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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt13
8 files changed, 38 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index eba790134253..b18dd1779029 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -196,8 +196,7 @@ prototypes:
196 void (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned int, unsigned int); 196 void (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
197 int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int); 197 int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
198 void (*freepage)(struct page *); 198 void (*freepage)(struct page *);
199 int (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov, 199 int (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t offset);
200 loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs);
201 int (*get_xip_mem)(struct address_space *, pgoff_t, int, void **, 200 int (*get_xip_mem)(struct address_space *, pgoff_t, int, void **,
202 unsigned long *); 201 unsigned long *);
203 int (*migratepage)(struct address_space *, struct page *, struct page *); 202 int (*migratepage)(struct address_space *, struct page *, struct page *);
@@ -431,6 +430,8 @@ prototypes:
431 ssize_t (*write) (struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *); 430 ssize_t (*write) (struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
432 ssize_t (*aio_read) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t); 431 ssize_t (*aio_read) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
433 ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t); 432 ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
433 ssize_t (*read_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
434 ssize_t (*write_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
434 int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *); 435 int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
435 unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *); 436 unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
436 long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); 437 long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
index 25311e113e75..51afba17bbae 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
@@ -461,11 +461,11 @@ The number of blocks and buckets are determined by,
461 # of blocks in level #n = | 461 # of blocks in level #n = |
462 `- 4, Otherwise 462 `- 4, Otherwise
463 463
464 ,- 2^ (n + dir_level), 464 ,- 2^(n + dir_level),
465 | if n < MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2, 465 | if n + dir_level < MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2,
466 # of buckets in level #n = | 466 # of buckets in level #n = |
467 `- 2^((MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2 + dir_level) - 1), 467 `- 2^((MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2) - 1),
468 Otherwise 468 Otherwise
469 469
470When F2FS finds a file name in a directory, at first a hash value of the file 470When F2FS finds a file name in a directory, at first a hash value of the file
471name is calculated. Then, F2FS scans the hash table in level #0 to find the 471name is calculated. Then, F2FS scans the hash table in level #0 to find the
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt
index b930ad087780..c49cd7e796e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt
@@ -176,7 +176,5 @@ Nonstandard compound limitations:
176 ca_maxrequestsize request and a ca_maxresponsesize reply, so we may 176 ca_maxrequestsize request and a ca_maxresponsesize reply, so we may
177 fail to live up to the promise we made in CREATE_SESSION fore channel 177 fail to live up to the promise we made in CREATE_SESSION fore channel
178 negotiation. 178 negotiation.
179* No more than one read-like operation allowed per compound; encoding
180 replies that cross page boundaries (except for read data) not handled.
181 179
182See also http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/Server_4.0_and_4.1_issues. 180See also http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/Server_4.0_and_4.1_issues.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 8b9cd8eb3f91..ddc531a74d04 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 2.6.30-rc7)
234 ShdPnd bitmap of shared pending signals for the process 234 ShdPnd bitmap of shared pending signals for the process
235 SigBlk bitmap of blocked signals 235 SigBlk bitmap of blocked signals
236 SigIgn bitmap of ignored signals 236 SigIgn bitmap of ignored signals
237 SigCgt bitmap of catched signals 237 SigCgt bitmap of caught signals
238 CapInh bitmap of inheritable capabilities 238 CapInh bitmap of inheritable capabilities
239 CapPrm bitmap of permitted capabilities 239 CapPrm bitmap of permitted capabilities
240 CapEff bitmap of effective capabilities 240 CapEff bitmap of effective capabilities
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ Table 1-4: Contents of the stat files (as of 2.6.30-rc7)
300 pending bitmap of pending signals 300 pending bitmap of pending signals
301 blocked bitmap of blocked signals 301 blocked bitmap of blocked signals
302 sigign bitmap of ignored signals 302 sigign bitmap of ignored signals
303 sigcatch bitmap of catched signals 303 sigcatch bitmap of caught signals
304 wchan address where process went to sleep 304 wchan address where process went to sleep
305 0 (place holder) 305 0 (place holder)
306 0 (place holder) 306 0 (place holder)
@@ -854,7 +854,8 @@ WritebackTmp: Memory used by FUSE for temporary writeback buffers
854 if strict overcommit accounting is enabled (mode 2 in 854 if strict overcommit accounting is enabled (mode 2 in
855 'vm.overcommit_memory'). 855 'vm.overcommit_memory').
856 The CommitLimit is calculated with the following formula: 856 The CommitLimit is calculated with the following formula:
857 CommitLimit = ('vm.overcommit_ratio' * Physical RAM) + Swap 857 CommitLimit = ([total RAM pages] - [total huge TLB pages]) *
858 overcommit_ratio / 100 + [total swap pages]
858 For example, on a system with 1G of physical RAM and 7G 859 For example, on a system with 1G of physical RAM and 7G
859 of swap with a `vm.overcommit_ratio` of 30 it would 860 of swap with a `vm.overcommit_ratio` of 30 it would
860 yield a CommitLimit of 7.3G. 861 yield a CommitLimit of 7.3G.
@@ -1245,8 +1246,9 @@ second). The meanings of the columns are as follows, from left to right:
1245 1246
1246The "intr" line gives counts of interrupts serviced since boot time, for each 1247The "intr" line gives counts of interrupts serviced since boot time, for each
1247of the possible system interrupts. The first column is the total of all 1248of the possible system interrupts. The first column is the total of all
1248interrupts serviced; each subsequent column is the total for that particular 1249interrupts serviced including unnumbered architecture specific interrupts;
1249interrupt. 1250each subsequent column is the total for that particular numbered interrupt.
1251Unnumbered interrupts are not shown, only summed into the total.
1250 1252
1251The "ctxt" line gives the total number of context switches across all CPUs. 1253The "ctxt" line gives the total number of context switches across all CPUs.
1252 1254
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt
index a1e2e0dda907..1fe0ccb1af55 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ how the mechanism works without getting lost in other details. (Those
54wanting to see the full source for this module can find it at 54wanting to see the full source for this module can find it at
55http://lwn.net/Articles/22359/). 55http://lwn.net/Articles/22359/).
56 56
57Deprecated create_proc_entry
58
59Note that the above article uses create_proc_entry which was removed in
60kernel 3.10. Current versions require the following update
61
62- entry = create_proc_entry("sequence", 0, NULL);
63- if (entry)
64- entry->proc_fops = &ct_file_ops;
65+ entry = proc_create("sequence", 0, NULL, &ct_file_ops);
57 66
58The iterator interface 67The iterator interface
59 68
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
index 4ede421c9687..32a173dd3158 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same.
727 mkdir -p /tmp/m3 727 mkdir -p /tmp/m3
728 mount --rbind /root /tmp/m3 728 mount --rbind /root /tmp/m3
729 729
730 I wont' draw the tree..but it has 24 vfsmounts 730 I won't draw the tree..but it has 24 vfsmounts
731 731
732 732
733 at step i the number of vfsmounts is V[i] = i*V[i-1]. 733 at step i the number of vfsmounts is V[i] = i*V[i-1].
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
index 4a93e98b290a..ce1126aceed8 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ nfs=stale_rw|nostale_ro
172 To maintain backward compatibility, '-o nfs' is also accepted, 172 To maintain backward compatibility, '-o nfs' is also accepted,
173 defaulting to stale_rw 173 defaulting to stale_rw
174 174
175dos1xfloppy -- If set, use a fallback default BIOS Parameter Block
176 configuration, determined by backing device size. These static
177 parameters match defaults assumed by DOS 1.x for 160 kiB,
178 180 kiB, 320 kiB, and 360 kiB floppies and floppy images.
179
175 180
176<bool>: 0,1,yes,no,true,false 181<bool>: 0,1,yes,no,true,false
177 182
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 617f6d70c077..a1d0d7a30165 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -589,8 +589,7 @@ struct address_space_operations {
589 void (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned int, unsigned int); 589 void (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
590 int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int); 590 int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
591 void (*freepage)(struct page *); 591 void (*freepage)(struct page *);
592 ssize_t (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov, 592 ssize_t (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t offset);
593 loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs);
594 struct page* (*get_xip_page)(struct address_space *, sector_t, 593 struct page* (*get_xip_page)(struct address_space *, sector_t,
595 int); 594 int);
596 /* migrate the contents of a page to the specified target */ 595 /* migrate the contents of a page to the specified target */
@@ -807,6 +806,8 @@ struct file_operations {
807 ssize_t (*write) (struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *); 806 ssize_t (*write) (struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
808 ssize_t (*aio_read) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t); 807 ssize_t (*aio_read) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
809 ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t); 808 ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
809 ssize_t (*read_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
810 ssize_t (*write_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
810 int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *); 811 int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
811 unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *); 812 unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
812 long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); 813 long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
@@ -837,11 +838,15 @@ otherwise noted.
837 838
838 read: called by read(2) and related system calls 839 read: called by read(2) and related system calls
839 840
840 aio_read: called by io_submit(2) and other asynchronous I/O operations 841 aio_read: vectored, possibly asynchronous read
842
843 read_iter: possibly asynchronous read with iov_iter as destination
841 844
842 write: called by write(2) and related system calls 845 write: called by write(2) and related system calls
843 846
844 aio_write: called by io_submit(2) and other asynchronous I/O operations 847 aio_write: vectored, possibly asynchronous write
848
849 write_iter: possibly asynchronous write with iov_iter as source
845 850
846 iterate: called when the VFS needs to read the directory contents 851 iterate: called when the VFS needs to read the directory contents
847 852