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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-01-07 19:56:33 +0300 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-01-07 19:56:33 +0300 |
| commit | b4a45f5fe8078bfc10837dbd5b98735058bc4698 (patch) | |
| tree | df6f13a27610a3ec7eb4a661448cd779a8f84c79 /Documentation/filesystems/Locking | |
| parent | 01539ba2a706ab7d35fc0667dff919ade7f87d63 (diff) | |
| parent | b3e19d924b6eaf2ca7d22cba99a517c5171007b6 (diff) | |
| download | linux-b4a45f5fe8078bfc10837dbd5b98735058bc4698.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'vfs-scale-working' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/npiggin/linux-npiggin
* 'vfs-scale-working' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/npiggin/linux-npiggin: (57 commits)
fs: scale mntget/mntput
fs: rename vfsmount counter helpers
fs: implement faster dentry memcmp
fs: prefetch inode data in dcache lookup
fs: improve scalability of pseudo filesystems
fs: dcache per-inode inode alias locking
fs: dcache per-bucket dcache hash locking
bit_spinlock: add required includes
kernel: add bl_list
xfs: provide simple rcu-walk ACL implementation
btrfs: provide simple rcu-walk ACL implementation
ext2,3,4: provide simple rcu-walk ACL implementation
fs: provide simple rcu-walk generic_check_acl implementation
fs: provide rcu-walk aware permission i_ops
fs: rcu-walk aware d_revalidate method
fs: cache optimise dentry and inode for rcu-walk
fs: dcache reduce branches in lookup path
fs: dcache remove d_mounted
fs: fs_struct use seqlock
fs: rcu-walk for path lookup
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/Locking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 29 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 33fa3e5d38fd..977d8919cc69 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -9,22 +9,25 @@ be able to use diff(1). --------------------------- dentry_operations -------------------------- prototypes: - int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, int); - int (*d_hash) (struct dentry *, struct qstr *); - int (*d_compare) (struct dentry *, struct qstr *, struct qstr *); + int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *); + 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 *, + unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *); int (*d_delete)(struct dentry *); void (*d_release)(struct dentry *); void (*d_iput)(struct dentry *, struct inode *); char *(*d_dname)((struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen); locking rules: - dcache_lock rename_lock ->d_lock may block -d_revalidate: no no no yes -d_hash no no no yes -d_compare: no yes no no -d_delete: yes no yes no -d_release: no no no yes -d_iput: no no no yes + rename_lock ->d_lock may block rcu-walk +d_revalidate: no no yes (ref-walk) maybe +d_hash no no no maybe +d_compare: yes no no maybe +d_delete: no yes no no +d_release: no no yes no +d_iput: no no yes no d_dname: no no no no --------------------------- inode_operations --------------------------- @@ -44,8 +47,8 @@ ata *); void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *); void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *); void (*truncate) (struct inode *); - int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, struct nameidata *); - int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int); + int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int); + int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int, unsigned int); int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *); int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *); int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int); @@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ follow_link: no put_link: no truncate: yes (see below) setattr: yes -permission: no +permission: no (may not block if called in rcu-walk mode) check_acl: no getattr: no setxattr: yes |