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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index 0d049202808..efd23f48170 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ struct inode_operations { ssize_t (*getxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t); ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t); int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *); - void (*truncate_range)(struct inode *, loff_t, loff_t); + void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int); }; Again, all methods are called without any locks being held, unless @@ -472,9 +472,9 @@ otherwise noted. removexattr: called by the VFS to remove an extended attribute from a file. This method is called by removexattr(2) system call. - truncate_range: a method provided by the underlying filesystem to truncate a - range of blocks , i.e. punch a hole somewhere in a file. - + update_time: called by the VFS to update a specific time or the i_version of + an inode. If this is not defined the VFS will update the inode itself + and call mark_inode_dirty_sync. The Address Space Object ======================== @@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ struct file_operations ---------------------- This describes how the VFS can manipulate an open file. As of kernel -2.6.22, the following members are defined: +3.5, the following members are defined: struct file_operations { struct module *owner; @@ -790,6 +790,8 @@ struct file_operations { int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *); ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, size_t, unsigned int); ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int); + int (*setlease)(struct file *, long arg, struct file_lock **); + long (*fallocate)(struct file *, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len); }; Again, all methods are called without any locks being held, unless @@ -858,6 +860,11 @@ otherwise noted. splice_read: called by the VFS to splice data from file to a pipe. This method is used by the splice(2) system call + setlease: called by the VFS to set or release a file lock lease. + setlease has the file_lock_lock held and must not sleep. + + fallocate: called by the VFS to preallocate blocks or punch a hole. + Note that the file operations are implemented by the specific filesystem in which the inode resides. When opening a device node (character or block special) most filesystems will call special |