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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/buffer.c | 5 |
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diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c index 60829312787a..ed698caa8834 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -1424,6 +1424,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__find_get_block); * @size: The size of buffer_heads for this @bdev. * @gfp: The memory allocation flags to use. * + * The returned buffer head has its reference count incremented, but is + * not locked. The caller should call brelse() when it has finished + * with the buffer. The buffer may not be uptodate. If needed, the + * caller can bring it uptodate either by reading it or overwriting it. + * * Return: The buffer head, or NULL if memory could not be allocated. */ struct buffer_head *bdev_getblk(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, |