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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/quota')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/quota/dquot.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c index 9ad72ea7f71f..f9b8602d5f2d 100644 --- a/fs/quota/dquot.c +++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c @@ -223,9 +223,9 @@ static void put_quota_format(struct quota_format_type *fmt) /* * Dquot List Management: - * The quota code uses three lists for dquot management: the inuse_list, - * free_dquots, and dquot_hash[] array. A single dquot structure may be - * on all three lists, depending on its current state. + * The quota code uses four lists for dquot management: the inuse_list, + * free_dquots, dqi_dirty_list, and dquot_hash[] array. A single dquot + * structure may be on some of those lists, depending on its current state. * * All dquots are placed to the end of inuse_list when first created, and this * list is used for invalidate operation, which must look at every dquot. @@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ static void put_quota_format(struct quota_format_type *fmt) * dqstats.free_dquots gives the number of dquots on the list. When * dquot is invalidated it's completely released from memory. * + * Dirty dquots are added to the dqi_dirty_list of quota_info when mark + * dirtied, and this list is searched when writing dirty dquots back to + * quota file. Note that some filesystems do dirty dquot tracking on their + * own (e.g. in a journal) and thus don't use dqi_dirty_list. + * * Dquots with a specific identity (device, type and id) are placed on * one of the dquot_hash[] hash chains. The provides an efficient search * mechanism to locate a specific dquot. |