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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt | 12 |
6 files changed, 25 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 1b5f15653b1b..69e2387ca278 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ till "end_pgoff". ->map_pages() is called with page table locked and must not block. If it's not possible to reach a page without blocking, filesystem should skip it. Filesystem should use do_set_pte() to setup page table entry. Pointer to entry associated with the page is passed in -"pte" field in fault_env structure. Pointers to entries for other offsets +"pte" field in vm_fault structure. Pointers to entries for other offsets should be calculated relative to "pte". ->page_mkwrite() is called when a previously read-only pte is diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt index 8ec9136aae56..3828e85345ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ among other things. For that, it needs a type. void (*release)(struct config_item *); int (*allow_link)(struct config_item *src, struct config_item *target); - int (*drop_link)(struct config_item *src, + void (*drop_link)(struct config_item *src, struct config_item *target); }; diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt index 23d18b8a49d5..a7e6e14aeb08 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt @@ -58,22 +58,22 @@ Implementation Tips for Filesystem Writers Filesystem support consists of - adding support to mark inodes as being DAX by setting the S_DAX flag in i_flags -- implementing the direct_IO address space operation, and calling - dax_do_io() instead of blockdev_direct_IO() if S_DAX is set +- implementing ->read_iter and ->write_iter operations which use dax_iomap_rw() + when inode has S_DAX flag set - implementing an mmap file operation for DAX files which sets the VM_MIXEDMAP and VM_HUGEPAGE flags on the VMA, and setting the vm_ops to - include handlers for fault, pmd_fault and page_mkwrite (which should - probably call dax_fault(), dax_pmd_fault() and dax_mkwrite(), passing the - appropriate get_block() callback) -- calling dax_truncate_page() instead of block_truncate_page() for DAX files -- calling dax_zero_page_range() instead of zero_user() for DAX files + include handlers for fault, pmd_fault, page_mkwrite, pfn_mkwrite. These + handlers should probably call dax_iomap_fault() (for fault and page_mkwrite + handlers), dax_iomap_pmd_fault(), dax_pfn_mkwrite() passing the appropriate + iomap operations. +- calling iomap_zero_range() passing appropriate iomap operations instead of + block_truncate_page() for DAX files - ensuring that there is sufficient locking between reads, writes, truncates and page faults -The get_block() callback passed to the DAX functions may return -uninitialised extents. If it does, it must ensure that simultaneous -calls to get_block() (for example by a page-fault racing with a read() -or a write()) work correctly. +The iomap handlers for allocating blocks must make sure that allocated blocks +are zeroed out and converted to written extents before being returned to avoid +exposure of uninitialized data through mmap. These filesystems may be used for inspiration: - ext2: see Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt index 6c0108eb0137..3698ed3146e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt @@ -351,14 +351,13 @@ nouid32 Disables 32-bit UIDs and GIDs. This is for interoperability with older kernels which only store and expect 16-bit values. -block_validity This options allows to enables/disables the in-kernel +block_validity(*) These options enable or disable the in-kernel noblock_validity facility for tracking filesystem metadata blocks - within internal data structures. This allows multi- - block allocator and other routines to quickly locate - extents which might overlap with filesystem metadata - blocks. This option is intended for debugging - purposes and since it negatively affects the - performance, it is off by default. + within internal data structures. This allows multi- + block allocator and other routines to notice + bugs or corrupted allocation bitmaps which cause + blocks to be allocated which overlap with + filesystem metadata blocks. dioread_lock Controls whether or not ext4 should use the DIO read dioread_nolock locking. If the dioread_nolock option is specified diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt index 74eaac26f8b8..6ea1ceda6f52 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ that support it. For example, a given bus might look like this: | |-- resource0 | |-- resource1 | |-- resource2 + | |-- revision | |-- rom | |-- subsystem_device | |-- subsystem_vendor @@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ files, each with their own function. resource PCI resource host addresses (ascii, ro) resource0..N PCI resource N, if present (binary, mmap, rw[1]) resource0_wc..N_wc PCI WC map resource N, if prefetchable (binary, mmap) + revision PCI revision (ascii, ro) rom PCI ROM resource, if present (binary, ro) subsystem_device PCI subsystem device (ascii, ro) subsystem_vendor PCI subsystem vendor (ascii, ro) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt index c2d44e6e117b..3b9b5c149f32 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt @@ -51,13 +51,6 @@ default behaviour. CRC enabled filesystems always use the attr2 format, and so will reject the noattr2 mount option if it is set. - barrier (*) - nobarrier - Enables/disables the use of block layer write barriers for - writes into the journal and for data integrity operations. - This allows for drive level write caching to be enabled, for - devices that support write barriers. - discard nodiscard (*) Enable/disable the issuing of commands to let the block @@ -228,7 +221,10 @@ default behaviour. Deprecated Mount Options ======================== -None at present. + Name Removal Schedule + ---- ---------------- + barrier no earlier than v4.15 + nobarrier no earlier than v4.15 Removed Mount Options |