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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/files.txt | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt | 4 |
5 files changed, 10 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 23d2f4460deb..ccec55394380 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking | |||
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ prototypes: | |||
394 | unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long, | 394 | unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long, |
395 | unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long); | 395 | unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long); |
396 | int (*check_flags)(int); | 396 | int (*check_flags)(int); |
397 | int (*dir_notify)(struct file *, unsigned long); | ||
398 | }; | 397 | }; |
399 | 398 | ||
400 | locking rules: | 399 | locking rules: |
@@ -424,7 +423,6 @@ sendfile: no | |||
424 | sendpage: no | 423 | sendpage: no |
425 | get_unmapped_area: no | 424 | get_unmapped_area: no |
426 | check_flags: no | 425 | check_flags: no |
427 | dir_notify: no | ||
428 | 426 | ||
429 | ->llseek() locking has moved from llseek to the individual llseek | 427 | ->llseek() locking has moved from llseek to the individual llseek |
430 | implementations. If your fs is not using generic_file_llseek, you | 428 | implementations. If your fs is not using generic_file_llseek, you |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt index bb0142f61084..ac2facc50d2a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt | |||
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ the fdtable structure - | |||
76 | 5. Handling of the file structures is special. Since the look-up | 76 | 5. Handling of the file structures is special. Since the look-up |
77 | of the fd (fget()/fget_light()) are lock-free, it is possible | 77 | of the fd (fget()/fget_light()) are lock-free, it is possible |
78 | that look-up may race with the last put() operation on the | 78 | that look-up may race with the last put() operation on the |
79 | file structure. This is avoided using atomic_inc_not_zero() | 79 | file structure. This is avoided using atomic_long_inc_not_zero() |
80 | on ->f_count : | 80 | on ->f_count : |
81 | 81 | ||
82 | rcu_read_lock(); | 82 | rcu_read_lock(); |
83 | file = fcheck_files(files, fd); | 83 | file = fcheck_files(files, fd); |
84 | if (file) { | 84 | if (file) { |
85 | if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count)) | 85 | if (atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count)) |
86 | *fput_needed = 1; | 86 | *fput_needed = 1; |
87 | else | 87 | else |
88 | /* Didn't get the reference, someone's freed */ | 88 | /* Didn't get the reference, someone's freed */ |
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ the fdtable structure - | |||
92 | .... | 92 | .... |
93 | return file; | 93 | return file; |
94 | 94 | ||
95 | atomic_inc_not_zero() detects if refcounts is already zero or | 95 | atomic_long_inc_not_zero() detects if refcounts is already zero or |
96 | goes to zero during increment. If it does, we fail | 96 | goes to zero during increment. If it does, we fail |
97 | fget()/fget_light(). | 97 | fget()/fget_light(). |
98 | 98 | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index bb1b0dd3bfcb..71df353e367c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | |||
@@ -1339,10 +1339,13 @@ nmi_watchdog | |||
1339 | 1339 | ||
1340 | Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is non-zero | 1340 | Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is non-zero |
1341 | the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all online cpus to | 1341 | the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all online cpus to |
1342 | determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. | 1342 | determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. Currently, |
1343 | passing "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time is required for this function | ||
1344 | to work. | ||
1343 | 1345 | ||
1344 | Because the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile, by disabling the NMI | 1346 | If LAPIC NMI watchdog method is in use (nmi_watchdog=2 kernel parameter), the |
1345 | watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize. | 1347 | NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile. By disabling the NMI watchdog, |
1348 | oprofile may have more registers to utilize. | ||
1346 | 1349 | ||
1347 | msgmni | 1350 | msgmni |
1348 | ------ | 1351 | ------ |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index 5579bda58a6d..ef19afa186a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | |||
@@ -733,7 +733,6 @@ struct file_operations { | |||
733 | ssize_t (*sendpage) (struct file *, struct page *, int, size_t, loff_t *, int); | 733 | ssize_t (*sendpage) (struct file *, struct page *, int, size_t, loff_t *, int); |
734 | unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long); | 734 | unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long); |
735 | int (*check_flags)(int); | 735 | int (*check_flags)(int); |
736 | int (*dir_notify)(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg); | ||
737 | int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *); | 736 | int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *); |
738 | ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, size_t, unsigned int); | 737 | ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, size_t, unsigned int); |
739 | ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int); | 738 | ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int); |
@@ -800,8 +799,6 @@ otherwise noted. | |||
800 | 799 | ||
801 | check_flags: called by the fcntl(2) system call for F_SETFL command | 800 | check_flags: called by the fcntl(2) system call for F_SETFL command |
802 | 801 | ||
803 | dir_notify: called by the fcntl(2) system call for F_NOTIFY command | ||
804 | |||
805 | flock: called by the flock(2) system call | 802 | flock: called by the flock(2) system call |
806 | 803 | ||
807 | splice_write: called by the VFS to splice data from a pipe to a file. This | 804 | splice_write: called by the VFS to splice data from a pipe to a file. This |
@@ -931,7 +928,7 @@ manipulate dentries: | |||
931 | d_lookup: look up a dentry given its parent and path name component | 928 | d_lookup: look up a dentry given its parent and path name component |
932 | It looks up the child of that given name from the dcache | 929 | It looks up the child of that given name from the dcache |
933 | hash table. If it is found, the reference count is incremented | 930 | hash table. If it is found, the reference count is incremented |
934 | and the dentry is returned. The caller must use d_put() | 931 | and the dentry is returned. The caller must use dput() |
935 | to free the dentry when it finishes using it. | 932 | to free the dentry when it finishes using it. |
936 | 933 | ||
937 | For further information on dentry locking, please refer to the document | 934 | For further information on dentry locking, please refer to the document |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt index 0a1668ba2600..9878f50d6ed6 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt | |||
@@ -229,10 +229,6 @@ The following sysctls are available for the XFS filesystem: | |||
229 | ISGID bit is cleared if the irix_sgid_inherit compatibility sysctl | 229 | ISGID bit is cleared if the irix_sgid_inherit compatibility sysctl |
230 | is set. | 230 | is set. |
231 | 231 | ||
232 | fs.xfs.restrict_chown (Min: 0 Default: 1 Max: 1) | ||
233 | Controls whether unprivileged users can use chown to "give away" | ||
234 | a file to another user. | ||
235 | |||
236 | fs.xfs.inherit_sync (Min: 0 Default: 1 Max: 1) | 232 | fs.xfs.inherit_sync (Min: 0 Default: 1 Max: 1) |
237 | Setting this to "1" will cause the "sync" flag set | 233 | Setting this to "1" will cause the "sync" flag set |
238 | by the xfs_io(8) chattr command on a directory to be | 234 | by the xfs_io(8) chattr command on a directory to be |