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authorLinus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>2026-06-30 18:05:56 +0100
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ARM: 9480/1: entry: expand comment in __switch_tografted
As per discussion between the developers in the mail thread linked, expand the comment in __switch_to so that readers of the code understand what is going on. Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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+==========
+Page Cache
+==========
+
+The page cache is the primary way that the user and the rest of the kernel
+interact with filesystems. It can be bypassed (e.g. with O_DIRECT),
+but normal reads, writes and mmaps go through the page cache.
+
+Folios
+======
+
+The folio is the unit of memory management within the page cache.
+Operations