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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst | 38 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst | 11 |
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst index b7e5a3841aa4..2fd01b9aaced 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst @@ -636,26 +636,29 @@ vm_operations_struct prototypes:: - void (*open)(struct vm_area_struct*); - void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct*); - vm_fault_t (*fault)(struct vm_area_struct*, struct vm_fault *); + void (*open)(struct vm_area_struct *); + void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct *); + vm_fault_t (*fault)(struct vm_fault *); + vm_fault_t (*huge_fault)(struct vm_fault *, unsigned int order); + vm_fault_t (*map_pages)(struct vm_fault *, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end); vm_fault_t (*page_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *); vm_fault_t (*pfn_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *); int (*access)(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long, void*, int, int); locking rules: -============= ========= =========================== +============= ========== =========================== ops mmap_lock PageLocked(page) -============= ========= =========================== -open: yes -close: yes -fault: yes can return with page locked -map_pages: read -page_mkwrite: yes can return with page locked -pfn_mkwrite: yes -access: yes -============= ========= =========================== +============= ========== =========================== +open: write +close: read/write +fault: read can return with page locked +huge_fault: maybe-read +map_pages: maybe-read +page_mkwrite: read can return with page locked +pfn_mkwrite: read +access: read +============= ========== =========================== ->fault() is called when a previously not present pte is about to be faulted in. The filesystem must find and return the page associated with the passed in @@ -665,11 +668,18 @@ then ensure the page is not already truncated (invalidate_lock will block subsequent truncate), and then return with VM_FAULT_LOCKED, and the page locked. The VM will unlock the page. +->huge_fault() is called when there is no PUD or PMD entry present. This +gives the filesystem the opportunity to install a PUD or PMD sized page. +Filesystems can also use the ->fault method to return a PMD sized page, +so implementing this function may not be necessary. In particular, +filesystems should not call filemap_fault() from ->huge_fault(). +The mmap_lock may not be held when this method is called. + ->map_pages() is called when VM asks to map easy accessible pages. Filesystem should find and map pages associated with offsets from "start_pgoff" till "end_pgoff". ->map_pages() is called with the RCU lock held and must not block. If it's not possible to reach a page without blocking, -filesystem should skip it. Filesystem should use do_set_pte() to setup +filesystem should skip it. Filesystem should use set_pte_range() to setup page table entry. Pointer to entry associated with the page is passed in "pte" field in vm_fault structure. Pointers to entries for other offsets should be calculated relative to "pte". diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst index 0f5da78ef4f9..98969d713e2e 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst @@ -938,3 +938,14 @@ file pointer instead of struct dentry pointer. d_tmpfile() is similarly changed to simplify callers. The passed file is in a non-open state and on success must be opened before returning (e.g. by calling finish_open_simple()). + +--- + +**mandatory** + +Calling convention for ->huge_fault has changed. It now takes a page +order instead of an enum page_entry_size, and it may be called without the +mmap_lock held. All in-tree users have been audited and do not seem to +depend on the mmap_lock being held, but out of tree users should verify +for themselves. If they do need it, they can return VM_FAULT_RETRY to +be called with the mmap_lock held. |