Re: [PATCH 2/5] buffer: Add kernel-doc for block_dirty_folio()

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Mon Jan 08 2024 - 11:32:42 EST


On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 01:35:10PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> 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.

Actually, how about:

* If the folio has buffers, the uptodate buffers are set dirty, to
* preserve dirty-state coherency between the folio and the buffers.
* Buffers added to a dirty folio are created dirty.

I considered deleting the sentence entirely as it's not actually related
to what the function does; it's just a note about how the buffer cache
behaves. That said, information about how buffer heds work is scant
enough that I don't want to delete it.