsafe checking.
+ */
 static int __bfs(struct lock_list *source_entry,
 		 void *data,
 		 int (*match)(struct lock_list *entry, void *data),
@@ -1488,12 +1492,6 @@ static inline int __bfs_backwards(struct lock_list *src_entry,
 
 }
 
-/*
- * Recursive, forwards-direction lock-dependency checking, used for
- * both noncyclic checking and for hardirq-unsafe/softirq-unsafe
- * checking.
- */
-
 static void print_lock_trace(struct lock_trace *trace, unsigned int spaces)
 {
 	unsigned long *entries = stack_trace + trace->offset;
@@ -2316,7 +2314,7 @@ check_deadlock(struct task_struct *curr, struct held_lock *next, int read)
 
 /*
  * There was a chain-cache miss, and we are about to add a new dependency
- * to a previous lock. We recursively validate the following rules:
+ * to a previous lock. We validate the following rules:
  *
  *  - would the adding of the <prev> -> <next> dependency create a
  *    circular dependency in the graph? [== circular deadlock]
@@ -2366,11 +2364,12 @@ check_prev_add(struct task_struct *curr, struct held_lock *prev,
 	/*
 	 * Prove that the new <prev> -> <next> dependency would not
 	 * create a circular dependency in the graph. (We do this by
-	 * forward-recursing into the graph starting at <next>, and
-	 * checking whether we can reach <prev>.)
+	 * a breadth-first search into the graph starting at <next>,
+	 * and check whether we can reach <prev>.)
 	 *
-	 * We are using global variables to control the recursion, to
-	 * keep the stackframe size of the recursive functions low:
+	 * The search is limited by the size of the circular queue (i.e.,
+	 * MAX_CIRCULAR_QUEUE_SIZE) which keeps track of a breadth of nodes
+	 * in the graph whose neighbours are to be checked.
 	 */
 	this.class = hlock_class(next);
 	this.parent = NULL;