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authorNick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>2011-01-07 17:49:57 +1100
committerNick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>2011-01-07 17:50:29 +1100
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fs: rcu-walk aware d_revalidate method
Require filesystems be aware of .d_revalidate being called in rcu-walk mode (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU). For now do a simple push down, returning -ECHILD from all implementations. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index bdad6414dfa..e90ffe61eb6 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ be able to use diff(1).
--------------------------- dentry_operations --------------------------
prototypes:
- int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, int);
+ 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 *,
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ prototypes:
char *(*d_dname)((struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen);
locking rules:
- rename_lock ->d_lock may block
-d_revalidate: no no yes
-d_hash no no no
-d_compare: yes no no
-d_delete: no yes no
-d_release: no no yes
-d_iput: no no yes
-d_dname: no no no
+ 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 ---------------------------
prototypes: