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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking.rst | 26 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/index.rst | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.rst | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/smb/cifsroot.rst (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/cifs/cifsroot.rst) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/smb/index.rst (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/cifs/index.rst) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/smb/ksmbd.rst (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/cifs/ksmbd.rst) | 0 |
7 files changed, 21 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking.rst index 504ba940c36c1..dccd61c7c5c3b 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking.rst @@ -22,12 +22,11 @@ exclusive. 3) object removal. Locking rules: caller locks parent, finds victim, locks victim and calls the method. Locks are exclusive. -4) rename() that is _not_ cross-directory. Locking rules: caller locks -the parent and finds source and target. In case of exchange (with -RENAME_EXCHANGE in flags argument) lock both. In any case, -if the target already exists, lock it. If the source is a non-directory, -lock it. If we need to lock both, lock them in inode pointer order. -Then call the method. All locks are exclusive. +4) rename() that is _not_ cross-directory. Locking rules: caller locks the +parent and finds source and target. We lock both (provided they exist). If we +need to lock two inodes of different type (dir vs non-dir), we lock directory +first. If we need to lock two inodes of the same type, lock them in inode +pointer order. Then call the method. All locks are exclusive. NB: we might get away with locking the source (and target in exchange case) shared. @@ -44,15 +43,17 @@ All locks are exclusive. rules: * lock the filesystem - * lock parents in "ancestors first" order. + * lock parents in "ancestors first" order. If one is not ancestor of + the other, lock them in inode pointer order. * find source and target. * if old parent is equal to or is a descendent of target fail with -ENOTEMPTY * if new parent is equal to or is a descendent of source fail with -ELOOP - * If it's an exchange, lock both the source and the target. - * If the target exists, lock it. If the source is a non-directory, - lock it. If we need to lock both, do so in inode pointer order. + * Lock both the source and the target provided they exist. If we + need to lock two inodes of different type (dir vs non-dir), we lock + the directory first. If we need to lock two inodes of the same type, + lock them in inode pointer order. * call the method. All ->i_rwsem are taken exclusive. Again, we might get away with locking @@ -66,8 +67,9 @@ If no directory is its own ancestor, the scheme above is deadlock-free. Proof: - First of all, at any moment we have a partial ordering of the - objects - A < B iff A is an ancestor of B. + First of all, at any moment we have a linear ordering of the + objects - A < B iff (A is an ancestor of B) or (B is not an ancestor + of A and ptr(A) < ptr(B)). That ordering can change. However, the following is true: diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst index fbb2b5ada95b3..eb252fc972aa9 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst @@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ Documentation for filesystem implementations. befs bfs btrfs - cifs/index ceph coda configfs @@ -111,6 +110,7 @@ Documentation for filesystem implementations. ramfs-rootfs-initramfs relay romfs + smb/index spufs/index squashfs sysfs diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst index 164960631925d..447f767c64627 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst @@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ Ramfs, rootfs and initramfs October 17, 2005 -Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> -============================= +:Author: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> What is ramfs? -------------- diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.rst index d83395354250d..1cf56489ed484 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.rst @@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. 3) Setting mount states +----------------------- The mount command (util-linux package) can be used to set mount states:: @@ -612,6 +613,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. 6) Quiz +------- A. What is the result of the following command sequence? @@ -673,6 +675,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. /mnt/1/test be? 7) FAQ +------ Q1. Why is bind mount needed? How is it different from symbolic links? symbolic links can get stale if the destination mount gets @@ -841,6 +844,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. tmp usr tmp usr tmp usr 8) Implementation +----------------- 8A) Datastructure diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/cifsroot.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/smb/cifsroot.rst index 4930bb443134a..bf2d9db3acb92 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/cifsroot.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/smb/cifsroot.rst @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ the root file system via SMB protocol. Enables the kernel to mount the root file system via SMB that are located in the <server-ip> and <share> specified in this option. -The default mount options are set in fs/cifs/cifsroot.c. +The default mount options are set in fs/smb/client/cifsroot.c. server-ip IPv4 address of the server. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/index.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/smb/index.rst index 1c8597a679ab7..1c8597a679ab7 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/smb/index.rst diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/ksmbd.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/smb/ksmbd.rst index 7bed96d794fc2..7bed96d794fc2 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/ksmbd.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/smb/ksmbd.rst |