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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting index 07a32b42cf9c..7fcac6393cd0 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting | |||
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ must be done in the RCU callback. | |||
365 | [recommended] | 365 | [recommended] |
366 | vfs now tries to do path walking in "rcu-walk mode", which avoids | 366 | vfs now tries to do path walking in "rcu-walk mode", which avoids |
367 | atomic operations and scalability hazards on dentries and inodes (see | 367 | atomic operations and scalability hazards on dentries and inodes (see |
368 | Documentation/filesystems/path-walk.txt). d_hash and d_compare changes (above) | 368 | Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.txt). d_hash and d_compare changes |
369 | are examples of the changes required to support this. For more complex | 369 | (above) are examples of the changes required to support this. For more complex |
370 | filesystem callbacks, the vfs drops out of rcu-walk mode before the fs call, so | 370 | filesystem callbacks, the vfs drops out of rcu-walk mode before the fs call, so |
371 | no changes are required to the filesystem. However, this is costly and loses | 371 | no changes are required to the filesystem. However, this is costly and loses |
372 | the benefits of rcu-walk mode. We will begin to add filesystem callbacks that | 372 | the benefits of rcu-walk mode. We will begin to add filesystem callbacks that |
@@ -383,5 +383,5 @@ Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt for more details. | |||
383 | 383 | ||
384 | permission and check_acl are inode permission checks that are called | 384 | permission and check_acl are inode permission checks that are called |
385 | on many or all directory inodes on the way down a path walk (to check for | 385 | on many or all directory inodes on the way down a path walk (to check for |
386 | exec permission). These must now be rcu-walk aware (flags & IPERM_RCU). See | 386 | exec permission). These must now be rcu-walk aware (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU). |
387 | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt for more details. | 387 | See Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt for more details. |