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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-13 13:34:57 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-13 13:34:57 -0500
commit96e80a7851b44f3decaac0625665cd64e550b71d (patch)
treea24d9f46c43b5fcf824c49b93d37982ab668aade /Documentation
parent57e6a7dde8cfca9ac1d6702cf9104d22bc11ba90 (diff)
parent3d4a1c80c4eb97187b3a61b3bfa8c804327f7a45 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pkl/squashfs-next
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pkl/squashfs-next: Squashfs: fix i_blocks calculation with extended regular files Squashfs: fix mount time sanity check for corrupted superblock Squashfs: optimise squashfs_cache_get entry search Squashfs: Update documentation to include xattrs Squashfs: add missing block release on error condition
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt
index 7db3ebda5a4c..403c090aca39 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ byte alignment:
93 93
94Compressed data blocks are written to the filesystem as files are read from 94Compressed data blocks are written to the filesystem as files are read from
95the source directory, and checked for duplicates. Once all file data has been 95the source directory, and checked for duplicates. Once all file data has been
96written the completed inode, directory, fragment, export and uid/gid lookup 96written the completed inode, directory, fragment, export, uid/gid lookup and
97tables are written. 97xattr tables are written.
98 98
993.1 Compression options 993.1 Compression options
100----------------------- 100-----------------------
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ in each metadata block. Directories are sorted in alphabetical order,
151and at lookup the index is scanned linearly looking for the first filename 151and at lookup the index is scanned linearly looking for the first filename
152alphabetically larger than the filename being looked up. At this point the 152alphabetically larger than the filename being looked up. At this point the
153location of the metadata block the filename is in has been found. 153location of the metadata block the filename is in has been found.
154The general idea of the index is ensure only one metadata block needs to be 154The general idea of the index is to ensure only one metadata block needs to be
155decompressed to do a lookup irrespective of the length of the directory. 155decompressed to do a lookup irrespective of the length of the directory.
156This scheme has the advantage that it doesn't require extra memory overhead 156This scheme has the advantage that it doesn't require extra memory overhead
157and doesn't require much extra storage on disk. 157and doesn't require much extra storage on disk.