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-rw-r--r--include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 5a8899350456..1af2f6a722c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -88,9 +88,10 @@ struct fsnotify_event_private_data;
* if the group is interested in this event.
* handle_event - main call for a group to handle an fs event
* free_group_priv - called when a group refcnt hits 0 to clean up the private union
- * freeing-mark - this means that a mark has been flagged to die when everything
- * finishes using it. The function is supplied with what must be a
- * valid group and inode to use to clean up.
+ * freeing_mark - called when a mark is being destroyed for some reason. The group
+ * MUST be holding a reference on each mark and that reference must be
+ * dropped in this function. inotify uses this function to send
+ * userspace messages that marks have been removed.
*/
struct fsnotify_ops {
bool (*should_send_event)(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inode,