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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index bc4b06b3160a..e445b95a002b 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ struct address_space_operations ------------------------------- This describes how the VFS can manipulate mapping of a file to page cache in -your filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined: +your filesystem. The following members are defined: struct address_space_operations { int (*writepage)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc); @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ struct address_space_operations { loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied, struct page *page, void *fsdata); sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t); - int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long); + 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, @@ -685,14 +685,14 @@ struct address_space_operations { invalidatepage: If a page has PagePrivate set, then invalidatepage will be called when part or all of the page is to be removed from the address space. This generally corresponds to either a - truncation or a complete invalidation of the address space - (in the latter case 'offset' will always be 0). - Any private data associated with the page should be updated - to reflect this truncation. If offset is 0, then - the private data should be released, because the page - must be able to be completely discarded. This may be done by - calling the ->releasepage function, but in this case the - release MUST succeed. + truncation, punch hole or a complete invalidation of the address + space (in the latter case 'offset' will always be 0 and 'length' + will be PAGE_CACHE_SIZE). Any private data associated with the page + should be updated to reflect this truncation. If offset is 0 and + length is PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, then the private data should be released, + because the page must be able to be completely discarded. This may + be done by calling the ->releasepage function, but in this case the + release MUST succeed. releasepage: releasepage is called on PagePrivate pages to indicate that the page should be freed if possible. ->releasepage |