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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/porting | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 2 |
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 2e994efe12cb..61b31acb9176 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking | |||
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ alloc_inode: | |||
128 | destroy_inode: | 128 | destroy_inode: |
129 | dirty_inode: (must not sleep) | 129 | dirty_inode: (must not sleep) |
130 | write_inode: | 130 | write_inode: |
131 | drop_inode: !!!inode_lock!!! | 131 | drop_inode: !!!inode->i_lock!!! |
132 | evict_inode: | 132 | evict_inode: |
133 | put_super: write | 133 | put_super: write |
134 | write_super: read | 134 | write_super: read |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting index 0c986c9e8519..6e29954851a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting | |||
@@ -298,11 +298,14 @@ be used instead. It gets called whenever the inode is evicted, whether it has | |||
298 | remaining links or not. Caller does *not* evict the pagecache or inode-associated | 298 | remaining links or not. Caller does *not* evict the pagecache or inode-associated |
299 | metadata buffers; getting rid of those is responsibility of method, as it had | 299 | metadata buffers; getting rid of those is responsibility of method, as it had |
300 | been for ->delete_inode(). | 300 | been for ->delete_inode(). |
301 | ->drop_inode() returns int now; it's called on final iput() with inode_lock | 301 | |
302 | held and it returns true if filesystems wants the inode to be dropped. As before, | 302 | ->drop_inode() returns int now; it's called on final iput() with |
303 | generic_drop_inode() is still the default and it's been updated appropriately. | 303 | inode->i_lock held and it returns true if filesystems wants the inode to be |
304 | generic_delete_inode() is also alive and it consists simply of return 1. Note that | 304 | dropped. As before, generic_drop_inode() is still the default and it's been |
305 | all actual eviction work is done by caller after ->drop_inode() returns. | 305 | updated appropriately. generic_delete_inode() is also alive and it consists |
306 | simply of return 1. Note that all actual eviction work is done by caller after | ||
307 | ->drop_inode() returns. | ||
308 | |||
306 | clear_inode() is gone; use end_writeback() instead. As before, it must | 309 | clear_inode() is gone; use end_writeback() instead. As before, it must |
307 | be called exactly once on each call of ->evict_inode() (as it used to be for | 310 | be called exactly once on each call of ->evict_inode() (as it used to be for |
308 | each call of ->delete_inode()). Unlike before, if you are using inode-associated | 311 | each call of ->delete_inode()). Unlike before, if you are using inode-associated |
@@ -397,6 +400,9 @@ a file off. | |||
397 | 400 | ||
398 | -- | 401 | -- |
399 | [mandatory] | 402 | [mandatory] |
403 | |||
404 | -- | ||
405 | [mandatory] | ||
400 | ->get_sb() is gone. Switch to use of ->mount(). Typically it's just | 406 | ->get_sb() is gone. Switch to use of ->mount(). Typically it's just |
401 | a matter of switching from calling get_sb_... to mount_... and changing the | 407 | a matter of switching from calling get_sb_... to mount_... and changing the |
402 | function type. If you were doing it manually, just switch from setting ->mnt_root | 408 | function type. If you were doing it manually, just switch from setting ->mnt_root |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index 306f0ae8df09..80815ed654cb 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | |||
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ or bottom half). | |||
254 | should be synchronous or not, not all filesystems check this flag. | 254 | should be synchronous or not, not all filesystems check this flag. |
255 | 255 | ||
256 | drop_inode: called when the last access to the inode is dropped, | 256 | drop_inode: called when the last access to the inode is dropped, |
257 | with the inode_lock spinlock held. | 257 | with the inode->i_lock spinlock held. |
258 | 258 | ||
259 | This method should be either NULL (normal UNIX filesystem | 259 | This method should be either NULL (normal UNIX filesystem |
260 | semantics) or "generic_delete_inode" (for filesystems that do not | 260 | semantics) or "generic_delete_inode" (for filesystems that do not |