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diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 433a01d2e992..a317eb2c4442 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1057,6 +1057,18 @@ static struct dentry_operations pid_dentry_operations =
1057 1057
1058typedef struct dentry *instantiate_t(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct task_struct *, void *); 1058typedef struct dentry *instantiate_t(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct task_struct *, void *);
1059 1059
1060/*
1061 * Fill a directory entry.
1062 *
1063 * If possible create the dcache entry and derive our inode number and
1064 * file type from dcache entry.
1065 *
1066 * Since all of the proc inode numbers are dynamically generated, the inode
1067 * numbers do not exist until the inode is cache. This means creating the
1068 * the dcache entry in readdir is necessary to keep the inode numbers
1069 * reported by readdir in sync with the inode numbers reported
1070 * by stat.
1071 */
1060static int proc_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir, 1072static int proc_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
1061 char *name, int len, 1073 char *name, int len,
1062 instantiate_t instantiate, struct task_struct *task, void *ptr) 1074 instantiate_t instantiate, struct task_struct *task, void *ptr)