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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt13
8 files changed, 38 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index eba79013425..b18dd177902 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -196,8 +196,7 @@ prototypes:
void (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
void (*freepage)(struct page *);
- int (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov,
- loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs);
+ int (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t offset);
int (*get_xip_mem)(struct address_space *, pgoff_t, int, void **,
unsigned long *);
int (*migratepage)(struct address_space *, struct page *, struct page *);
@@ -431,6 +430,8 @@ prototypes:
ssize_t (*write) (struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
ssize_t (*aio_read) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
+ ssize_t (*read_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
+ ssize_t (*write_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
index 25311e113e7..51afba17bba 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
@@ -461,11 +461,11 @@ The number of blocks and buckets are determined by,
# of blocks in level #n = |
`- 4, Otherwise
- ,- 2^ (n + dir_level),
- | if n < MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2,
+ ,- 2^(n + dir_level),
+ | if n + dir_level < MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2,
# of buckets in level #n = |
- `- 2^((MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2 + dir_level) - 1),
- Otherwise
+ `- 2^((MAX_DIR_HASH_DEPTH / 2) - 1),
+ Otherwise
When F2FS finds a file name in a directory, at first a hash value of the file
name is calculated. Then, F2FS scans the hash table in level #0 to find the
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt
index b930ad08778..c49cd7e796e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt
@@ -176,7 +176,5 @@ Nonstandard compound limitations:
ca_maxrequestsize request and a ca_maxresponsesize reply, so we may
fail to live up to the promise we made in CREATE_SESSION fore channel
negotiation.
-* No more than one read-like operation allowed per compound; encoding
- replies that cross page boundaries (except for read data) not handled.
See also http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/Server_4.0_and_4.1_issues.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 8b9cd8eb3f9..ddc531a74d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 2.6.30-rc7)
ShdPnd bitmap of shared pending signals for the process
SigBlk bitmap of blocked signals
SigIgn bitmap of ignored signals
- SigCgt bitmap of catched signals
+ SigCgt bitmap of caught signals
CapInh bitmap of inheritable capabilities
CapPrm bitmap of permitted capabilities
CapEff bitmap of effective capabilities
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ Table 1-4: Contents of the stat files (as of 2.6.30-rc7)
pending bitmap of pending signals
blocked bitmap of blocked signals
sigign bitmap of ignored signals
- sigcatch bitmap of catched signals
+ sigcatch bitmap of caught signals
wchan address where process went to sleep
0 (place holder)
0 (place holder)
@@ -854,7 +854,8 @@ WritebackTmp: Memory used by FUSE for temporary writeback buffers
if strict overcommit accounting is enabled (mode 2 in
'vm.overcommit_memory').
The CommitLimit is calculated with the following formula:
- CommitLimit = ('vm.overcommit_ratio' * Physical RAM) + Swap
+ CommitLimit = ([total RAM pages] - [total huge TLB pages]) *
+ overcommit_ratio / 100 + [total swap pages]
For example, on a system with 1G of physical RAM and 7G
of swap with a `vm.overcommit_ratio` of 30 it would
yield a CommitLimit of 7.3G.
@@ -1245,8 +1246,9 @@ second). The meanings of the columns are as follows, from left to right:
The "intr" line gives counts of interrupts serviced since boot time, for each
of the possible system interrupts. The first column is the total of all
-interrupts serviced; each subsequent column is the total for that particular
-interrupt.
+interrupts serviced including unnumbered architecture specific interrupts;
+each subsequent column is the total for that particular numbered interrupt.
+Unnumbered interrupts are not shown, only summed into the total.
The "ctxt" line gives the total number of context switches across all CPUs.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt
index a1e2e0dda90..1fe0ccb1af5 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ how the mechanism works without getting lost in other details. (Those
wanting to see the full source for this module can find it at
http://lwn.net/Articles/22359/).
+Deprecated create_proc_entry
+
+Note that the above article uses create_proc_entry which was removed in
+kernel 3.10. Current versions require the following update
+
+- entry = create_proc_entry("sequence", 0, NULL);
+- if (entry)
+- entry->proc_fops = &ct_file_ops;
++ entry = proc_create("sequence", 0, NULL, &ct_file_ops);
The iterator interface
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
index 4ede421c968..32a173dd315 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same.
mkdir -p /tmp/m3
mount --rbind /root /tmp/m3
- I wont' draw the tree..but it has 24 vfsmounts
+ I won't draw the tree..but it has 24 vfsmounts
at step i the number of vfsmounts is V[i] = i*V[i-1].
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
index 4a93e98b290..ce1126aceed 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ nfs=stale_rw|nostale_ro
To maintain backward compatibility, '-o nfs' is also accepted,
defaulting to stale_rw
+dos1xfloppy -- If set, use a fallback default BIOS Parameter Block
+ configuration, determined by backing device size. These static
+ parameters match defaults assumed by DOS 1.x for 160 kiB,
+ 180 kiB, 320 kiB, and 360 kiB floppies and floppy images.
+
<bool>: 0,1,yes,no,true,false
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 617f6d70c07..a1d0d7a3016 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -589,8 +589,7 @@ struct address_space_operations {
void (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
void (*freepage)(struct page *);
- ssize_t (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov,
- loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs);
+ ssize_t (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t offset);
struct page* (*get_xip_page)(struct address_space *, sector_t,
int);
/* migrate the contents of a page to the specified target */
@@ -807,6 +806,8 @@ struct file_operations {
ssize_t (*write) (struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
ssize_t (*aio_read) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
+ ssize_t (*read_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
+ ssize_t (*write_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
@@ -837,11 +838,15 @@ otherwise noted.
read: called by read(2) and related system calls
- aio_read: called by io_submit(2) and other asynchronous I/O operations
+ aio_read: vectored, possibly asynchronous read
+
+ read_iter: possibly asynchronous read with iov_iter as destination
write: called by write(2) and related system calls
- aio_write: called by io_submit(2) and other asynchronous I/O operations
+ aio_write: vectored, possibly asynchronous write
+
+ write_iter: possibly asynchronous write with iov_iter as source
iterate: called when the VFS needs to read the directory contents