[PATCH 6/6] mm: Rewrite pagecache_get_page documentation

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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

 - These were never called PCG flags; they've been called FGP flags since
   their introduction in 2014.
 - The FGP_FOR_MMAP flag was misleadingly documented as if it was an
   alternative to FGP_CREAT instead of an option to it.
 - Capitalisation, formatting, rewording.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/filemap.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 83ce9ce0bee1..7de79a2b8220 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1574,37 +1574,34 @@ struct page *find_lock_entry(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t offset)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_lock_entry);
 
 /**
- * pagecache_get_page - find and get a page reference
- * @mapping: the address_space to search
- * @offset: the page index
- * @fgp_flags: PCG flags
- * @gfp_mask: gfp mask to use for the page cache data page allocation
- *
- * Looks up the page cache slot at @mapping & @offset.
+ * pagecache_get_page - Find and get a reference to a page.
+ * @mapping: The address_space to search.
+ * @offset: The page index.
+ * @fgp_flags: %FGP flags modify how the page is returned.
+ * @gfp_mask: Memory allocation flags to use if %FGP_CREAT is specified.
  *
- * PCG flags modify how the page is returned.
+ * Looks up the page cache entry at @mapping & @offset.
  *
- * @fgp_flags can be:
+ * @fgp_flags can be zero or more of these flags:
  *
- * - FGP_ACCESSED: the page will be marked accessed
- * - FGP_LOCK: Page is return locked
- * - FGP_CREAT: If page is not present then a new page is allocated using
- *   @gfp_mask and added to the page cache and the VM's LRU
- *   list. The page is returned locked and with an increased
- *   refcount.
- * - FGP_FOR_MMAP: Similar to FGP_CREAT, only we want to allow the caller to do
- *   its own locking dance if the page is already in cache, or unlock the page
- *   before returning if we had to add the page to pagecache.
+ * * %FGP_ACCESSED - The page will be marked accessed.
+ * * %FGP_LOCK - The page is returned locked.
+ * * %FGP_CREAT - If no page is present then a new page is allocated using
+ *   @gfp_mask and added to the page cache and the VM's LRU list.
+ *   The page is returned locked and with an increased refcount.
+ * * %FGP_FOR_MMAP - The caller wants to do its own locking dance if the
+ *   page is already in cache.  If the page was allocated, unlock it before
+ *   returning so the caller can do the same dance.
  *
- * If FGP_LOCK or FGP_CREAT are specified then the function may sleep even
- * if the GFP flags specified for FGP_CREAT are atomic.
+ * If %FGP_LOCK or %FGP_CREAT are specified then the function may sleep even
+ * if the %GFP flags specified for %FGP_CREAT are atomic.
  *
  * If there is a page cache page, it is returned with an increased refcount.
  *
- * Return: the found page or %NULL otherwise.
+ * Return: The found page or %NULL otherwise.
  */
 struct page *pagecache_get_page(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t offset,
-	int fgp_flags, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+		int fgp_flags, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 
-- 
2.25.1





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