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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst index e8f370d9ce9c..df0dc37e6f58 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst @@ -933,3 +933,13 @@ to) and true - "keep going" (as 0 in old calling conventions). Rationale: callers never looked at specific -E... values anyway. ->iterate() and ->iterate_shared() instance require no changes at all, all filldir_t ones in the tree converted. + +--- + +**mandatory** + +Calling conventions for ->tmpfile() have changed. It now takes a struct +file pointer instead of struct dentry pointer. d_tmpfile() is similarly +changed to simplify callers. The passed file is in a non-open state and on +success must be opened before returning (e.g. by calling +finish_open_simple()). |