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@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ typically between calling iget_locked() and unlocking the inode.
At some point that will become mandatory.
+**mandatory**
+
+The foo_inode_info should always be allocated through alloc_inode_sb() rather
+than kmem_cache_alloc() or kmalloc() related to set up the inode reclaim context
+correctly.
+
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**mandatory**