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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
index 7be2900806c8..d5bf4b6b7509 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ symlink: exclusive
mkdir: exclusive
unlink: exclusive (both)
rmdir: exclusive (both)(see below)
-rename: exclusive (all) (see below)
+rename: exclusive (both parents, some children) (see below)
readlink: no
get_link: no
setattr: exclusive
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ get_offset_ctx no
Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_rwsem
exclusive on victim.
cross-directory ->rename() has (per-superblock) ->s_vfs_rename_sem.
+ ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_rwsem exclusive on all non-directories
+ involved.
+ ->rename() has ->i_rwsem exclusive on any subdirectory that changes parent.
See Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking.rst for more detailed discussion
of the locking scheme for directory operations.
@@ -261,7 +264,7 @@ prototypes::
struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode);
int (*launder_folio)(struct folio *);
bool (*is_partially_uptodate)(struct folio *, size_t from, size_t count);
- int (*error_remove_page)(struct address_space *, struct page *);
+ int (*error_remove_folio)(struct address_space *, struct folio *);
int (*swap_activate)(struct swap_info_struct *sis, struct file *f, sector_t *span)
int (*swap_deactivate)(struct file *);
int (*swap_rw)(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter);
@@ -287,7 +290,7 @@ direct_IO:
migrate_folio: yes (both)
launder_folio: yes
is_partially_uptodate: yes
-error_remove_page: yes
+error_remove_folio: yes
swap_activate: no
swap_deactivate: no
swap_rw: yes, unlocks