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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 1846374a5add..a1d0d7a30165 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -806,6 +806,8 @@ struct file_operations {
ssize_t (*write) (struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
ssize_t (*aio_read) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
+ ssize_t (*read_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
+ ssize_t (*write_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
@@ -836,11 +838,15 @@ otherwise noted.
read: called by read(2) and related system calls
- aio_read: called by io_submit(2) and other asynchronous I/O operations
+ aio_read: vectored, possibly asynchronous read
+
+ read_iter: possibly asynchronous read with iov_iter as destination
write: called by write(2) and related system calls
- aio_write: called by io_submit(2) and other asynchronous I/O operations
+ aio_write: vectored, possibly asynchronous write
+
+ write_iter: possibly asynchronous write with iov_iter as source
iterate: called when the VFS needs to read the directory contents