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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-12-14 08:51:12 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-12-14 08:51:12 -0800
commit38971ce2fac484249d697fe48a9b0851a0b62572 (patch)
tree5ff677e2f2225a8b7971c2bb84e1c66bc4c54d38 /Documentation/filesystems
parentcaa4a59574a39e6574664e82b92455d41eca27a8 (diff)
parent5b362ac3799ff4225c40935500f520cad4d7ed66 (diff)
Merge branch 'bugfixes' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6
* 'bugfixes' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6: NFS: Fix panic after nfs_umount() nfs: remove extraneous and problematic calls to nfs_clear_request nfs: kernel should return EPROTONOSUPPORT when not support NFSv4 NFS: Fix fcntl F_GETLK not reporting some conflicts nfs: Discard ACL cache on mode update NFS: Readdir cleanups NFS: nfs_readdir_search_for_cookie() don't mark as eof if cookie not found NFS: Fix a memory leak in nfs_readdir Call the filesystem back whenever a page is removed from the page cache NFS: Ensure we use the correct cookie in nfs_readdir_xdr_filler
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt7
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index a91f30890011..b6426f15b4ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -173,12 +173,13 @@ prototypes:
sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t);
int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long);
int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
+ void (*freepage)(struct page *);
int (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov,
loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs);
int (*launder_page) (struct page *);
locking rules:
- All except set_page_dirty may block
+ All except set_page_dirty and freepage may block
BKL PageLocked(page) i_mutex
writepage: no yes, unlocks (see below)
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ perform_write: no n/a yes
bmap: no
invalidatepage: no yes
releasepage: no yes
+freepage: no yes
direct_IO: no
launder_page: no yes
@@ -288,6 +290,9 @@ buffers from the page in preparation for freeing it. It returns zero to
indicate that the buffers are (or may be) freeable. If ->releasepage is zero,
the kernel assumes that the fs has no private interest in the buffers.
+ ->freepage() is called when the kernel is done dropping the page
+from the page cache.
+
->launder_page() may be called prior to releasing a page if
it is still found to be dirty. It returns zero if the page was successfully
cleaned, or an error value if not. Note that in order to prevent the page
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 55c28b79d8dc..20899e095e7e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ struct address_space_operations {
sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t);
int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long);
int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
+ void (*freepage)(struct page *);
ssize_t (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov,
loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs);
struct page* (*get_xip_page)(struct address_space *, sector_t,
@@ -678,6 +679,12 @@ struct address_space_operations {
need to ensure this. Possibly it can clear the PageUptodate
bit if it cannot free private data yet.
+ freepage: freepage is called once the page is no longer visible in
+ the page cache in order to allow the cleanup of any private
+ data. Since it may be called by the memory reclaimer, it
+ should not assume that the original address_space mapping still
+ exists, and it should not block.
+
direct_IO: called by the generic read/write routines to perform
direct_IO - that is IO requests which bypass the page cache
and transfer data directly between the storage and the