Many filesystems need a ->page-mkwrite callout to correctly
set up pages that have been written to by mmap. This is especially
important when mmap is writing into holes as it allows filesystems
to correctly account for and allocate space before the mmap
write is allowed to proceed.
Protection against truncate races is provided by locking the page
and checking to see whether the page mapping is correct and whether
it is beyond EOF so we don't end up allowing allocations beyond
the current EOF or changing EOF as a result of a mmap write.
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