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authorNick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>2011-01-07 17:49:28 +1100
committerNick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>2011-01-07 17:50:20 +1100
commitb1e6a015a580ad145689ad1d6b4aa0e03e6c868b (patch)
tree57a10ef164e4d2f798d9b832dbeaf973aca2ab83 /Documentation/filesystems/porting
parent621e155a3591962420eacdd39f6f0aa29ceb221e (diff)
fs: change d_hash for rcu-walk
Change d_hash so it may be called from lock-free RCU lookups. See similar patch for d_compare for details. For in-tree filesystems, this is just a mechanical change. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
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@@ -333,3 +333,10 @@ unreferenced dentries, and is now only called when the dentry refcount goes to
.d_compare() calling convention and locking rules are significantly
changed. Read updated documentation in Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt (and
look at examples of other filesystems) for guidance.
+
+---
+[mandatory]
+
+ .d_hash() calling convention and locking rules are significantly
+changed. Read updated documentation in Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt (and
+look at examples of other filesystems) for guidance.