leandrof/linux
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt: document how ->i_link works

Browse Source 
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
This commit is contained in:
Eric Biggers 2019-04-11 16:16:28 -07:00 committed by Al Viro
parent c59a899722
commit dcb2cb1f26
1 changed files with 6 additions and 0 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

6
Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
View File

@ -463,6 +463,12 @@ otherwise noted.
argument. If request can't be handled without leaving RCU mode,
have it return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD).
If the filesystem stores the symlink target in ->i_link, the
VFS may use it directly without calling ->get_link(); however,
->get_link() must still be provided. ->i_link must not be
freed until after an RCU grace period. Writing to ->i_link
post-iget() time requires a 'release' memory barrier.
readlink: this is now just an override for use by readlink(2) for the
cases when ->get_link uses nd_jump_link() or object is not in
fact a symlink. Normally filesystems should only implement