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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-07-03 09:10:19 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-07-03 09:10:19 -0700 |
commit | 790eac5640abf7a57fa3a644386df330e18c11b0 (patch) | |
tree | 08de20bde44f59e51b91ff473a71047c2957e8c9 /Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | |
parent | 0b0585c3e192967cb2ef0ac0816eb8a8c8d99840 (diff) | |
parent | 48bde8d3620f5f3c6ae9ff599eb404055ae51664 (diff) | |
download | linux-790eac5640abf7a57fa3a644386df330e18c11b0.tar.bz2 |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull second set of VFS changes from Al Viro:
"Assorted f_pos race fixes, making do_splice_direct() safe to call with
i_mutex on parent, O_TMPFILE support, Jeff's locks.c series,
->d_hash/->d_compare calling conventions changes from Linus, misc
stuff all over the place."
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (63 commits)
Document ->tmpfile()
ext4: ->tmpfile() support
vfs: export lseek_execute() to modules
lseek_execute() doesn't need an inode passed to it
block_dev: switch to fixed_size_llseek()
cpqphp_sysfs: switch to fixed_size_llseek()
tile-srom: switch to fixed_size_llseek()
proc_powerpc: switch to fixed_size_llseek()
ubi/cdev: switch to fixed_size_llseek()
pci/proc: switch to fixed_size_llseek()
isapnp: switch to fixed_size_llseek()
lpfc: switch to fixed_size_llseek()
locks: give the blocked_hash its own spinlock
locks: add a new "lm_owner_key" lock operation
locks: turn the blocked_list into a hashtable
locks: convert fl_link to a hlist_node
locks: avoid taking global lock if possible when waking up blocked waiters
locks: protect most of the file_lock handling with i_lock
locks: encapsulate the fl_link list handling
locks: make "added" in __posix_lock_file a bool
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 24 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index e6bd1ffd821e..1f0ba30ae47e 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ struct inode_operations { int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *); void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int); int (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *, + int (*tmpfile) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t); +} ____cacheline_aligned; struct file *, unsigned open_flag, umode_t create_mode, int *opened); }; @@ -472,6 +474,9 @@ otherwise noted. component is negative or needs lookup. Cached positive dentries are still handled by f_op->open(). + tmpfile: called in the end of O_TMPFILE open(). Optional, equivalent to + atomically creating, opening and unlinking a file in given directory. + The Address Space Object ======================== @@ -901,10 +906,8 @@ defined: struct dentry_operations { int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int); int (*d_weak_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int); - int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *, - struct qstr *); - int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *, - const struct dentry *, const struct inode *, + int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *); + int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct dentry *, unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *); int (*d_delete)(const struct dentry *); void (*d_release)(struct dentry *); @@ -949,25 +952,24 @@ struct dentry_operations { d_hash: called when the VFS adds a dentry to the hash table. The first dentry passed to d_hash is the parent directory that the name is - to be hashed into. The inode is the dentry's inode. + to be hashed into. Same locking and synchronisation rules as d_compare regarding what is safe to dereference etc. d_compare: called to compare a dentry name with a given name. The first dentry is the parent of the dentry to be compared, the second is - the parent's inode, then the dentry and inode (may be NULL) of the - child dentry. len and name string are properties of the dentry to be - compared. qstr is the name to compare it with. + the child dentry. len and name string are properties of the dentry + to be compared. qstr is the name to compare it with. Must be constant and idempotent, and should not take locks if - possible, and should not or store into the dentry or inodes. - Should not dereference pointers outside the dentry or inodes without + possible, and should not or store into the dentry. + Should not dereference pointers outside the dentry without lots of care (eg. d_parent, d_inode, d_name should not be used). However, our vfsmount is pinned, and RCU held, so the dentries and inodes won't disappear, neither will our sb or filesystem module. - ->i_sb and ->d_sb may be used. + ->d_sb may be used. It is a tricky calling convention because it needs to be called under "rcu-walk", ie. without any locks or references on things. |