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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-06-16 10:17:15 +0200 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-06-16 10:17:15 +0200 |
commit | 28638ea4f8adb63f837e4436560ab16ab0388587 (patch) | |
tree | 2dab7a03d7696697c82ba62a03700d3a2f3639b1 /fs/9p/fid.h | |
parent | f781b03c4b1c713ac000877c8bbc31fc4164a29b (diff) | |
parent | 066519068ad2fbe98c7f45552b1f592903a9c8c8 (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/nmi
Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/nmi_32.c
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/9p/fid.h')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/9p/fid.h b/fs/9p/fid.h index 26e07df783b..c3bbd6af996 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; |