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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index 1cd0e658137a..242fd644c97b 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ Whoever sets up the inode is responsible for filling in the "i_op" field. This is a pointer to a "struct inode_operations" which describes the methods that can be performed on individual inodes. + struct xattr_handlers --------------------- @@ -511,6 +512,7 @@ otherwise noted. 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 ======================== @@ -584,8 +586,10 @@ and the constraints under which it is being done. It is also used to return information back to the caller about the result of a writepage or writepages request. + Handling errors during writeback -------------------------------- + Most applications that do buffered I/O will periodically call a file synchronization call (fsync, fdatasync, msync or sync_file_range) to ensure that data written has made it to the backing store. When there @@ -616,6 +620,7 @@ file->fsync operation, they should call file_check_and_advance_wb_err to ensure that the struct file's error cursor has advanced to the correct point in the stream of errors emitted by the backing device(s). + struct address_space_operations ------------------------------- @@ -1207,9 +1212,11 @@ manipulate dentries: and the dentry is returned. The caller must use dput() to free the dentry when it finishes using it. + Mount Options ============= + Parsing options --------------- @@ -1224,6 +1231,7 @@ The <linux/parser.h> header defines an API that helps parse these options. There are plenty of examples on how to use it in existing filesystems. + Showing options --------------- @@ -1245,6 +1253,7 @@ The underlying reason for the above rules is to make sure, that a mount can be accurately replicated (e.g. umounting and mounting again) based on the information found in /proc/mounts. + Resources ========= |