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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-12-14 11:51:12 -0500 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-12-14 11:51:12 -0500 |
commit | 38971ce2fac484249d697fe48a9b0851a0b62572 (patch) | |
tree | 5ff677e2f2225a8b7971c2bb84e1c66bc4c54d38 /Documentation | |
parent | caa4a59574a39e6574664e82b92455d41eca27a8 (diff) | |
parent | 5b362ac3799ff4225c40935500f520cad4d7ed66 (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
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 7 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index a91f30890011..b6426f15b4ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking | |||
@@ -173,12 +173,13 @@ prototypes: | |||
173 | sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t); | 173 | sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t); |
174 | int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long); | 174 | int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long); |
175 | int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int); | 175 | int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int); |
176 | void (*freepage)(struct page *); | ||
176 | int (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov, | 177 | int (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov, |
177 | loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs); | 178 | loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs); |
178 | int (*launder_page) (struct page *); | 179 | int (*launder_page) (struct page *); |
179 | 180 | ||
180 | locking rules: | 181 | locking rules: |
181 | All except set_page_dirty may block | 182 | All except set_page_dirty and freepage may block |
182 | 183 | ||
183 | BKL PageLocked(page) i_mutex | 184 | BKL PageLocked(page) i_mutex |
184 | writepage: no yes, unlocks (see below) | 185 | writepage: no yes, unlocks (see below) |
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ perform_write: no n/a yes | |||
193 | bmap: no | 194 | bmap: no |
194 | invalidatepage: no yes | 195 | invalidatepage: no yes |
195 | releasepage: no yes | 196 | releasepage: no yes |
197 | freepage: no yes | ||
196 | direct_IO: no | 198 | direct_IO: no |
197 | launder_page: no yes | 199 | launder_page: no yes |
198 | 200 | ||
@@ -288,6 +290,9 @@ buffers from the page in preparation for freeing it. It returns zero to | |||
288 | indicate that the buffers are (or may be) freeable. If ->releasepage is zero, | 290 | indicate that the buffers are (or may be) freeable. If ->releasepage is zero, |
289 | the kernel assumes that the fs has no private interest in the buffers. | 291 | the kernel assumes that the fs has no private interest in the buffers. |
290 | 292 | ||
293 | ->freepage() is called when the kernel is done dropping the page | ||
294 | from the page cache. | ||
295 | |||
291 | ->launder_page() may be called prior to releasing a page if | 296 | ->launder_page() may be called prior to releasing a page if |
292 | it is still found to be dirty. It returns zero if the page was successfully | 297 | it is still found to be dirty. It returns zero if the page was successfully |
293 | cleaned, or an error value if not. Note that in order to prevent the page | 298 | 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 55c28b79d8dc..20899e095e7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ 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 |