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9 - Copyright (C) 1999 Richard Gooch
10 - Copyright (C) 2005 Pekka Enberg
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32 cache or dcache). This provides a very fast look-up mechanism to
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67 structure (this is the kernel-side implementation of file descriptors).
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99 ->mount() will be attached to the mountpoint, so that when pathname
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146 Initializes 'struct fs_context' ->ops and ->fs_private fields with
147 filesystem-specific data.
174 i_lock_key, i_mutex_key, invalidate_lock_key, i_mutex_dir_key: lockdep-specific
202 ->mount() may choose to return a subtree of existing filesystem - it
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303 ->alloc_inode was defined and simply undoes anything done by
304 ->alloc_inode.
308 in ->destroy_inode to free 'struct inode' memory, then it's
317 and struct inode has times updated since the last ->dirty_inode
327 inode->i_lock spinlock held.
331 not want to cache inodes - causing "delete_inode" to always be
340 *not* evict the pagecache or inode-associated metadata buffers;
343 the inode while (or after) ->evict_inode() is called. Optional.
355 Called instead of ->freeze_fs callback if provided.
356 Main difference is that ->freeze_super is called without taking
357 down_write(&sb->s_umount). If filesystem implements it and wants
358 ->freeze_fs to be called too, then it has to call ->freeze_fs
368 again after ->freeze_super. Optional.
372 again after ->freeze_fs. Optional.
400 filesystem-specific mount statistics.
421 also implement ->nr_cached_objects for it to be called
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444 superblock field points to a NULL-terminated array of xattr handlers.
475 the various ``*xattr(2)`` system calls return -EOPNOTSUPP.
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582 The filesystem must return -EINVAL for any unsupported or
585 the rename exists the rename should fail with -EEXIST instead of
605 have it return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD).
607 If the filesystem stores the symlink target in ->i_link, the
608 VFS may use it directly without calling ->get_link(); however,
609 ->get_link() must still be provided. ->i_link must not be
610 freed until after an RCU grace period. Writing to ->i_link
611 post-iget() time requires a 'release' memory barrier.
615 cases when ->get_link uses nd_jump_link() or object is not in
617 ->get_link for symlinks and readlink(2) will automatically use
621 called by the VFS to check for access rights on a POSIX-like
624 May be called in rcu-walk mode (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK). If in
625 rcu-walk mode, the filesystem must check the permission without
628 If a situation is encountered that rcu-walk cannot handle,
630 -ECHILD and it will be called again in ref-walk mode.
657 negative or needs lookup. Cached positive dentries are still
658 handled by f_op->open(). If the file was created, FMODE_CREATED
659 flag should be set in file->f_mode. In case of O_EXCL the
675 fall back to f_op->ioctl().
680 i_rwsem exclusive. If unset, then fall back to f_op->ioctl().
695 address-space can provide. These include communicating memory pressure,
701 in order to reuse them. To do this it can call the ->writepage method
702 on dirty pages, and ->release_folio on clean folios with the private
710 Pages are normally kept in a radix tree index by ->index. This tree
714 The Dirty tag is primarily used by mpage_writepages - the default
715 ->writepages method. It uses the tag to find dirty pages to call
716 ->writepage on. If mpage_writepages is not used (i.e. the address
717 provides its own ->writepages) , the PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY tag is almost
719 __sync_single_inode) to check if ->writepages has been successful in
734 by memory-mapping the page. Data is written into the address space by
735 the application, and then written-back to storage typically in whole
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763 Most applications that do buffered I/O will periodically call a file
789 file->fsync operation, they should call file_check_and_advance_wb_err to
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836 wbc->sync_mode. The PG_Dirty flag has been cleared and
842 If wbc->sync_mode is WB_SYNC_NONE, ->writepage doesn't have to
847 keep calling ->writepage on that page.
868 Filesystems may implement ->read_folio() synchronously.
869 In normal operation, folios are read through the ->readahead()
871 the read to complete will the page cache call ->read_folio().
873 in the ->read_folio() operation.
879 and call ->read_folio again.
881 Callers may invoke the ->read_folio() method directly, but using
887 address_space object. If wbc->sync_mode is WB_SYNC_ALL, then
891 ->writepages is given, then mpage_writepages is used instead.
893 DIRTY and will pass them to ->writepage.
910 rac->ra->async_size gives the number of async pages. The
919 Called by the generic buffered write code to ask the filesystem
924 basic-blocks on storage, then those blocks should be pre-read
955 and for working with swap-files. To be able to swap to a file,
971 discarded. This may be done by calling the ->release_folio
976 filesystem that the folio is about to be freed. ->release_folio
981 active users. If ->release_folio succeeds, the folio will be
1002 called by the generic read/write routines to perform direct_IO -
1015 Called before freeing a folio - it writes back the dirty folio.
1049 through ->swap_rw(), it should set SWP_FS_OPS, otherwise IO will
1050 be submitted directly to the block device ``sis->bdev``.
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1174 (non-blocking) mode is enabled for a file
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1271 called whenever a name look-up finds a dentry in the dcache.
1277 This function should return a positive value if the dentry is
1280 d_revalidate may be called in rcu-walk mode (flags &
1281 LOOKUP_RCU). If in rcu-walk mode, the filesystem must
1287 If a situation is encountered that rcu-walk cannot handle,
1289 -ECHILD and it will be called again in ref-walk mode.
1293 is called when a path-walk ends at dentry that was not acquired
1295 "." and "..", as well as procfs-style symlinks and mountpoint
1306 d_weak_revalidate is only called after leaving rcu-walk mode.
1329 module. ->d_sb may be used.
1332 under "rcu-walk", ie. without any locks or references on things.
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1375 dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
1386 an error code should be returned. If -EISDIR is returned, then
1393 returned with 2 refs on it to prevent automatic expiration - the
1405 returned to let the calling process continue. -EISDIR can be
1412 pathwalk in RCU-walk mode. Sleeping is not permitted in this
1414 returning -ECHILD. -EISDIR may also be returned to tell
1428 For non-regular files, the 'dentry' argument is returned.
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1509 - options MUST be shown which are not default or their values differ
1512 - options MAY be shown which are enabled by default or have their
1528 (Note some of these resources are not up-to-date with the latest kernel
1534 The Linux Virtual File-system Layer by Neil Brown. 1999
1535 <http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/oss/linux-commentary/vfs.html>