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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 4 |
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index c2992bc54f2..8b22d7d8b99 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ prototypes: void (*destroy_inode)(struct inode *); void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *); int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, int); - void (*put_inode) (struct inode *); void (*drop_inode) (struct inode *); void (*delete_inode) (struct inode *); void (*put_super) (struct super_block *); @@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ alloc_inode: no no no destroy_inode: no dirty_inode: no (must not sleep) write_inode: no -put_inode: no drop_inode: no !!!inode_lock!!! delete_inode: no put_super: yes yes no diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt index 560f88dc709..0c5086db835 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt @@ -139,8 +139,16 @@ commit=nrsec (*) Ext4 can be told to sync all its data and metadata Setting it to very large values will improve performance. -barrier=1 This enables/disables barriers. barrier=0 disables - it, barrier=1 enables it. +barrier=<0|1(*)> This enables/disables the use of write barriers in + the jbd code. barrier=0 disables, barrier=1 enables. + This also requires an IO stack which can support + barriers, and if jbd gets an error on a barrier + write, it will disable again with a warning. + Write barriers enforce proper on-disk ordering + of journal commits, making volatile disk write caches + safe to use, at some performance penalty. If + your disks are battery-backed in one way or another, + disabling barriers may safely improve performance. orlov (*) This enables the new Orlov block allocator. It is enabled by default. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt index 5daa2aaec2c..68ef48839c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ files, each with their own function. local_cpus nearby CPU mask (cpumask, ro) resource PCI resource host addresses (ascii, ro) resource0..N PCI resource N, if present (binary, mmap) + resource0_wc..N_wc PCI WC map resource N, if prefetchable (binary, mmap) rom PCI ROM resource, if present (binary, ro) subsystem_device PCI subsystem device (ascii, ro) subsystem_vendor PCI subsystem vendor (ascii, ro) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index 81e5be6e6e3..b7522c6cbae 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ struct super_operations { void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *); int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, int); - void (*put_inode) (struct inode *); void (*drop_inode) (struct inode *); void (*delete_inode) (struct inode *); void (*put_super) (struct super_block *); @@ -246,9 +245,6 @@ or bottom half). inode to disc. The second parameter indicates whether the write should be synchronous or not, not all filesystems check this flag. - put_inode: called when the VFS inode is removed from the inode - cache. - drop_inode: called when the last access to the inode is dropped, with the inode_lock spinlock held. |