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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/porting | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 2 |
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 9b6ed7c9f34f..ca7e25292542 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ prototypes: int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *); int (*flush) (struct file *); int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *); - int (*fsync) (struct file *, int datasync); + int (*fsync) (struct file *, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync); int (*aio_fsync) (struct kiocb *, int datasync); int (*fasync) (int, struct file *, int); int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *); @@ -438,9 +438,7 @@ prototypes: locking rules: All may block except for ->setlease. - No VFS locks held on entry except for ->fsync and ->setlease. - -->fsync() has i_mutex on inode. + No VFS locks held on entry except for ->setlease. ->setlease has the file_list_lock held and must not sleep. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting index 6b96773e27cb..7f8861d341ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting @@ -421,3 +421,10 @@ data and there is a virtual hole at the end of the file. So if the provided offset is less than i_size and SEEK_DATA is specified, return the same offset. If the above is true for the offset and you are given SEEK_HOLE, return the end of the file. If the offset is i_size or greater return -ENXIO in either case. + +[mandatory] + If you have your own ->fsync() you must make sure to call +filemap_write_and_wait_range() so that all dirty pages are synced out properly. +You must also keep in mind that ->fsync() is not called with i_mutex held +anymore, so if you require i_mutex locking you must make sure to take it and +release it yourself. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index 6bf85b78cfea..eff6617c9a0f 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ struct file_operations { int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *); int (*flush) (struct file *); int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *); - int (*fsync) (struct file *, int datasync); + int (*fsync) (struct file *, loff_t, loff_t, int datasync); int (*aio_fsync) (struct kiocb *, int datasync); int (*fasync) (int, struct file *, int); int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *); |