diff --git a/mm/fadvise.c b/mm/fadvise.c
index fb7c5f43fd2a..f684ffd7f9c9 100644
--- a/mm/fadvise.c
+++ b/mm/fadvise.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int generic_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
 		}
 
 		if (end_index >= start_index) {
-			unsigned long nr_pagevec = 0;
+			unsigned long nr_failed = 0;
 
 			/*
 			 * It's common to FADV_DONTNEED right after
@@ -156,17 +156,15 @@ int generic_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
 			 */
 			lru_add_drain();
 
-			invalidate_mapping_pagevec(mapping,
-						start_index, end_index,
-						&nr_pagevec);
+			mapping_try_invalidate(mapping, start_index, end_index,
+					&nr_failed);
 
 			/*
-			 * If fewer pages were invalidated than expected then
-			 * it is possible that some of the pages were on
-			 * a per-cpu pagevec for a remote CPU. Drain all
-			 * pagevecs and try again.
+			 * The failures may be due to the folio being
+			 * in the LRU cache of a remote CPU. Drain all
+			 * caches and try again.
 			 */
-			if (nr_pagevec) {
+			if (nr_failed) {
 				lru_add_drain_all();
 				invalidate_mapping_pages(mapping, start_index,
 						end_index);
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 119a8241f9d9..2ff7587b4045 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ int truncate_inode_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *folio);
 bool truncate_inode_partial_folio(struct folio *folio, loff_t start,
 		loff_t end);
 long invalidate_inode_page(struct page *page);
-unsigned long invalidate_mapping_pagevec(struct address_space *mapping,
-		pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end, unsigned long *nr_pagevec);
+unsigned long mapping_try_invalidate(struct address_space *mapping,
+		pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end, unsigned long *nr_failed);
 
 /**
  * folio_evictable - Test whether a folio is evictable.
diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
index 86de31ed4d32..4a917570887f 100644
--- a/mm/truncate.c
+++ b/mm/truncate.c
@@ -486,18 +486,17 @@ void truncate_inode_pages_final(struct address_space *mapping)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(truncate_inode_pages_final);
 
 /**
- * invalidate_mapping_pagevec - Invalidate all the unlocked pages of one inode
- * @mapping: the address_space which holds the pages to invalidate
+ * mapping_try_invalidate - Invalidate all the evictable folios of one inode
+ * @mapping: the address_space which holds the folios to invalidate
  * @start: the offset 'from' which to invalidate
  * @end: the offset 'to' which to invalidate (inclusive)
- * @nr_pagevec: invalidate failed page number for caller
+ * @nr_failed: How many folio invalidations failed
  *
- * This helper is similar to invalidate_mapping_pages(), except that it accounts
- * for pages that are likely on a pagevec and counts them in @nr_pagevec, which
- * will be used by the caller.
+ * This function is similar to invalidate_mapping_pages(), except that it
+ * returns the number of folios which could not be evicted in @nr_failed.
  */
-unsigned long invalidate_mapping_pagevec(struct address_space *mapping,
-		pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end, unsigned long *nr_pagevec)
+unsigned long mapping_try_invalidate(struct address_space *mapping,
+		pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end, unsigned long *nr_failed)
 {
 	pgoff_t indices[PAGEVEC_SIZE];
 	struct folio_batch fbatch;
@@ -527,9 +526,9 @@ unsigned long invalidate_mapping_pagevec(struct address_space *mapping,
 			 */
 			if (!ret) {
 				deactivate_file_folio(folio);
-				/* It is likely on the pagevec of a remote CPU */
-				if (nr_pagevec)
-					(*nr_pagevec)++;
+				/* Likely in the lru cache of a remote CPU */
+				if (nr_failed)
+					(*nr_failed)++;
 			}
 			count += ret;
 		}
@@ -552,12 +551,12 @@ unsigned long invalidate_mapping_pagevec(struct address_space *mapping,
  * If you want to remove all the pages of one inode, regardless of
  * their use and writeback state, use truncate_inode_pages().
  *
- * Return: the number of the cache entries that were invalidated
+ * Return: The number of indices that had their contents invalidated
  */
 unsigned long invalidate_mapping_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end)
 {
-	return invalidate_mapping_pagevec(mapping, start, end, NULL);
+	return mapping_try_invalidate(mapping, start, end, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(invalidate_mapping_pages);
 
