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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/shmem.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/shmem.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c index 95e70e9ea060..fb76da93d369 100644 --- a/mm/shmem.c +++ b/mm/shmem.c @@ -2147,6 +2147,10 @@ unlock: * Looks up the page cache entry at @inode & @index. If a folio is * present, it is returned locked with an increased refcount. * + * If the caller modifies data in the folio, it must call folio_mark_dirty() + * before unlocking the folio to ensure that the folio is not reclaimed. + * There is no need to reserve space before calling folio_mark_dirty(). + * * When no folio is found, the behavior depends on @sgp: * - for SGP_READ, *foliop is %NULL and 0 is returned * - for SGP_NOALLOC, *foliop is %NULL and -ENOENT is returned |