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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.rst index 56856481dc8d..a6726082a7c2 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.rst @@ -217,6 +217,12 @@ between the calls to start() and stop(), so holding a lock during that time is a reasonable thing to do. The seq_file code will also avoid taking any other locks while the iterator is active. +The iterater value returned by start() or next() is guaranteed to be +passed to a subsequent next() or stop() call. This allows resources +such as locks that were taken to be reliably released. There is *no* +guarantee that the iterator will be passed to show(), though in practice +it often will be. + Formatted output ================ |