2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 4fca82e5276e..d5a269a51a9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ ata *);
         int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *);
         void (*truncate_range)(struct inode *, loff_t, loff_t);
         int (*fiemap)(struct inode *, struct fiemap_extent_info *, u64 start, u64 len);
+        void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int);
 
 locking rules:
         all may block
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ listxattr:	no
 removexattr:    yes
 truncate_range: yes
 fiemap:         no
+update_time:    no
+
         Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_mutex on
 victim.
         cross-directory ->rename() has (per-superblock) ->s_vfs_rename_sem.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 0d0492028082..b2aa722e5ea2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
         ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
         int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *);
         void (*truncate_range)(struct inode *, loff_t, loff_t);
+        void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int);
 };
 
 Again, all methods are called without any locks being held, unless
@@ -475,6 +476,9 @@ otherwise noted.
   truncate_range: a method provided by the underlying filesystem to truncate a
         range of blocks , i.e. punch a hole somewhere in a file.
 
+  update_time: called by the VFS to update a specific time or the i_version of
+        an inode.  If this is not defined the VFS will update the inode itself
+        and call mark_inode_dirty_sync.
 
 The Address Space Object
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