Re: [PATCH 2/5] buffer: Add kernel-doc for block_dirty_folio()
From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Mon Jan 08 2024 - 08:35:34 EST
On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 02:31:17PM +0100, Pankaj Raghav (Samsung) wrote:
> > + * If the folio has buffers, the uptodate buffers are set dirty, to
> > + * preserve dirty-state coherency between the folio and the buffers.
> > + * It the folio does not have buffers then when they are later attached
>
> s/It the folio/If the folio
> > + * they will all be set dirty.
> Is it better to rephrase it slightly as follows:
>
> If the folio does not have buffers, they will all be set dirty when they
> are later attached.
Yes, I like that better.
> > + *
> > + * The buffers are dirtied before the folio is dirtied. There's a small
> > + * race window in which writeback may see the folio cleanness but not the
> > + * buffer dirtiness. That's fine. If this code were to set the folio
>