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author | Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk> | 2011-01-07 01:49:22 -0500 |
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committer | Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk> | 2011-01-07 01:50:18 -0500 |
commit | 5eef7fa905c814826f518aca2d414ca77508ce30 (patch) | |
tree | 53c40fdbe92c30910befbad14ebace3ab9a342c0 /include/linux/dcache.h | |
parent | fbc8d4c04626e015b18cc61199f505920abb48f0 (diff) |
fs: dcache documentation cleanup
Remove redundant (and incorrect, since dcache RCU lookup) dentry locking
documentation and point to the canonical document.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/dcache.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/dcache.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h index 6a4aea30aa09..fff975576b5b 100644 --- a/include/linux/dcache.h +++ b/include/linux/dcache.h | |||
@@ -141,22 +141,16 @@ struct dentry_operations { | |||
141 | char *(*d_dname)(struct dentry *, char *, int); | 141 | char *(*d_dname)(struct dentry *, char *, int); |
142 | }; | 142 | }; |
143 | 143 | ||
144 | /* the dentry parameter passed to d_hash and d_compare is the parent | 144 | /* |
145 | * Locking rules for dentry_operations callbacks are to be found in | ||
146 | * Documentation/filesystems/Locking. Keep it updated! | ||
147 | * | ||
148 | * the dentry parameter passed to d_hash and d_compare is the parent | ||
145 | * directory of the entries to be compared. It is used in case these | 149 | * directory of the entries to be compared. It is used in case these |
146 | * functions need any directory specific information for determining | 150 | * functions need any directory specific information for determining |
147 | * equivalency classes. Using the dentry itself might not work, as it | 151 | * equivalency classes. Using the dentry itself might not work, as it |
148 | * might be a negative dentry which has no information associated with | 152 | * might be a negative dentry which has no information associated with |
149 | * it */ | 153 | * it. |
150 | |||
151 | /* | ||
152 | locking rules: | ||
153 | big lock dcache_lock d_lock may block | ||
154 | d_revalidate: no no no yes | ||
155 | d_hash no no no yes | ||
156 | d_compare: no yes yes no | ||
157 | d_delete: no yes no no | ||
158 | d_release: no no no yes | ||
159 | d_iput: no no no yes | ||
160 | */ | 154 | */ |
161 | 155 | ||
162 | /* d_flags entries */ | 156 | /* d_flags entries */ |