X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffilesystems%2Fvfs.txt;h=f93a88250a448a99293d0a6d776af50b1a98453b;hb=543cc115339baa44fbea877b3d8673aca652622f;hp=bc4b06b3160a3a6842d6ac104eb1d9ec7de067ac;hpb=9f7bc6acf78af238a0b8ee0bb86ab62f1fc4f51f;p=platform%2Fadaptation%2Frenesas_rcar%2Frenesas_kernel.git diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index bc4b06b..f93a882 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ struct inode_operations { int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *); void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int); int (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *, + int (*tmpfile) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t); +} ____cacheline_aligned; struct file *, unsigned open_flag, umode_t create_mode, int *opened); }; @@ -472,6 +474,9 @@ otherwise noted. component is negative or needs lookup. Cached positive dentries are still handled by f_op->open(). + tmpfile: called in the end of O_TMPFILE open(). Optional, equivalent to + atomically creating, opening and unlinking a file in given directory. + The Address Space Object ======================== @@ -549,12 +554,11 @@ struct address_space_operations ------------------------------- This describes how the VFS can manipulate mapping of a file to page cache in -your filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined: +your filesystem. The following members are defined: struct address_space_operations { int (*writepage)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc); int (*readpage)(struct file *, struct page *); - int (*sync_page)(struct page *); int (*writepages)(struct address_space *, struct writeback_control *); int (*set_page_dirty)(struct page *page); int (*readpages)(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping, @@ -566,7 +570,7 @@ struct address_space_operations { loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied, struct page *page, void *fsdata); sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t); - int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long); + void (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned int, unsigned int); int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int); void (*freepage)(struct page *); ssize_t (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov, @@ -576,6 +580,9 @@ struct address_space_operations { /* migrate the contents of a page to the specified target */ int (*migratepage) (struct page *, struct page *); int (*launder_page) (struct page *); + int (*is_partially_uptodate) (struct page *, read_descriptor_t *, + unsigned long); + void (*is_dirty_writeback) (struct page *, bool *, bool *); int (*error_remove_page) (struct mapping *mapping, struct page *page); int (*swap_activate)(struct file *); int (*swap_deactivate)(struct file *); @@ -607,13 +614,6 @@ struct address_space_operations { In this case, the page will be relocated, relocked and if that all succeeds, ->readpage will be called again. - sync_page: called by the VM to notify the backing store to perform all - queued I/O operations for a page. I/O operations for other pages - associated with this address_space object may also be performed. - - This function is optional and is called only for pages with - PG_Writeback set while waiting for the writeback to complete. - writepages: called by the VM to write out pages associated with the address_space object. If wbc->sync_mode is WBC_SYNC_ALL, then the writeback_control will specify a range of pages that must be @@ -685,14 +685,14 @@ struct address_space_operations { invalidatepage: If a page has PagePrivate set, then invalidatepage will be called when part or all of the page is to be removed from the address space. This generally corresponds to either a - truncation or a complete invalidation of the address space - (in the latter case 'offset' will always be 0). - Any private data associated with the page should be updated - to reflect this truncation. If offset is 0, then - the private data should be released, because the page - must be able to be completely discarded. This may be done by - calling the ->releasepage function, but in this case the - release MUST succeed. + truncation, punch hole or a complete invalidation of the address + space (in the latter case 'offset' will always be 0 and 'length' + will be PAGE_CACHE_SIZE). Any private data associated with the page + should be updated to reflect this truncation. If offset is 0 and + length is PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, then the private data should be released, + because the page must be able to be completely discarded. This may + be done by calling the ->releasepage function, but in this case the + release MUST succeed. releasepage: releasepage is called on PagePrivate pages to indicate that the page should be freed if possible. ->releasepage @@ -742,6 +742,20 @@ struct address_space_operations { prevent redirtying the page, it is kept locked during the whole operation. + is_partially_uptodate: Called by the VM when reading a file through the + pagecache when the underlying blocksize != pagesize. If the required + block is up to date then the read can complete without needing the IO + to bring the whole page up to date. + + is_dirty_writeback: Called by the VM when attempting to reclaim a page. + The VM uses dirty and writeback information to determine if it needs + to stall to allow flushers a chance to complete some IO. Ordinarily + it can use PageDirty and PageWriteback but some filesystems have + more complex state (unstable pages in NFS prevent reclaim) or + do not set those flags due to locking problems (jbd). This callback + allows a filesystem to indicate to the VM if a page should be + treated as dirty or writeback for the purposes of stalling. + error_remove_page: normally set to generic_error_remove_page if truncation is ok for this address space. Used for memory failure handling. Setting this implies you deal with pages going away under you, @@ -777,7 +791,7 @@ struct file_operations { ssize_t (*write) (struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *); ssize_t (*aio_read) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t); ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t); - int (*readdir) (struct file *, void *, filldir_t); + int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *); unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *); long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); long (*compat_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); @@ -815,7 +829,7 @@ otherwise noted. aio_write: called by io_submit(2) and other asynchronous I/O operations - readdir: called when the VFS needs to read the directory contents + iterate: called when the VFS needs to read the directory contents poll: called by the VFS when a process wants to check if there is activity on this file and (optionally) go to sleep until there @@ -901,10 +915,8 @@ defined: struct dentry_operations { int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int); int (*d_weak_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int); - int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *, - struct qstr *); - int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *, - const struct dentry *, const struct inode *, + int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *); + int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct dentry *, unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *); int (*d_delete)(const struct dentry *); void (*d_release)(struct dentry *); @@ -949,25 +961,24 @@ struct dentry_operations { d_hash: called when the VFS adds a dentry to the hash table. The first dentry passed to d_hash is the parent directory that the name is - to be hashed into. The inode is the dentry's inode. + to be hashed into. Same locking and synchronisation rules as d_compare regarding what is safe to dereference etc. d_compare: called to compare a dentry name with a given name. The first dentry is the parent of the dentry to be compared, the second is - the parent's inode, then the dentry and inode (may be NULL) of the - child dentry. len and name string are properties of the dentry to be - compared. qstr is the name to compare it with. + the child dentry. len and name string are properties of the dentry + to be compared. qstr is the name to compare it with. Must be constant and idempotent, and should not take locks if - possible, and should not or store into the dentry or inodes. - Should not dereference pointers outside the dentry or inodes without + possible, and should not or store into the dentry. + Should not dereference pointers outside the dentry without lots of care (eg. d_parent, d_inode, d_name should not be used). However, our vfsmount is pinned, and RCU held, so the dentries and inodes won't disappear, neither will our sb or filesystem module. - ->i_sb and ->d_sb may be used. + ->d_sb may be used. It is a tricky calling convention because it needs to be called under "rcu-walk", ie. without any locks or references on things.