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The return value of that function is completely wrong.
That function only returns 0 if the extent buffer doesn't need to be
submitted. The "ret = 1" and "ret = 0" are determined by the return
value of "test_and_clear_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_DIRTY, &eb->bflags)".
And if we get ret == 1, it's because the extent buffer is dirty, and we
set its status to EXTENT_BUFFER_WRITE_BACK, and continue to page
locking.
While if we get ret == 0, it means the extent is not dirty from the
beginning, so we don't need to write it back.
The caller also follows this, in btree_write_cache_pages(), if
lock_extent_buffer_for_io() returns 0, we just skip the extent buffer
completely.
So the comment is completely wrong.
Since we're here, also change the description a little. The write bio
flushing won't be visible to the caller, thus it's not an major feature.
In the main description, only describe the locking part to make the
point more clear.
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.