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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-03-24 22:01:30 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-03-24 22:01:30 -0400
commitd39dd11c3e6a7af5c20bfac40594db36cf270f42 (patch)
tree6384e07fa2f347b286cde9754c4507b5a738ab47 /Documentation
parent30f5b28e7f937608e0407edaa459cc8161de81d9 (diff)
parent0b2d0724e26a335cd326eb7ad552c109116a8795 (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: fs: simplify iget & friends fs: pull inode->i_lock up out of writeback_single_inode fs: rename inode_lock to inode_hash_lock fs: move i_wb_list out from under inode_lock fs: move i_sb_list out from under inode_lock fs: remove inode_lock from iput_final and prune_icache fs: Lock the inode LRU list separately fs: factor inode disposal fs: protect inode->i_state with inode->i_lock autofs4: Do not potentially dereference NULL pointer returned by fget() in autofs_dev_ioctl_setpipefd() autofs4 - remove autofs4_lock autofs4 - fix d_manage() return on rcu-walk autofs4 - fix autofs4_expire_indirect() traversal autofs4 - fix dentry leak in autofs4_expire_direct() autofs4 - reinstate last used update on access vfs - check non-mountpoint dentry might block in __follow_mount_rcu()
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/porting16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt2
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 2e994efe12cb..61b31acb9176 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ alloc_inode:
128destroy_inode: 128destroy_inode:
129dirty_inode: (must not sleep) 129dirty_inode: (must not sleep)
130write_inode: 130write_inode:
131drop_inode: !!!inode_lock!!! 131drop_inode: !!!inode->i_lock!!!
132evict_inode: 132evict_inode:
133put_super: write 133put_super: write
134write_super: read 134write_super: read
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index 0c986c9e8519..6e29954851a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -298,11 +298,14 @@ be used instead. It gets called whenever the inode is evicted, whether it has
298remaining links or not. Caller does *not* evict the pagecache or inode-associated 298remaining links or not. Caller does *not* evict the pagecache or inode-associated
299metadata buffers; getting rid of those is responsibility of method, as it had 299metadata buffers; getting rid of those is responsibility of method, as it had
300been for ->delete_inode(). 300been for ->delete_inode().
301 ->drop_inode() returns int now; it's called on final iput() with inode_lock 301
302held and it returns true if filesystems wants the inode to be dropped. As before, 302 ->drop_inode() returns int now; it's called on final iput() with
303generic_drop_inode() is still the default and it's been updated appropriately. 303inode->i_lock held and it returns true if filesystems wants the inode to be
304generic_delete_inode() is also alive and it consists simply of return 1. Note that 304dropped. As before, generic_drop_inode() is still the default and it's been
305all actual eviction work is done by caller after ->drop_inode() returns. 305updated appropriately. generic_delete_inode() is also alive and it consists
306simply of return 1. Note that all actual eviction work is done by caller after
307->drop_inode() returns.
308
306 clear_inode() is gone; use end_writeback() instead. As before, it must 309 clear_inode() is gone; use end_writeback() instead. As before, it must
307be called exactly once on each call of ->evict_inode() (as it used to be for 310be called exactly once on each call of ->evict_inode() (as it used to be for
308each call of ->delete_inode()). Unlike before, if you are using inode-associated 311each call of ->delete_inode()). Unlike before, if you are using inode-associated
@@ -397,6 +400,9 @@ a file off.
397 400
398-- 401--
399[mandatory] 402[mandatory]
403
404--
405[mandatory]
400 ->get_sb() is gone. Switch to use of ->mount(). Typically it's just 406 ->get_sb() is gone. Switch to use of ->mount(). Typically it's just
401a matter of switching from calling get_sb_... to mount_... and changing the 407a matter of switching from calling get_sb_... to mount_... and changing the
402function type. If you were doing it manually, just switch from setting ->mnt_root 408function type. If you were doing it manually, just switch from setting ->mnt_root
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 306f0ae8df09..80815ed654cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ or bottom half).
254 should be synchronous or not, not all filesystems check this flag. 254 should be synchronous or not, not all filesystems check this flag.
255 255
256 drop_inode: called when the last access to the inode is dropped, 256 drop_inode: called when the last access to the inode is dropped,
257 with the inode_lock spinlock held. 257 with the inode->i_lock spinlock held.
258 258
259 This method should be either NULL (normal UNIX filesystem 259 This method should be either NULL (normal UNIX filesystem
260 semantics) or "generic_delete_inode" (for filesystems that do not 260 semantics) or "generic_delete_inode" (for filesystems that do not