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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-09-12 15:01:38 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-09-12 15:01:38 -0700
commit26935fb06ee88f1188789807687c03041f3c70d9 (patch)
tree381c487716540b52348d78bee6555f8fa61d77ef /Documentation/filesystems
parent3cc69b638e11bfda5d013c2b75b60934aa0e88a1 (diff)
parentbf2ba3bc185269eca274b458aac46ba1ad7c1121 (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull vfs pile 4 from Al Viro: "list_lru pile, mostly" This came out of Andrew's pile, Al ended up doing the merge work so that Andrew didn't have to. Additionally, a few fixes. * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (42 commits) super: fix for destroy lrus list_lru: dynamically adjust node arrays shrinker: Kill old ->shrink API. shrinker: convert remaining shrinkers to count/scan API staging/lustre/libcfs: cleanup linux-mem.h staging/lustre/ptlrpc: convert to new shrinker API staging/lustre/obdclass: convert lu_object shrinker to count/scan API staging/lustre/ldlm: convert to shrinkers to count/scan API hugepage: convert huge zero page shrinker to new shrinker API i915: bail out earlier when shrinker cannot acquire mutex drivers: convert shrinkers to new count/scan API fs: convert fs shrinkers to new scan/count API xfs: fix dquot isolation hang xfs-convert-dquot-cache-lru-to-list_lru-fix xfs: convert dquot cache lru to list_lru xfs: rework buffer dispose list tracking xfs-convert-buftarg-lru-to-generic-code-fix xfs: convert buftarg LRU to generic code fs: convert inode and dentry shrinking to be node aware vmscan: per-node deferred work ...
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@@ -451,3 +451,7 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
--
[mandatory]
->readdir() is gone now; switch to ->iterate()
+[mandatory]
+ vfs_follow_link has been removed. Filesystems must use nd_set_link
+ from ->follow_link for normal symlinks, or nd_jump_link for magic
+ /proc/<pid> style links.