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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-10-26 17:58:44 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-10-26 17:58:44 -0700 |
| commit | 426e1f5cec4821945642230218876b0e89aafab1 (patch) | |
| tree | 2728ace018d0698886989da586210ef1543a7098 /Documentation | |
| parent | 9e5fca251f44832cb996961048ea977f80faf6ea (diff) | |
| parent | 63997e98a3be68d7cec806d22bf9b02b2e1daabb (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (52 commits)
split invalidate_inodes()
fs: skip I_FREEING inodes in writeback_sb_inodes
fs: fold invalidate_list into invalidate_inodes
fs: do not drop inode_lock in dispose_list
fs: inode split IO and LRU lists
fs: switch bdev inode bdi's correctly
fs: fix buffer invalidation in invalidate_list
fsnotify: use dget_parent
smbfs: use dget_parent
exportfs: use dget_parent
fs: use RCU read side protection in d_validate
fs: clean up dentry lru modification
fs: split __shrink_dcache_sb
fs: improve DCACHE_REFERENCED usage
fs: use percpu counter for nr_dentry and nr_dentry_unused
fs: simplify __d_free
fs: take dcache_lock inside __d_path
fs: do not assign default i_ino in new_inode
fs: introduce a per-cpu last_ino allocator
new helper: ihold()
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt | 4 |
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 2db4283efa8d..8a817f656f0a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -349,21 +349,36 @@ call this method upon the IO completion. --------------------------- block_device_operations ----------------------- prototypes: - int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *); - int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *); - int (*ioctl) (struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned, unsigned long); + int (*open) (struct block_device *, fmode_t); + int (*release) (struct gendisk *, fmode_t); + int (*ioctl) (struct block_device *, fmode_t, unsigned, unsigned long); + int (*compat_ioctl) (struct block_device *, fmode_t, unsigned, unsigned long); + int (*direct_access) (struct block_device *, sector_t, void **, unsigned long *); int (*media_changed) (struct gendisk *); + void (*unlock_native_capacity) (struct gendisk *); int (*revalidate_disk) (struct gendisk *); + int (*getgeo)(struct block_device *, struct hd_geometry *); + void (*swap_slot_free_notify) (struct block_device *, unsigned long); locking rules: - BKL bd_sem -open: yes yes -release: yes yes -ioctl: yes no + BKL bd_mutex +open: no yes +release: no yes +ioctl: no no +compat_ioctl: no no +direct_access: no no media_changed: no no +unlock_native_capacity: no no revalidate_disk: no no +getgeo: no no +swap_slot_free_notify: no no (see below) + +media_changed, unlock_native_capacity and revalidate_disk are called only from +check_disk_change(). + +swap_slot_free_notify is called with swap_lock and sometimes the page lock +held. -The last two are called only from check_disk_change(). --------------------------- file_operations ------------------------------- prototypes: diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt index fc0e39af43c3..4ede421c9687 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt @@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. # mount /dev/sd0 /tmp/a #ls /tmp/a - t1 t2 t2 + t1 t2 t3 #ls /mnt/a - t1 t2 t2 + t1 t2 t3 Note that the mount has propagated to the mount at /mnt as well. |