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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/fs-writeback.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index 38e103506484..128404310fc0 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wbc_account_io); /** * inode_congested - test whether an inode is congested - * @inode: inode to test for congestion + * @inode: inode to test for congestion (may be NULL) * @cong_bits: mask of WB_[a]sync_congested bits to test * * Tests whether @inode is congested. @cong_bits is the mask of congestion @@ -711,6 +711,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wbc_account_io); * determined by whether the cgwb (cgroup bdi_writeback) for the blkcg * associated with @inode is congested; otherwise, the root wb's congestion * state is used. + * + * @inode is allowed to be NULL as this function is often called on + * mapping->host which is NULL for the swapper space. */ int inode_congested(struct inode *inode, int cong_bits) { |