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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/buffer_head.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/buffer_head.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h index 56a1e9c1e71e..c145817c6ca0 100644 --- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h +++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h @@ -303,6 +303,22 @@ static inline void put_bh(struct buffer_head *bh) atomic_dec(&bh->b_count); } +/** + * brelse - Release a buffer. + * @bh: The buffer to release. + * + * Decrement a buffer_head's reference count. If @bh is NULL, this + * function is a no-op. + * + * If all buffers on a folio have zero reference count, are clean + * and unlocked, and if the folio is unlocked and not under writeback + * then try_to_free_buffers() may strip the buffers from the folio in + * preparation for freeing it (sometimes, rarely, buffers are removed + * from a folio but it ends up not being freed, and buffers may later + * be reattached). + * + * Context: Any context. + */ static inline void brelse(struct buffer_head *bh) { if (bh) |