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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index d866551be03..f0f825808ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -510,13 +510,24 @@ More details about quota locking can be found in fs/dquot.c. prototypes: void (*open)(struct vm_area_struct*); void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct*); + int (*fault)(struct vm_area_struct*, struct vm_fault *); struct page *(*nopage)(struct vm_area_struct*, unsigned long, int *); + int (*page_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *, struct page *); locking rules: - BKL mmap_sem + BKL mmap_sem PageLocked(page) open: no yes close: no yes +fault: no yes nopage: no yes +page_mkwrite: no yes no + + ->page_mkwrite() is called when a previously read-only page is +about to become writeable. The file system is responsible for +protecting against truncate races. Once appropriate action has been +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. ================================================================================ Dubious stuff |