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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst index 18d69a4559d6..a4d64b1b4295 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst @@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ or bottom half). ->alloc_inode. ``dirty_inode`` - this method is called by the VFS to mark an inode dirty. + this method is called by the VFS when an inode is marked dirty. + This is specifically for the inode itself being marked dirty, + not its data. If the update needs to be persisted by fdatasync(), + then I_DIRTY_DATASYNC will be set in the flags argument. ``write_inode`` this method is called when the VFS needs to write an inode to |