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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt19
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 680fb566b928..8362860e21a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ prototypes:
144 void (*kill_sb) (struct super_block *); 144 void (*kill_sb) (struct super_block *);
145locking rules: 145locking rules:
146 may block BKL 146 may block BKL
147get_sb yes yes 147get_sb yes no
148kill_sb yes yes 148kill_sb yes no
149 149
150->get_sb() returns error or 0 with locked superblock attached to the vfsmount 150->get_sb() returns error or 0 with locked superblock attached to the vfsmount
151(exclusive on ->s_umount). 151(exclusive on ->s_umount).
@@ -409,12 +409,12 @@ ioctl: yes (see below)
409unlocked_ioctl: no (see below) 409unlocked_ioctl: no (see below)
410compat_ioctl: no 410compat_ioctl: no
411mmap: no 411mmap: no
412open: maybe (see below) 412open: no
413flush: no 413flush: no
414release: no 414release: no
415fsync: no (see below) 415fsync: no (see below)
416aio_fsync: no 416aio_fsync: no
417fasync: yes (see below) 417fasync: no
418lock: yes 418lock: yes
419readv: no 419readv: no
420writev: no 420writev: no
@@ -431,13 +431,6 @@ For many filesystems, it is probably safe to acquire the inode
431semaphore. Note some filesystems (i.e. remote ones) provide no 431semaphore. Note some filesystems (i.e. remote ones) provide no
432protection for i_size so you will need to use the BKL. 432protection for i_size so you will need to use the BKL.
433 433
434->open() locking is in-transit: big lock partially moved into the methods.
435The only exception is ->open() in the instances of file_operations that never
436end up in ->i_fop/->proc_fops, i.e. ones that belong to character devices
437(chrdev_open() takes lock before replacing ->f_op and calling the secondary
438method. As soon as we fix the handling of module reference counters all
439instances of ->open() will be called without the BKL.
440
441Note: ext2_release() was *the* source of contention on fs-intensive 434Note: ext2_release() was *the* source of contention on fs-intensive
442loads and dropping BKL on ->release() helps to get rid of that (we still 435loads and dropping BKL on ->release() helps to get rid of that (we still
443grab BKL for cases when we close a file that had been opened r/w, but that 436grab BKL for cases when we close a file that had been opened r/w, but that
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt
index e79ee2db183a..ac2a261c5f7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Web site
40======== 40========
41 41
42There is plenty of additional information on the linux-ntfs web site 42There is plenty of additional information on the linux-ntfs web site
43at http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ 43at http://www.linux-ntfs.org/
44 44
45The web site has a lot of additional information, such as a comprehensive 45The web site has a lot of additional information, such as a comprehensive
46FAQ, documentation on the NTFS on-disk format, information on the Linux-NTFS 46FAQ, documentation on the NTFS on-disk format, information on the Linux-NTFS
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ And you would know that /dev/hda2 has a size of 37768814 - 4209030 + 1 =
272For Win2k and later dynamic disks, you can for example use the ldminfo utility 272For Win2k and later dynamic disks, you can for example use the ldminfo utility
273which is part of the Linux LDM tools (the latest version at the time of 273which is part of the Linux LDM tools (the latest version at the time of
274writing is linux-ldm-0.0.8.tar.bz2). You can download it from: 274writing is linux-ldm-0.0.8.tar.bz2). You can download it from:
275 http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/downloads.html 275 http://www.linux-ntfs.org/
276Simply extract the downloaded archive (tar xvjf linux-ldm-0.0.8.tar.bz2), go 276Simply extract the downloaded archive (tar xvjf linux-ldm-0.0.8.tar.bz2), go
277into it (cd linux-ldm-0.0.8) and change to the test directory (cd test). You 277into it (cd linux-ldm-0.0.8) and change to the test directory (cd test). You
278will find the precompiled (i386) ldminfo utility there. NOTE: You will not be 278will find the precompiled (i386) ldminfo utility there. NOTE: You will not be
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 64557821ee59..394eb2cc1c39 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -1339,6 +1339,25 @@ Enables/Disables the protection of the per-process proc entries "maps" and
1339"smaps". When enabled, the contents of these files are visible only to 1339"smaps". When enabled, the contents of these files are visible only to
1340readers that are allowed to ptrace() the given process. 1340readers that are allowed to ptrace() the given process.
1341 1341
1342msgmni
1343------
1344
1345Maximum number of message queue ids on the system.
1346This value scales to the amount of lowmem. It is automatically recomputed
1347upon memory add/remove or ipc namespace creation/removal.
1348When a value is written into this file, msgmni's value becomes fixed, i.e. it
1349is not recomputed anymore when one of the above events occurs.
1350Use auto_msgmni to change this behavior.
1351
1352auto_msgmni
1353-----------
1354
1355Enables/Disables automatic recomputing of msgmni upon memory add/remove or
1356upon ipc namespace creation/removal (see the msgmni description above).
1357Echoing "1" into this file enables msgmni automatic recomputing.
1358Echoing "0" turns it off.
1359auto_msgmni default value is 1.
1360
1342 1361
13432.4 /proc/sys/vm - The virtual memory subsystem 13622.4 /proc/sys/vm - The virtual memory subsystem
1344----------------------------------------------- 1363-----------------------------------------------