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+Buffer Heads
+============
+
+Linux uses buffer heads to maintain state about individual filesystem blocks.
+Buffer heads are deprecated and new filesystems should use iomap instead.
+
+Functions
+---------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/buffer_head.h
+.. kernel-doc:: fs/buffer.c
+ :export: