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buffer: improve bdev_getblk documentation

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Add some more information about the state of the buffer_head returned.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240416031754.4076917-8-willy@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) 2024-04-16 04:17:51 +01:00 committed by Andrew Morton
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@ -1424,6 +1424,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__find_get_block);
* @size: The size of buffer_heads for this @bdev.
* @gfp: The memory allocation flags to use.
*
* The returned buffer head has its reference count incremented, but is
* not locked. The caller should call brelse() when it has finished
* with the buffer. The buffer may not be uptodate. If needed, the
* caller can bring it uptodate either by reading it or overwriting it.
*
* Return: The buffer head, or NULL if memory could not be allocated.
*/
struct buffer_head *bdev_getblk(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,