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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-06-24 23:01:36 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-06-24 23:01:36 -0400
commit1e467e68e51b116e026247d0defc806b462c095e (patch)
tree87203f5dbb1cb24402aa966153ce49d176cc47db /Documentation/filesystems/porting
parent14738e03312ff1137109d68bcbf103c738af0f4a (diff)
parent36f95a0b34cb980dcfff9c1082ca5d8f0dc5e78b (diff)
Merge tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "The main thing here is Ingo's big subdirectory documenting feature support for each architecture. Beyond that, it's the usual pile of fixes, tweaks, and small additions" * tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: (79 commits) doc:md: fix typo in md.txt. Documentation/mic/mpssd: don't build x86 userspace when cross compiling Documentation/prctl: don't build tsc tests when cross compiling Documentation/vDSO: don't build tests when cross compiling Doc:ABI/testing: Fix typo in sysfs-bus-fcoe Doc: Docbook: Change wikipedia's URL from http to https in scsi.tmpl Doc: Change wikipedia's URL from http to https Documentation/kernel-parameters: add missing pciserial to the earlyprintk Doc:pps: Fix typo in pps.txt kbuild : Fix documentation of INSTALL_HDR_PATH Documentation: filesystems: updated struct file_operations documentation in vfs.txt kbuild: edit explanation of clean-files variable Doc: ja_JP: Fix typo in HOWTO Move freefall program from Documentation/ to tools/ Documentation: ARM: EXYNOS: Describe boot loaders interface Doc:nfc: Fix typo in nfc-hci.txt vfs: Minor documentation fix Doc: networking: txtimestamp: fix printf format warning Documentation, intel_pstate: Improve legacy mode internal governors description Documentation: extend use case for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() ...
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@@ -379,10 +379,10 @@ may now be called in rcu-walk mode (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU). -ECHILD should be
379returned if the filesystem cannot handle rcu-walk. See 379returned if the filesystem cannot handle rcu-walk. See
380Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt for more details. 380Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt for more details.
381 381
382 permission and check_acl are inode permission checks that are called 382 permission is an inode permission check that is called on many or all
383on many or all directory inodes on the way down a path walk (to check for 383directory inodes on the way down a path walk (to check for exec permission). It
384exec permission). These must now be rcu-walk aware (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU). 384must now be rcu-walk aware (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK). See
385See Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt for more details. 385Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt for more details.
386 386
387-- 387--
388[mandatory] 388[mandatory]