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authorJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2010-12-22 18:57:02 +0100
committerJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2010-12-22 18:57:02 +0100
commit4b7bd364700d9ac8372eff48832062b936d0793b (patch)
tree0dbf78c95456a0b02d07fcd473281f04a87e266d /Documentation/filesystems
parentc0d8768af260e2cbb4bf659ae6094a262c86b085 (diff)
parent90a8a73c06cc32b609a880d48449d7083327e11a (diff)
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Merge branch 'master' into for-next
Conflicts: MAINTAINERS arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm24xx.c drivers/scsi/bfa/bfa_fcpim.c Needed to update to apply fixes for which the old branch was too outdated.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/xfs-delayed-logging-design.txt11
4 files changed, 18 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 8a817f6..b6426f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -173,12 +173,13 @@ prototypes:
sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t);
int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long);
int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
+ void (*freepage)(struct page *);
int (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov,
loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs);
int (*launder_page) (struct page *);
locking rules:
- All except set_page_dirty may block
+ All except set_page_dirty and freepage may block
BKL PageLocked(page) i_mutex
writepage: no yes, unlocks (see below)
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ perform_write: no n/a yes
bmap: no
invalidatepage: no yes
releasepage: no yes
+freepage: no yes
direct_IO: no
launder_page: no yes
@@ -288,6 +290,9 @@ buffers from the page in preparation for freeing it. It returns zero to
indicate that the buffers are (or may be) freeable. If ->releasepage is zero,
the kernel assumes that the fs has no private interest in the buffers.
+ ->freepage() is called when the kernel is done dropping the page
+from the page cache.
+
->launder_page() may be called prior to releasing a page if
it is still found to be dirty. It returns zero if the page was successfully
cleaned, or an error value if not. Note that in order to prevent the page
@@ -322,7 +327,6 @@ fl_release_private: yes yes
prototypes:
int (*fl_compare_owner)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *);
void (*fl_notify)(struct file_lock *); /* unblock callback */
- void (*fl_copy_lock)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *);
void (*fl_release_private)(struct file_lock *);
void (*fl_break)(struct file_lock *); /* break_lease callback */
@@ -330,7 +334,6 @@ locking rules:
BKL may block
fl_compare_owner: yes no
fl_notify: yes no
-fl_copy_lock: yes no
fl_release_private: yes yes
fl_break: yes no
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c
index d428cc9..fd53869f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static ssize_t childless_storeme_write(struct childless *childless,
char *p = (char *) page;
tmp = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 10);
- if (!p || (*p && (*p != '\n')))
+ if ((*p != '\0') && (*p != '\n'))
return -EINVAL;
if (tmp > INT_MAX)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index ed7e5ef..20899e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ struct address_space_operations {
sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t);
int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long);
int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
+ void (*freepage)(struct page *);
ssize_t (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov,
loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs);
struct page* (*get_xip_page)(struct address_space *, sector_t,
@@ -660,11 +661,10 @@ struct address_space_operations {
releasepage: releasepage is called on PagePrivate pages to indicate
that the page should be freed if possible. ->releasepage
should remove any private data from the page and clear the
- PagePrivate flag. It may also remove the page from the
- address_space. If this fails for some reason, it may indicate
- failure with a 0 return value.
- This is used in two distinct though related cases. The first
- is when the VM finds a clean page with no active users and
+ PagePrivate flag. If releasepage() fails for some reason, it must
+ indicate failure with a 0 return value.
+ releasepage() is used in two distinct though related cases. The
+ first is when the VM finds a clean page with no active users and
wants to make it a free page. If ->releasepage succeeds, the
page will be removed from the address_space and become free.
@@ -679,6 +679,12 @@ struct address_space_operations {
need to ensure this. Possibly it can clear the PageUptodate
bit if it cannot free private data yet.
+ freepage: freepage is called once the page is no longer visible in
+ the page cache in order to allow the cleanup of any private
+ data. Since it may be called by the memory reclaimer, it
+ should not assume that the original address_space mapping still
+ exists, and it should not block.
+
direct_IO: called by the generic read/write routines to perform
direct_IO - that is IO requests which bypass the page cache
and transfer data directly between the storage and the
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/xfs-delayed-logging-design.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/xfs-delayed-logging-design.txt
index 96d0df2..7445bf3 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/xfs-delayed-logging-design.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/xfs-delayed-logging-design.txt
@@ -794,17 +794,6 @@ designed.
Roadmap:
-2.6.37 Remove experimental tag from mount option
- => should be roughly 6 months after initial merge
- => enough time to:
- => gain confidence and fix problems reported by early
- adopters (a.k.a. guinea pigs)
- => address worst performance regressions and undesired
- behaviours
- => start tuning/optimising code for parallelism
- => start tuning/optimising algorithms consuming
- excessive CPU time
-
2.6.39 Switch default mount option to use delayed logging
=> should be roughly 12 months after initial merge
=> enough time to shake out remaining problems before next round of
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