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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-12-14 11:51:12 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-12-14 11:51:12 -0500
commit38971ce2fac484249d697fe48a9b0851a0b62572 (patch)
tree5ff677e2f2225a8b7971c2bb84e1c66bc4c54d38 /Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
parentcaa4a59574a39e6574664e82b92455d41eca27a8 (diff)
parent5b362ac3799ff4225c40935500f520cad4d7ed66 (diff)
Merge branch 'bugfixes' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6
* 'bugfixes' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6: NFS: Fix panic after nfs_umount() nfs: remove extraneous and problematic calls to nfs_clear_request nfs: kernel should return EPROTONOSUPPORT when not support NFSv4 NFS: Fix fcntl F_GETLK not reporting some conflicts nfs: Discard ACL cache on mode update NFS: Readdir cleanups NFS: nfs_readdir_search_for_cookie() don't mark as eof if cookie not found NFS: Fix a memory leak in nfs_readdir Call the filesystem back whenever a page is removed from the page cache NFS: Ensure we use the correct cookie in nfs_readdir_xdr_filler
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 55c28b79d8dc..20899e095e7e 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ struct address_space_operations {
534 sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t); 534 sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t);
535 int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long); 535 int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long);
536 int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int); 536 int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
537 void (*freepage)(struct page *);
537 ssize_t (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov, 538 ssize_t (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov,
538 loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs); 539 loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs);
539 struct page* (*get_xip_page)(struct address_space *, sector_t, 540 struct page* (*get_xip_page)(struct address_space *, sector_t,
@@ -678,6 +679,12 @@ struct address_space_operations {
678 need to ensure this. Possibly it can clear the PageUptodate 679 need to ensure this. Possibly it can clear the PageUptodate
679 bit if it cannot free private data yet. 680 bit if it cannot free private data yet.
680 681
682 freepage: freepage is called once the page is no longer visible in
683 the page cache in order to allow the cleanup of any private
684 data. Since it may be called by the memory reclaimer, it
685 should not assume that the original address_space mapping still
686 exists, and it should not block.
687
681 direct_IO: called by the generic read/write routines to perform 688 direct_IO: called by the generic read/write routines to perform
682 direct_IO - that is IO requests which bypass the page cache 689 direct_IO - that is IO requests which bypass the page cache
683 and transfer data directly between the storage and the 690 and transfer data directly between the storage and the