[PATCH] jbd2: document the h_invalid handle flag
From: Amit Patole
Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 09:06:10 EST
Commit 61e2a90a910c ("ext4: enable scoped NOFS when starting a handle
in nojournal mode") added the h_invalid bit to struct
jbd2_journal_handle but did not add it to the kernel-doc comment above
the structure, so kernel-doc now warns:
include/linux/jbd2.h:523 struct member 'h_invalid' not described in
'jbd2_journal_handle'
Describe the new flag. It is set by ext4_get_nojournal() on a handle
that is not attached to any journal and is tested by
ext4_handle_valid().
The warning was found by running scripts/kernel-doc over the headers
pulled into the htmldocs build. An AI coding assistant (Claude Opus
5.5) was used to locate the warning and draft this change; it was
verified with scripts/kernel-doc (no warnings left) and checkpatch.
Fixes: 61e2a90a910c ("ext4: enable scoped NOFS when starting a handle in nojournal mode")
Signed-off-by: Amit Patole <amit.patole@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Comment-only change. Built with W=1 on x86_64 (fs/jbd2/, fs/ext4/)
with no new warnings.
---
include/linux/jbd2.h | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index e3886963ba00..69f12366a09a 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ struct jbd2_revoke_table_s;
* @h_sync: Flag for sync-on-close.
* @h_reserved: Flag for handle for reserved credits.
* @h_aborted: Flag indicating fatal error on handle.
+ * @h_invalid: Flag for a handle not attached to a journal (ext4 nojournal mode).
* @h_type: For handle statistics.
* @h_line_no: For handle statistics.
* @h_start_jiffies: Handle Start time.
---
base-commit: 05441d697f7f9a927264f4058cbbc6a03dfcac9d
change-id: 20261105-kdoc-jbd2-h_invalid-8297dd06f190
Best regards,
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Amit Patole <amit.patole@xxxxxxxxx>