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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
index c26d854275a0..515bc48ab58b 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
@@ -237,20 +237,20 @@ address_space_operations
prototypes::
int (*writepage)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc);
- int (*readpage)(struct file *, struct page *);
+ int (*read_folio)(struct file *, struct folio *);
int (*writepages)(struct address_space *, struct writeback_control *);
bool (*dirty_folio)(struct address_space *, struct folio *folio);
void (*readahead)(struct readahead_control *);
int (*write_begin)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping,
- loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
+ loff_t pos, unsigned len,
struct page **pagep, void **fsdata);
int (*write_end)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
struct page *page, void *fsdata);
sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t);
void (*invalidate_folio) (struct folio *, size_t start, size_t len);
- int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
- void (*freepage)(struct page *);
+ bool (*release_folio)(struct folio *, gfp_t);
+ void (*free_folio)(struct folio *);
int (*direct_IO)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter);
bool (*isolate_page) (struct page *, isolate_mode_t);
int (*migratepage)(struct address_space *, struct page *, struct page *);
@@ -262,22 +262,22 @@ prototypes::
int (*swap_deactivate)(struct file *);
locking rules:
- All except dirty_folio and freepage may block
+ All except dirty_folio and free_folio may block
====================== ======================== ========= ===============
-ops PageLocked(page) i_rwsem invalidate_lock
+ops folio locked i_rwsem invalidate_lock
====================== ======================== ========= ===============
writepage: yes, unlocks (see below)
-readpage: yes, unlocks shared
+read_folio: yes, unlocks shared
writepages:
-dirty_folio maybe
+dirty_folio: maybe
readahead: yes, unlocks shared
write_begin: locks the page exclusive
write_end: yes, unlocks exclusive
bmap:
invalidate_folio: yes exclusive
-releasepage: yes
-freepage: yes
+release_folio: yes
+free_folio: yes
direct_IO:
isolate_page: yes
migratepage: yes (both)
@@ -289,13 +289,13 @@ swap_activate: no
swap_deactivate: no
====================== ======================== ========= ===============
-->write_begin(), ->write_end() and ->readpage() may be called from
+->write_begin(), ->write_end() and ->read_folio() may be called from
the request handler (/dev/loop).
-->readpage() unlocks the page, either synchronously or via I/O
+->read_folio() unlocks the folio, either synchronously or via I/O
completion.
-->readahead() unlocks the pages that I/O is attempted on like ->readpage().
+->readahead() unlocks the folios that I/O is attempted on like ->read_folio().
->writepage() is used for two purposes: for "memory cleansing" and for
"sync". These are quite different operations and the behaviour may differ
@@ -372,12 +372,12 @@ invalidate_lock before invalidating page cache in truncate / hole punch
path (and thus calling into ->invalidate_folio) to block races between page
cache invalidation and page cache filling functions (fault, read, ...).
-->releasepage() is called when the kernel is about to try to drop the
-buffers from the page in preparation for freeing it. It returns zero to
-indicate that the buffers are (or may be) freeable. If ->releasepage is zero,
-the kernel assumes that the fs has no private interest in the buffers.
+->release_folio() is called when the kernel is about to try to drop the
+buffers from the folio in preparation for freeing it. It returns false to
+indicate that the buffers are (or may be) freeable. If ->release_folio is
+NULL, the kernel assumes that the fs has no private interest in the buffers.
-->freepage() is called when the kernel is done dropping the page
+->free_folio() is called when the kernel has dropped the folio
from the page cache.
->launder_folio() may be called prior to releasing a folio if