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authorKirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>2016-07-26 15:25:20 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-07-26 16:19:19 -0700
commitbae473a423f65e480db83c85b5e92254f6dfcb28 (patch)
tree9e09cd8cbcafdcc1a27298700f69f8f86f929392 /Documentation/filesystems
parentdcddffd41d3f1d3bdcc1dce3f1cd142779b6d4c1 (diff)
mm: introduce fault_env
The idea borrowed from Peter's patch from patchset on speculative page faults[1]: Instead of passing around the endless list of function arguments, replace the lot with a single structure so we can change context without endless function signature changes. The changes are mostly mechanical with exception of faultaround code: filemap_map_pages() got reworked a bit. This patch is preparation for the next one. [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141020222841.302891540@infradead.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1466021202-61880-9-git-send-email-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index dda6e3f8e203..5a7386e38e2d 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -548,13 +548,13 @@ subsequent truncate), and then return with VM_FAULT_LOCKED, and the page
locked. The VM will unlock the page.
->map_pages() is called when VM asks to map easy accessible pages.
-Filesystem should find and map pages associated with offsets from "pgoff"
-till "max_pgoff". ->map_pages() is called with page table locked and must
+Filesystem should find and map pages associated with offsets from "start_pgoff"
+till "end_pgoff". ->map_pages() is called with page table locked 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
-page table entry. Pointer to entry associated with offset "pgoff" is
-passed in "pte" field in vm_fault structure. Pointers to entries for other
-offsets should be calculated relative to "pte".
+page table entry. Pointer to entry associated with the page is passed in
+"pte" field in fault_env structure. Pointers to entries for other offsets
+should be calculated relative to "pte".
->page_mkwrite() is called when a previously read-only pte is
about to become writeable. The filesystem again must ensure that there are