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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 10 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index f424e0e5b46..efca5c1bbb1 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ locking rules: open: yes close: yes fault: yes can return with page locked +map_pages: yes page_mkwrite: yes can return with page locked access: yes @@ -540,6 +541,15 @@ the page, then ensure it is not already truncated (the page lock will block subsequent truncate), and then return with VM_FAULT_LOCKED, and the page locked. The VM will unlock the page. + ->map_pages() is called when VM asks to map easy accessible pages. +Filesystem should find and map pages associated with offsets from "pgoff" +till "max_pgoff". ->map_pages() is called with page table locked and must +not block. If it's not possible to reach a page without blocking, +filesystem should skip it. Filesystem should use do_set_pte() to setup +page table entry. Pointer to entry associated with offset "pgoff" is +passed in "pte" field in vm_fault structure. Pointers to entries for other +offsets should be calculated relative to "pte". + ->page_mkwrite() is called when a previously read-only pte is about to become writeable. The filesystem again must ensure that there are no truncate/invalidate races, and then return with the page locked. If |