FS-Cache: Add interface to check consistency of a cached object

Extend the fscache netfs API so that the netfs can ask as to whether a cache
object is up to date with respect to its corresponding netfs object:

	int fscache_check_consistency(struct fscache_cookie *cookie)

This will call back to the netfs to check whether the auxiliary data associated
with a cookie is correct.  It returns 0 if it is and -ESTALE if it isn't; it
may also return -ENOMEM and -ERESTARTSYS.

The backends now have to implement a mandatory operation pointer:

	int (*check_consistency)(struct fscache_object *object)

that corresponds to the above API call.  FS-Cache takes care of pinning the
object and the cookie in memory and managing this call with respect to the
object state.

Original-author: Hongyi Jia <jiayisuse@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Hongyi Jia <jiayisuse@gmail.com>
cc: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt
index d78bab9622c6..277d1e810670 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt
@@ -299,6 +299,15 @@ performed on the denizens of the cache.  These are held in a structure of type:
      enough space in the cache to permit this.
 
 
+ (*) Check coherency state of an object [mandatory]:
+
+	int (*check_consistency)(struct fscache_object *object)
+
+     This method is called to have the cache check the saved auxiliary data of
+     the object against the netfs's idea of the state.  0 should be returned
+     if they're consistent and -ESTALE otherwise.  -ENOMEM and -ERESTARTSYS
+     may also be returned.
+
  (*) Update object [mandatory]:
 
 	int (*update_object)(struct fscache_object *object)