[PATCH] Documentation: filesystems: updated struct inode_operations documentation in vfs.txt

From: Thomas de Beauchene
Date: Wed Jun 17 2015 - 10:46:52 EST


Updated struct inode_operations documentation in vfs.txt to match
current implementation

Signed-off-by: Thomas de Beauchene <chauvo_t@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 30 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 3cb2ccf..ff53e34 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -341,11 +341,18 @@ struct inode_operations
-----------------------

This describes how the VFS can manipulate an inode in your
-filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined:
+filesystem. As of kernel 4.1, the following members are defined:

struct inode_operations {
- int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, umode_t, bool);
struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, unsigned int);
+ void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
+ int (*permission) (struct inode *, int);
+ struct posix_acl * (*get_acl)(struct inode *, int);
+
+ int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
+ void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
+
+ int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, umode_t, bool);
int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
int (*symlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *);
@@ -356,23 +363,24 @@ struct inode_operations {
struct inode *, struct dentry *);
int (*rename2) (struct inode *, struct dentry *,
struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int);
- int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
- void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
- void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
- int (*permission) (struct inode *, int);
- int (*get_acl)(struct inode *, int);
int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int);
ssize_t (*getxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t);
ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *);
- void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int);
- int (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct file *,
- unsigned open_flag, umode_t create_mode, int *opened);
+ int (*fiemap)(struct inode *, struct fiemap_extent_info *, u64 start,
+ u64 len);
+ int (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int);
+ int (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
+ struct file *, unsigned open_flag,
+ umode_t create_mode, int *opened);
int (*tmpfile) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t);
+ int (*set_acl)(struct inode *, struct posix_acl *, int);
+
+ /* WARNING: probably going away soon, do not use! */
int (*dentry_open)(struct dentry *, struct file *, const struct cred *);
-};
+} ____cacheline_aligned;

Again, all methods are called without any locks being held, unless
otherwise noted.
--
2.1.4

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