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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index c3cd6279e92e..7c3f187d48bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ prototypes: void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct*); int (*fault)(struct vm_area_struct*, struct vm_fault *); int (*page_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *); + int (*pfn_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *); int (*access)(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long, void*, int, int); locking rules: @@ -532,6 +533,7 @@ close: yes fault: yes can return with page locked map_pages: yes page_mkwrite: yes can return with page locked +pfn_mkwrite: yes access: yes ->fault() is called when a previously not present pte is about @@ -558,6 +560,12 @@ the page has been truncated, the filesystem should not look up a new page like the ->fault() handler, but simply return with VM_FAULT_NOPAGE, which will cause the VM to retry the fault. + ->pfn_mkwrite() is the same as page_mkwrite but when the pte is +VM_PFNMAP or VM_MIXEDMAP with a page-less entry. Expected return is +VM_FAULT_NOPAGE. Or one of the VM_FAULT_ERROR types. The default behavior +after this call is to make the pte read-write, unless pfn_mkwrite returns +an error. + ->access() is called when get_user_pages() fails in access_process_vm(), typically used to debug a process through /proc/pid/mem or ptrace. This function is needed only for |