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@@ -471,3 +471,15 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
[mandatory]
f_dentry is gone; use f_path.dentry, or, better yet, see if you can avoid
it entirely.
+--
+[mandatory]
+ never call ->read() and ->write() directly; use __vfs_{read,write} or
+ wrappers; instead of checking for ->write or ->read being NULL, look for
+ FMODE_CAN_{WRITE,READ} in file->f_mode.
+--
+[mandatory]
+ do _not_ use new_sync_{read,write} for ->read/->write; leave it NULL
+ instead.
+--
+[mandatory]
+ ->aio_read/->aio_write are gone. Use ->read_iter/->write_iter.