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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-06-23 11:53:03 +0200 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-06-23 11:53:03 +0200 |
commit | 009b9fc98ddd83f9139fdabb12c0d7a8535d5421 (patch) | |
tree | f7d3e182407d2ebe50a9b8db6361ac910027a1cf /fs/9p/fid.h | |
parent | 3711ccb07b7f0a13f4f1aa16a8fdca9c930f21ca (diff) | |
parent | 481c5346d0981940ee63037eb53e4e37b0735c10 (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/threadinfotip-x86-threadinfo-2008-06-23_09.53_Mon
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diff --git a/fs/9p/fid.h b/fs/9p/fid.h index 26e07df783b9..c3bbd6af996d 100644 --- a/fs/9p/fid.h +++ b/fs/9p/fid.h @@ -22,6 +22,21 @@ #include <linux/list.h> +/** + * struct v9fs_dentry - 9p private data stored in dentry d_fsdata + * @lock: protects the fidlist + * @fidlist: list of FIDs currently associated with this dentry + * + * This structure defines the 9p private data associated with + * a particular dentry. In particular, this private data is used + * to lookup which 9P FID handle should be used for a particular VFS + * operation. FID handles are associated with dentries instead of + * inodes in order to more closely map functionality to the Plan 9 + * expected behavior for FID reclaimation and tracking. + * + * See Also: Mapping FIDs to Linux VFS model in + * Design and Implementation of the Linux 9P File System documentation + */ struct v9fs_dentry { spinlock_t lock; /* protect fidlist */ struct list_head fidlist; |