diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index a91f308..b6426f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -173,12 +173,13 @@
 	sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t);
 	int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long);
 	int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
+	void (*freepage)(struct page *);
 	int (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov,
 			loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs);
 	int (*launder_page) (struct page *);
 
 locking rules:
-	All except set_page_dirty may block
+	All except set_page_dirty and freepage may block
 
 			BKL	PageLocked(page)	i_mutex
 writepage:		no	yes, unlocks (see below)
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@
 bmap:			no
 invalidatepage:		no	yes
 releasepage:		no	yes
+freepage:		no	yes
 direct_IO:		no
 launder_page:		no	yes
 
@@ -288,6 +290,9 @@
 indicate that the buffers are (or may be) freeable.  If ->releasepage is zero,
 the kernel assumes that the fs has no private interest in the buffers.
 
+	->freepage() is called when the kernel is done dropping the page
+from the page cache.
+
 	->launder_page() may be called prior to releasing a page if
 it is still found to be dirty. It returns zero if the page was successfully
 cleaned, or an error value if not. Note that in order to prevent the page
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index ed7e5ef..3b14a55 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@
 	sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t);
 	int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long);
 	int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
+	void (*freepage)(struct page *);
 	ssize_t (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov,
 			loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs);
 	struct page* (*get_xip_page)(struct address_space *, sector_t,
@@ -679,6 +680,12 @@
         need to ensure this.  Possibly it can clear the PageUptodate
         bit if it cannot free private data yet.
 
+  freepage: freepage is called once the page is no longer visible in
+        the page cache in order to allow the cleanup of any private
+	data. Since it may be called by the memory reclaimer, it
+	should not assume that the original address_space mapping still
+	exists, and it should not block.
+
   direct_IO: called by the generic read/write routines to perform
         direct_IO - that is IO requests which bypass the page cache
         and transfer data directly between the storage and the