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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst index 6a6d3e673b48..0302035781be 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst @@ -717,6 +717,8 @@ be removed. Switch while you still can; the old one won't stay. **mandatory** ->setxattr() and xattr_handler.set() get dentry and inode passed separately. +The xattr_handler.set() gets passed the user namespace of the mount the inode +is seen from so filesystems can idmap the i_uid and i_gid accordingly. dentry might be yet to be attached to inode, so do _not_ use its ->d_inode in the instances. Rationale: !@#!@# security_d_instantiate() needs to be called before we attach dentry to inode and !@#!@##!@$!$#!@#$!@$!@$ smack @@ -870,5 +872,21 @@ its result is kern_unmount() or kern_unmount_array(). **mandatory** +zero-length bvec segments are disallowed, they must be filtered out before +passed on to an iterator. + +--- + +**mandatory** + +For bvec based itererators bio_iov_iter_get_pages() now doesn't copy bvecs but +uses the one provided. Anyone issuing kiocb-I/O should ensure that the bvec and +page references stay until I/O has completed, i.e. until ->ki_complete() has +been called or returned with non -EIOCBQUEUED code. + +--- + +**mandatory** + mnt_want_write_file() can now only be paired with mnt_drop_write_file(), whereas previously it could be paired with mnt_drop_write() as well. |