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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-26 15:30:40 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-26 15:30:40 +0200
commit1503af661947b7a4a09355cc2ae6aa0d43f16776 (patch)
tree5bfcfadf2dd2d98c2ad251c96d7ee43a6903819a /Documentation/filesystems
parenta31863168660c6b6f6c7ffe05bb6a38e97803326 (diff)
parent024e8ac04453b3525448c31ef39848cf675ba6db (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/header-guards
Conflicts: include/asm-x86/gpio.h include/asm-x86/ide.h Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt44
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt8
5 files changed, 70 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 8b22d7d8b99..680fb566b92 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ prototypes:
void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct*);
int (*fault)(struct vm_area_struct*, struct vm_fault *);
int (*page_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *, struct page *);
+ int (*access)(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long, void*, int, int);
locking rules:
BKL mmap_sem PageLocked(page)
@@ -517,6 +518,7 @@ open: no yes
close: no yes
fault: no yes
page_mkwrite: no yes no
+access: no yes
->page_mkwrite() is called when a previously read-only page is
about to become writeable. The file system is responsible for
@@ -525,6 +527,11 @@ taking to lock out truncate, the page range should be verified to be
within i_size. The page mapping should also be checked that it is not
NULL.
+ ->access() is called when get_user_pages() fails in
+acces_process_vm(), typically used to debug a process through
+/proc/pid/mem or ptrace. This function is needed only for
+VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP VMAs.
+
================================================================================
Dubious stuff
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt
index ea825e178e7..78043d5a8fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ You can simplify mounting by just typing:
this will allocate the first available loopback device (and load loop.o
kernel module if necessary) automatically. If the loopback driver is not
-loaded automatically, make sure that your kernel is compiled with kmod
-support (CONFIG_KMOD) enabled. Beware that umount will not
-deallocate /dev/loopN device if /etc/mtab file on your system is a
-symbolic link to /proc/mounts. You will need to do it manually using
-"-d" switch of losetup(8). Read losetup(8) manpage for more info.
+loaded automatically, make sure that you have compiled the module and
+that modprobe is functioning. Beware that umount will not deallocate
+/dev/loopN device if /etc/mtab file on your system is a symbolic link to
+/proc/mounts. You will need to do it manually using "-d" switch of
+losetup(8). Read losetup(8) manpage for more info.
To create the BFS image under UnixWare you need to find out first which
slice contains it. The command prtvtoc(1M) is your friend:
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 7f268f327d7..8c6384bdfed 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ Table 1-4: Kernel info in /proc
uptime System uptime
version Kernel version
video bttv info of video resources (2.4)
+ vmallocinfo Show vmalloced areas
..............................................................................
You can, for example, check which interrupts are currently in use and what
@@ -557,6 +558,49 @@ VmallocTotal: total size of vmalloc memory area
VmallocUsed: amount of vmalloc area which is used
VmallocChunk: largest contigious block of vmalloc area which is free
+..............................................................................
+
+vmallocinfo:
+
+Provides information about vmalloced/vmaped areas. One line per area,
+containing the virtual address range of the area, size in bytes,
+caller information of the creator, and optional information depending
+on the kind of area :
+
+ pages=nr number of pages
+ phys=addr if a physical address was specified
+ ioremap I/O mapping (ioremap() and friends)
+ vmalloc vmalloc() area
+ vmap vmap()ed pages
+ user VM_USERMAP area
+ vpages buffer for pages pointers was vmalloced (huge area)
+ N<node>=nr (Only on NUMA kernels)
+ Number of pages allocated on memory node <node>
+
+> cat /proc/vmallocinfo
+0xffffc20000000000-0xffffc20000201000 2101248 alloc_large_system_hash+0x204 ...
+ /0x2c0 pages=512 vmalloc N0=128 N1=128 N2=128 N3=128
+0xffffc20000201000-0xffffc20000302000 1052672 alloc_large_system_hash+0x204 ...
+ /0x2c0 pages=256 vmalloc N0=64 N1=64 N2=64 N3=64
+0xffffc20000302000-0xffffc20000304000 8192 acpi_tb_verify_table+0x21/0x4f...
+ phys=7fee8000 ioremap
+0xffffc20000304000-0xffffc20000307000 12288 acpi_tb_verify_table+0x21/0x4f...
+ phys=7fee7000 ioremap
+0xffffc2000031d000-0xffffc2000031f000 8192 init_vdso_vars+0x112/0x210
+0xffffc2000031f000-0xffffc2000032b000 49152 cramfs_uncompress_init+0x2e ...
+ /0x80 pages=11 vmalloc N0=3 N1=3 N2=2 N3=3
+0xffffc2000033a000-0xffffc2000033d000 12288 sys_swapon+0x640/0xac0 ...
+ pages=2 vmalloc N1=2
+0xffffc20000347000-0xffffc2000034c000 20480 xt_alloc_table_info+0xfe ...
+ /0x130 [x_tables] pages=4 vmalloc N0=4
+0xffffffffa0000000-0xffffffffa000f000 61440 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ...
+ pages=14 vmalloc N2=14
+0xffffffffa000f000-0xffffffffa0014000 20480 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ...
+ pages=4 vmalloc N1=4
+0xffffffffa0014000-0xffffffffa0017000 12288 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ...
+ pages=2 vmalloc N1=2
+0xffffffffa0017000-0xffffffffa0022000 45056 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ...
+ pages=10 vmalloc N0=10
1.3 IDE devices in /proc/ide
----------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
index 7f27b8f840d..9e9c348275a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ The top level sysfs directory looks like:
block/
bus/
class/
+dev/
devices/
firmware/
net/
@@ -274,6 +275,11 @@ fs/ contains a directory for some filesystems. Currently each
filesystem wanting to export attributes must create its own hierarchy
below fs/ (see ./fuse.txt for an example).
+dev/ contains two directories char/ and block/. Inside these two
+directories there are symlinks named <major>:<minor>. These symlinks
+point to the sysfs directory for the given device. /sys/dev provides a
+quick way to lookup the sysfs interface for a device from the result of
+a stat(2) operation.
More information can driver-model specific features can be found in
Documentation/driver-model/.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
index 2d5e1e582e1..bbac4f1d905 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@ shortname=lower|win95|winnt|mixed
emulate the Windows 95 rule for create.
Default setting is `lower'.
+tz=UTC -- Interpret timestamps as UTC rather than local time.
+ This option disables the conversion of timestamps
+ between local time (as used by Windows on FAT) and UTC
+ (which Linux uses internally). This is particuluarly
+ useful when mounting devices (like digital cameras)
+ that are set to UTC in order to avoid the pitfalls of
+ local time.
+
<bool>: 0,1,yes,no,true,false
TODO