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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/buffer.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/buffer.c | 35 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c index 0466ed7ed95a..32ab3eddc44f 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -1453,20 +1453,29 @@ void __breadahead(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size) EXPORT_SYMBOL(__breadahead); /** - * __bread_gfp() - reads a specified block and returns the bh - * @bdev: the block_device to read from - * @block: number of block - * @size: size (in bytes) to read - * @gfp: page allocation flag - * - * Reads a specified block, and returns buffer head that contains it. - * The page cache can be allocated from non-movable area - * not to prevent page migration if you set gfp to zero. - * It returns NULL if the block was unreadable. + * __bread_gfp() - Read a block. + * @bdev: The block device to read from. + * @block: Block number in units of block size. + * @size: The block size of this device in bytes. + * @gfp: Not page allocation flags; see below. + * + * You are not expected to call this function. You should use one of + * sb_bread(), sb_bread_unmovable() or __bread(). + * + * Read a specified block, and return the buffer head that refers to it. + * If @gfp is 0, the memory will be allocated using the block device's + * default GFP flags. If @gfp is __GFP_MOVABLE, the memory may be + * allocated from a movable area. Do not pass in a complete set of + * GFP flags. + * + * The returned buffer head has its refcount increased. The caller should + * call brelse() when it has finished with the buffer. + * + * Context: May sleep waiting for I/O. + * Return: NULL if the block was unreadable. */ -struct buffer_head * -__bread_gfp(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, - unsigned size, gfp_t gfp) +struct buffer_head *__bread_gfp(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, + unsigned size, gfp_t gfp) { struct buffer_head *bh; |