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| author |   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-12-20 18:14:31 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-12-20 18:14:31 -0800 |
| commit | 1f0377ff088ed2971c57debc9b0c3b846ec431fd (patch) | |
| tree | cd53c8981269e57e38e4285abd71cc990e1cfc67 /Documentation/filesystems/Locking | |
| parent | Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal (diff) | |
| parent | vfs: make lremovexattr retry once on ESTALE error (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-1f0377ff088ed2971c57debc9b0c3b846ec431fd.tar.xz linux-dev-1f0377ff088ed2971c57debc9b0c3b846ec431fd.zip | |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull VFS update from Al Viro:
"fscache fixes, ESTALE patchset, vmtruncate removal series, assorted
misc stuff."
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (79 commits)
vfs: make lremovexattr retry once on ESTALE error
vfs: make removexattr retry once on ESTALE
vfs: make llistxattr retry once on ESTALE error
vfs: make listxattr retry once on ESTALE error
vfs: make lgetxattr retry once on ESTALE
vfs: make getxattr retry once on an ESTALE error
vfs: allow lsetxattr() to retry once on ESTALE errors
vfs: allow setxattr to retry once on ESTALE errors
vfs: allow utimensat() calls to retry once on an ESTALE error
vfs: fix user_statfs to retry once on ESTALE errors
vfs: make fchownat retry once on ESTALE errors
vfs: make fchmodat retry once on ESTALE errors
vfs: have chroot retry once on ESTALE error
vfs: have chdir retry lookup and call once on ESTALE error
vfs: have faccessat retry once on an ESTALE error
vfs: have do_sys_truncate retry once on an ESTALE error
vfs: fix renameat to retry on ESTALE errors
vfs: make do_unlinkat retry once on ESTALE errors
vfs: make do_rmdir retry once on ESTALE errors
vfs: add a flags argument to user_path_parent
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/Locking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 6 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index e540a24e5d06..f48e0c6b4c42 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ rename: yes (all) (see below) readlink: no follow_link: no put_link: no -truncate: yes (see below) setattr: yes permission: no (may not block if called in rcu-walk mode) get_acl: no @@ -96,11 +95,6 @@ atomic_open: yes Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_mutex on victim. cross-directory ->rename() has (per-superblock) ->s_vfs_rename_sem. - ->truncate() is never called directly - it's a callback, not a -method. It's called by vmtruncate() - deprecated library function used by -->setattr(). Locking information above applies to that call (i.e. is -inherited from ->setattr() - vmtruncate() is used when ATTR_SIZE had been -passed). See Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking for more detailed discussion of the locking scheme for directory operations. |