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diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index b900c642210c..5157d92b6f23 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -1595,6 +1595,11 @@ void jbd2_journal_put_journal_head(struct journal_head *jh);
*/
extern struct kmem_cache *jbd2_handle_cache;
+/*
+ * This specialized allocator has to be a macro for its allocations to be
+ * accounted separately (to have a separate alloc_tag). The typecast is
+ * intentional to enforce typesafety.
+ */
#define jbd2_alloc_handle(_gfp_flags) \
((handle_t *)kmem_cache_zalloc(jbd2_handle_cache, _gfp_flags))
@@ -1609,6 +1614,11 @@ static inline void jbd2_free_handle(handle_t *handle)
*/
extern struct kmem_cache *jbd2_inode_cache;
+/*
+ * This specialized allocator has to be a macro for its allocations to be
+ * accounted separately (to have a separate alloc_tag). The typecast is
+ * intentional to enforce typesafety.
+ */
#define jbd2_alloc_inode(_gfp_flags) \
((struct jbd2_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(jbd2_inode_cache, _gfp_flags))