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diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 15a55304aa3b..846fc79f3ca9 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -490,6 +490,12 @@ void __init anon_vma_init(void)
* page_remove_rmap() that the anon_vma pointer from page->mapping is valid
* if there is a mapcount, we can dereference the anon_vma after observing
* those.
+ *
+ * NOTE: the caller should normally hold folio lock when calling this. If
+ * not, the caller needs to double check the anon_vma didn't change after
+ * taking the anon_vma lock for either read or write (UFFDIO_MOVE can modify it
+ * concurrently without folio lock protection). See folio_lock_anon_vma_read()
+ * which has already covered that, and comment above remap_pages().
*/
struct anon_vma *folio_get_anon_vma(struct folio *folio)
{