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EXTENT_BUFFER_DUMMY is an awful name for this flag. Buffers which have this flag set are not in any way dummy. Rather, they are private in the sense that are not mapped and linked to the global buffer tree. This flag has subtle implications to the way free_extent_buffer works for example, as well as controls whether page->mapping->private_lock is held during extent_buffer release. Pages for an unmapped buffer cannot be under io, nor can they be written by a 3rd party so taking the lock is unnecessary. Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com> [ EXTENT_BUFFER_UNMAPPED, update changelog ] Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.