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1da177e4 LT |
1 | The text below describes the locking rules for VFS-related methods. |
2 | It is (believed to be) up-to-date. *Please*, if you change anything in | |
3 | prototypes or locking protocols - update this file. And update the relevant | |
4 | instances in the tree, don't leave that to maintainers of filesystems/devices/ | |
5 | etc. At the very least, put the list of dubious cases in the end of this file. | |
6 | Don't turn it into log - maintainers of out-of-the-tree code are supposed to | |
7 | be able to use diff(1). | |
8 | Thing currently missing here: socket operations. Alexey? | |
9 | ||
10 | --------------------------- dentry_operations -------------------------- | |
11 | prototypes: | |
34286d66 | 12 | int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *); |
b1e6a015 NP |
13 | int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *, |
14 | struct qstr *); | |
621e155a NP |
15 | int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *, |
16 | const struct dentry *, const struct inode *, | |
17 | unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *); | |
1da177e4 LT |
18 | int (*d_delete)(struct dentry *); |
19 | void (*d_release)(struct dentry *); | |
20 | void (*d_iput)(struct dentry *, struct inode *); | |
c23fbb6b | 21 | char *(*d_dname)((struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen); |
9875cf80 | 22 | struct vfsmount *(*d_automount)(struct path *path); |
cc53ce53 | 23 | int (*d_manage)(struct dentry *, bool); |
1da177e4 LT |
24 | |
25 | locking rules: | |
34286d66 NP |
26 | rename_lock ->d_lock may block rcu-walk |
27 | d_revalidate: no no yes (ref-walk) maybe | |
28 | d_hash no no no maybe | |
29 | d_compare: yes no no maybe | |
30 | d_delete: no yes no no | |
31 | d_release: no no yes no | |
f0023bc6 | 32 | d_prune: no yes no no |
34286d66 NP |
33 | d_iput: no no yes no |
34 | d_dname: no no no no | |
9875cf80 | 35 | d_automount: no no yes no |
ab90911f | 36 | d_manage: no no yes (ref-walk) maybe |
1da177e4 LT |
37 | |
38 | --------------------------- inode_operations --------------------------- | |
39 | prototypes: | |
4acdaf27 | 40 | int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t, struct nameidata *); |
1da177e4 LT |
41 | struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameid |
42 | ata *); | |
43 | int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *); | |
44 | int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *); | |
45 | int (*symlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *); | |
18bb1db3 | 46 | int (*mkdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t); |
1da177e4 | 47 | int (*rmdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *); |
1a67aafb | 48 | int (*mknod) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t,dev_t); |
1da177e4 LT |
49 | int (*rename) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, |
50 | struct inode *, struct dentry *); | |
51 | int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int); | |
b83be6f2 CH |
52 | void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *); |
53 | void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *); | |
1da177e4 | 54 | void (*truncate) (struct inode *); |
b74c79e9 | 55 | int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int); |
4e34e719 | 56 | int (*get_acl)(struct inode *, int); |
1da177e4 LT |
57 | int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *); |
58 | int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *); | |
59 | int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int); | |
60 | ssize_t (*getxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t); | |
61 | ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t); | |
62 | int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *); | |
b83be6f2 | 63 | int (*fiemap)(struct inode *, struct fiemap_extent_info *, u64 start, u64 len); |
c3b2da31 | 64 | void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int); |
1da177e4 LT |
65 | |
66 | locking rules: | |
b83be6f2 | 67 | all may block |
a7bc02f4 | 68 | i_mutex(inode) |
1da177e4 LT |
69 | lookup: yes |
70 | create: yes | |
71 | link: yes (both) | |
72 | mknod: yes | |
73 | symlink: yes | |
74 | mkdir: yes | |
75 | unlink: yes (both) | |
76 | rmdir: yes (both) (see below) | |
77 | rename: yes (all) (see below) | |
78 | readlink: no | |
79 | follow_link: no | |
b83be6f2 | 80 | put_link: no |
1da177e4 LT |
81 | truncate: yes (see below) |
82 | setattr: yes | |
b74c79e9 | 83 | permission: no (may not block if called in rcu-walk mode) |
4e34e719 | 84 | get_acl: no |
1da177e4 LT |
85 | getattr: no |
86 | setxattr: yes | |
87 | getxattr: no | |
88 | listxattr: no | |
89 | removexattr: yes | |
b83be6f2 | 90 | fiemap: no |
c3b2da31 JB |
91 | update_time: no |
92 | ||
a7bc02f4 | 93 | Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_mutex on |
1da177e4 LT |
94 | victim. |
95 | cross-directory ->rename() has (per-superblock) ->s_vfs_rename_sem. | |
96 | ->truncate() is never called directly - it's a callback, not a | |
b83be6f2 | 97 | method. It's called by vmtruncate() - deprecated library function used by |
1da177e4 LT |
98 | ->setattr(). Locking information above applies to that call (i.e. is |
99 | inherited from ->setattr() - vmtruncate() is used when ATTR_SIZE had been | |
100 | passed). | |
101 | ||
102 | See Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking for more detailed discussion | |
103 | of the locking scheme for directory operations. | |
104 | ||
105 | --------------------------- super_operations --------------------------- | |
106 | prototypes: | |
107 | struct inode *(*alloc_inode)(struct super_block *sb); | |
108 | void (*destroy_inode)(struct inode *); | |
aa385729 | 109 | void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *, int flags); |
b83be6f2 | 110 | int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, struct writeback_control *wbc); |
336fb3b9 AV |
111 | int (*drop_inode) (struct inode *); |
112 | void (*evict_inode) (struct inode *); | |
1da177e4 LT |
113 | void (*put_super) (struct super_block *); |
114 | void (*write_super) (struct super_block *); | |
115 | int (*sync_fs)(struct super_block *sb, int wait); | |
c4be0c1d TS |
116 | int (*freeze_fs) (struct super_block *); |
117 | int (*unfreeze_fs) (struct super_block *); | |
726c3342 | 118 | int (*statfs) (struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *); |
1da177e4 | 119 | int (*remount_fs) (struct super_block *, int *, char *); |
1da177e4 | 120 | void (*umount_begin) (struct super_block *); |
34c80b1d | 121 | int (*show_options)(struct seq_file *, struct dentry *); |
1da177e4 LT |
122 | ssize_t (*quota_read)(struct super_block *, int, char *, size_t, loff_t); |
123 | ssize_t (*quota_write)(struct super_block *, int, const char *, size_t, loff_t); | |
b83be6f2 | 124 | int (*bdev_try_to_free_page)(struct super_block*, struct page*, gfp_t); |
1da177e4 LT |
125 | |
126 | locking rules: | |
336fb3b9 | 127 | All may block [not true, see below] |
7e325d3a CH |
128 | s_umount |
129 | alloc_inode: | |
130 | destroy_inode: | |
aa385729 | 131 | dirty_inode: |
7e325d3a | 132 | write_inode: |
f283c86a | 133 | drop_inode: !!!inode->i_lock!!! |
336fb3b9 | 134 | evict_inode: |
7e325d3a CH |
135 | put_super: write |
136 | write_super: read | |
137 | sync_fs: read | |
138 | freeze_fs: read | |
139 | unfreeze_fs: read | |
336fb3b9 AV |
140 | statfs: maybe(read) (see below) |
141 | remount_fs: write | |
7e325d3a CH |
142 | umount_begin: no |
143 | show_options: no (namespace_sem) | |
144 | quota_read: no (see below) | |
145 | quota_write: no (see below) | |
b83be6f2 | 146 | bdev_try_to_free_page: no (see below) |
1da177e4 | 147 | |
336fb3b9 AV |
148 | ->statfs() has s_umount (shared) when called by ustat(2) (native or |
149 | compat), but that's an accident of bad API; s_umount is used to pin | |
150 | the superblock down when we only have dev_t given us by userland to | |
151 | identify the superblock. Everything else (statfs(), fstatfs(), etc.) | |
152 | doesn't hold it when calling ->statfs() - superblock is pinned down | |
153 | by resolving the pathname passed to syscall. | |
1da177e4 LT |
154 | ->quota_read() and ->quota_write() functions are both guaranteed to |
155 | be the only ones operating on the quota file by the quota code (via | |
156 | dqio_sem) (unless an admin really wants to screw up something and | |
157 | writes to quota files with quotas on). For other details about locking | |
158 | see also dquot_operations section. | |
b83be6f2 CH |
159 | ->bdev_try_to_free_page is called from the ->releasepage handler of |
160 | the block device inode. See there for more details. | |
1da177e4 LT |
161 | |
162 | --------------------------- file_system_type --------------------------- | |
163 | prototypes: | |
5d8b2ebf JC |
164 | int (*get_sb) (struct file_system_type *, int, |
165 | const char *, void *, struct vfsmount *); | |
b83be6f2 CH |
166 | struct dentry *(*mount) (struct file_system_type *, int, |
167 | const char *, void *); | |
1da177e4 LT |
168 | void (*kill_sb) (struct super_block *); |
169 | locking rules: | |
b83be6f2 | 170 | may block |
b83be6f2 CH |
171 | mount yes |
172 | kill_sb yes | |
1da177e4 | 173 | |
1a102ff9 AV |
174 | ->mount() returns ERR_PTR or the root dentry; its superblock should be locked |
175 | on return. | |
1da177e4 LT |
176 | ->kill_sb() takes a write-locked superblock, does all shutdown work on it, |
177 | unlocks and drops the reference. | |
178 | ||
179 | --------------------------- address_space_operations -------------------------- | |
180 | prototypes: | |
181 | int (*writepage)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc); | |
182 | int (*readpage)(struct file *, struct page *); | |
183 | int (*sync_page)(struct page *); | |
184 | int (*writepages)(struct address_space *, struct writeback_control *); | |
185 | int (*set_page_dirty)(struct page *page); | |
186 | int (*readpages)(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping, | |
187 | struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages); | |
4e02ed4b NP |
188 | int (*write_begin)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping, |
189 | loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags, | |
190 | struct page **pagep, void **fsdata); | |
191 | int (*write_end)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping, | |
192 | loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied, | |
193 | struct page *page, void *fsdata); | |
1da177e4 LT |
194 | sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t); |
195 | int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long); | |
196 | int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int); | |
6072d13c | 197 | void (*freepage)(struct page *); |
1da177e4 LT |
198 | int (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov, |
199 | loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs); | |
b83be6f2 CH |
200 | int (*get_xip_mem)(struct address_space *, pgoff_t, int, void **, |
201 | unsigned long *); | |
202 | int (*migratepage)(struct address_space *, struct page *, struct page *); | |
203 | int (*launder_page)(struct page *); | |
204 | int (*is_partially_uptodate)(struct page *, read_descriptor_t *, unsigned long); | |
205 | int (*error_remove_page)(struct address_space *, struct page *); | |
1da177e4 LT |
206 | |
207 | locking rules: | |
6072d13c | 208 | All except set_page_dirty and freepage may block |
1da177e4 | 209 | |
b83be6f2 CH |
210 | PageLocked(page) i_mutex |
211 | writepage: yes, unlocks (see below) | |
212 | readpage: yes, unlocks | |
213 | sync_page: maybe | |
214 | writepages: | |
215 | set_page_dirty no | |
216 | readpages: | |
217 | write_begin: locks the page yes | |
218 | write_end: yes, unlocks yes | |
219 | bmap: | |
220 | invalidatepage: yes | |
221 | releasepage: yes | |
222 | freepage: yes | |
223 | direct_IO: | |
224 | get_xip_mem: maybe | |
225 | migratepage: yes (both) | |
226 | launder_page: yes | |
227 | is_partially_uptodate: yes | |
228 | error_remove_page: yes | |
1da177e4 | 229 | |
4e02ed4b | 230 | ->write_begin(), ->write_end(), ->sync_page() and ->readpage() |
1da177e4 LT |
231 | may be called from the request handler (/dev/loop). |
232 | ||
233 | ->readpage() unlocks the page, either synchronously or via I/O | |
234 | completion. | |
235 | ||
236 | ->readpages() populates the pagecache with the passed pages and starts | |
237 | I/O against them. They come unlocked upon I/O completion. | |
238 | ||
239 | ->writepage() is used for two purposes: for "memory cleansing" and for | |
240 | "sync". These are quite different operations and the behaviour may differ | |
241 | depending upon the mode. | |
242 | ||
243 | If writepage is called for sync (wbc->sync_mode != WBC_SYNC_NONE) then | |
244 | it *must* start I/O against the page, even if that would involve | |
245 | blocking on in-progress I/O. | |
246 | ||
247 | If writepage is called for memory cleansing (sync_mode == | |
248 | WBC_SYNC_NONE) then its role is to get as much writeout underway as | |
249 | possible. So writepage should try to avoid blocking against | |
250 | currently-in-progress I/O. | |
251 | ||
252 | If the filesystem is not called for "sync" and it determines that it | |
253 | would need to block against in-progress I/O to be able to start new I/O | |
254 | against the page the filesystem should redirty the page with | |
255 | redirty_page_for_writepage(), then unlock the page and return zero. | |
256 | This may also be done to avoid internal deadlocks, but rarely. | |
257 | ||
3a4fa0a2 | 258 | If the filesystem is called for sync then it must wait on any |
1da177e4 LT |
259 | in-progress I/O and then start new I/O. |
260 | ||
2054606a ND |
261 | The filesystem should unlock the page synchronously, before returning to the |
262 | caller, unless ->writepage() returns special WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE | |
263 | value. WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE means that page cannot really be written out | |
264 | currently, and VM should stop calling ->writepage() on this page for some | |
265 | time. VM does this by moving page to the head of the active list, hence the | |
266 | name. | |
1da177e4 LT |
267 | |
268 | Unless the filesystem is going to redirty_page_for_writepage(), unlock the page | |
269 | and return zero, writepage *must* run set_page_writeback() against the page, | |
270 | followed by unlocking it. Once set_page_writeback() has been run against the | |
271 | page, write I/O can be submitted and the write I/O completion handler must run | |
272 | end_page_writeback() once the I/O is complete. If no I/O is submitted, the | |
273 | filesystem must run end_page_writeback() against the page before returning from | |
274 | writepage. | |
275 | ||
276 | That is: after 2.5.12, pages which are under writeout are *not* locked. Note, | |
277 | if the filesystem needs the page to be locked during writeout, that is ok, too, | |
278 | the page is allowed to be unlocked at any point in time between the calls to | |
279 | set_page_writeback() and end_page_writeback(). | |
280 | ||
281 | Note, failure to run either redirty_page_for_writepage() or the combination of | |
282 | set_page_writeback()/end_page_writeback() on a page submitted to writepage | |
283 | will leave the page itself marked clean but it will be tagged as dirty in the | |
284 | radix tree. This incoherency can lead to all sorts of hard-to-debug problems | |
285 | in the filesystem like having dirty inodes at umount and losing written data. | |
286 | ||
287 | ->sync_page() locking rules are not well-defined - usually it is called | |
288 | with lock on page, but that is not guaranteed. Considering the currently | |
289 | existing instances of this method ->sync_page() itself doesn't look | |
290 | well-defined... | |
291 | ||
292 | ->writepages() is used for periodic writeback and for syscall-initiated | |
293 | sync operations. The address_space should start I/O against at least | |
294 | *nr_to_write pages. *nr_to_write must be decremented for each page which is | |
295 | written. The address_space implementation may write more (or less) pages | |
296 | than *nr_to_write asks for, but it should try to be reasonably close. If | |
297 | nr_to_write is NULL, all dirty pages must be written. | |
298 | ||
299 | writepages should _only_ write pages which are present on | |
300 | mapping->io_pages. | |
301 | ||
302 | ->set_page_dirty() is called from various places in the kernel | |
303 | when the target page is marked as needing writeback. It may be called | |
304 | under spinlock (it cannot block) and is sometimes called with the page | |
305 | not locked. | |
306 | ||
307 | ->bmap() is currently used by legacy ioctl() (FIBMAP) provided by some | |
b83be6f2 CH |
308 | filesystems and by the swapper. The latter will eventually go away. Please, |
309 | keep it that way and don't breed new callers. | |
1da177e4 LT |
310 | |
311 | ->invalidatepage() is called when the filesystem must attempt to drop | |
312 | some or all of the buffers from the page when it is being truncated. It | |
313 | returns zero on success. If ->invalidatepage is zero, the kernel uses | |
314 | block_invalidatepage() instead. | |
315 | ||
316 | ->releasepage() is called when the kernel is about to try to drop the | |
317 | buffers from the page in preparation for freeing it. It returns zero to | |
318 | indicate that the buffers are (or may be) freeable. If ->releasepage is zero, | |
319 | the kernel assumes that the fs has no private interest in the buffers. | |
320 | ||
6072d13c LT |
321 | ->freepage() is called when the kernel is done dropping the page |
322 | from the page cache. | |
323 | ||
e3db7691 TM |
324 | ->launder_page() may be called prior to releasing a page if |
325 | it is still found to be dirty. It returns zero if the page was successfully | |
326 | cleaned, or an error value if not. Note that in order to prevent the page | |
327 | getting mapped back in and redirtied, it needs to be kept locked | |
328 | across the entire operation. | |
329 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
330 | ----------------------- file_lock_operations ------------------------------ |
331 | prototypes: | |
1da177e4 LT |
332 | void (*fl_copy_lock)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *); |
333 | void (*fl_release_private)(struct file_lock *); | |
334 | ||
335 | ||
336 | locking rules: | |
b83be6f2 CH |
337 | file_lock_lock may block |
338 | fl_copy_lock: yes no | |
339 | fl_release_private: maybe no | |
1da177e4 LT |
340 | |
341 | ----------------------- lock_manager_operations --------------------------- | |
342 | prototypes: | |
8fb47a4f BF |
343 | int (*lm_compare_owner)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *); |
344 | void (*lm_notify)(struct file_lock *); /* unblock callback */ | |
345 | int (*lm_grant)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *, int); | |
346 | void (*lm_release_private)(struct file_lock *); | |
347 | void (*lm_break)(struct file_lock *); /* break_lease callback */ | |
348 | int (*lm_change)(struct file_lock **, int); | |
1da177e4 LT |
349 | |
350 | locking rules: | |
b83be6f2 | 351 | file_lock_lock may block |
8fb47a4f BF |
352 | lm_compare_owner: yes no |
353 | lm_notify: yes no | |
354 | lm_grant: no no | |
355 | lm_release_private: maybe no | |
356 | lm_break: yes no | |
357 | lm_change yes no | |
b83be6f2 | 358 | |
1da177e4 LT |
359 | --------------------------- buffer_head ----------------------------------- |
360 | prototypes: | |
361 | void (*b_end_io)(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate); | |
362 | ||
363 | locking rules: | |
364 | called from interrupts. In other words, extreme care is needed here. | |
365 | bh is locked, but that's all warranties we have here. Currently only RAID1, | |
366 | highmem, fs/buffer.c, and fs/ntfs/aops.c are providing these. Block devices | |
367 | call this method upon the IO completion. | |
368 | ||
369 | --------------------------- block_device_operations ----------------------- | |
370 | prototypes: | |
e1455d1b CH |
371 | int (*open) (struct block_device *, fmode_t); |
372 | int (*release) (struct gendisk *, fmode_t); | |
373 | int (*ioctl) (struct block_device *, fmode_t, unsigned, unsigned long); | |
374 | int (*compat_ioctl) (struct block_device *, fmode_t, unsigned, unsigned long); | |
375 | int (*direct_access) (struct block_device *, sector_t, void **, unsigned long *); | |
1da177e4 | 376 | int (*media_changed) (struct gendisk *); |
e1455d1b | 377 | void (*unlock_native_capacity) (struct gendisk *); |
1da177e4 | 378 | int (*revalidate_disk) (struct gendisk *); |
e1455d1b CH |
379 | int (*getgeo)(struct block_device *, struct hd_geometry *); |
380 | void (*swap_slot_free_notify) (struct block_device *, unsigned long); | |
1da177e4 LT |
381 | |
382 | locking rules: | |
b83be6f2 CH |
383 | bd_mutex |
384 | open: yes | |
385 | release: yes | |
386 | ioctl: no | |
387 | compat_ioctl: no | |
388 | direct_access: no | |
389 | media_changed: no | |
390 | unlock_native_capacity: no | |
391 | revalidate_disk: no | |
392 | getgeo: no | |
393 | swap_slot_free_notify: no (see below) | |
e1455d1b CH |
394 | |
395 | media_changed, unlock_native_capacity and revalidate_disk are called only from | |
396 | check_disk_change(). | |
397 | ||
398 | swap_slot_free_notify is called with swap_lock and sometimes the page lock | |
399 | held. | |
1da177e4 | 400 | |
1da177e4 LT |
401 | |
402 | --------------------------- file_operations ------------------------------- | |
403 | prototypes: | |
404 | loff_t (*llseek) (struct file *, loff_t, int); | |
405 | ssize_t (*read) (struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *); | |
1da177e4 | 406 | ssize_t (*write) (struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *); |
027445c3 BP |
407 | ssize_t (*aio_read) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t); |
408 | ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t); | |
1da177e4 LT |
409 | int (*readdir) (struct file *, void *, filldir_t); |
410 | unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *); | |
1da177e4 LT |
411 | long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); |
412 | long (*compat_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); | |
413 | int (*mmap) (struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *); | |
414 | int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *); | |
415 | int (*flush) (struct file *); | |
416 | int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *); | |
02c24a82 | 417 | int (*fsync) (struct file *, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync); |
1da177e4 LT |
418 | int (*aio_fsync) (struct kiocb *, int datasync); |
419 | int (*fasync) (int, struct file *, int); | |
420 | int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *); | |
421 | ssize_t (*readv) (struct file *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, | |
422 | loff_t *); | |
423 | ssize_t (*writev) (struct file *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, | |
424 | loff_t *); | |
425 | ssize_t (*sendfile) (struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, read_actor_t, | |
426 | void __user *); | |
427 | ssize_t (*sendpage) (struct file *, struct page *, int, size_t, | |
428 | loff_t *, int); | |
429 | unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long, | |
430 | unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long); | |
431 | int (*check_flags)(int); | |
b83be6f2 CH |
432 | int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *); |
433 | ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, loff_t *, | |
434 | size_t, unsigned int); | |
435 | ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, loff_t *, struct pipe_inode_info *, | |
436 | size_t, unsigned int); | |
437 | int (*setlease)(struct file *, long, struct file_lock **); | |
2fe17c10 | 438 | long (*fallocate)(struct file *, int, loff_t, loff_t); |
1da177e4 LT |
439 | }; |
440 | ||
441 | locking rules: | |
b83be6f2 | 442 | All may block except for ->setlease. |
02c24a82 | 443 | No VFS locks held on entry except for ->setlease. |
b83be6f2 CH |
444 | |
445 | ->setlease has the file_list_lock held and must not sleep. | |
1da177e4 LT |
446 | |
447 | ->llseek() locking has moved from llseek to the individual llseek | |
448 | implementations. If your fs is not using generic_file_llseek, you | |
449 | need to acquire and release the appropriate locks in your ->llseek(). | |
450 | For many filesystems, it is probably safe to acquire the inode | |
866707fc JB |
451 | mutex or just to use i_size_read() instead. |
452 | Note: this does not protect the file->f_pos against concurrent modifications | |
453 | since this is something the userspace has to take care about. | |
1da177e4 | 454 | |
b83be6f2 CH |
455 | ->fasync() is responsible for maintaining the FASYNC bit in filp->f_flags. |
456 | Most instances call fasync_helper(), which does that maintenance, so it's | |
457 | not normally something one needs to worry about. Return values > 0 will be | |
458 | mapped to zero in the VFS layer. | |
1da177e4 LT |
459 | |
460 | ->readdir() and ->ioctl() on directories must be changed. Ideally we would | |
461 | move ->readdir() to inode_operations and use a separate method for directory | |
462 | ->ioctl() or kill the latter completely. One of the problems is that for | |
463 | anything that resembles union-mount we won't have a struct file for all | |
464 | components. And there are other reasons why the current interface is a mess... | |
465 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
466 | ->read on directories probably must go away - we should just enforce -EISDIR |
467 | in sys_read() and friends. | |
468 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
469 | --------------------------- dquot_operations ------------------------------- |
470 | prototypes: | |
1da177e4 LT |
471 | int (*write_dquot) (struct dquot *); |
472 | int (*acquire_dquot) (struct dquot *); | |
473 | int (*release_dquot) (struct dquot *); | |
474 | int (*mark_dirty) (struct dquot *); | |
475 | int (*write_info) (struct super_block *, int); | |
476 | ||
477 | These operations are intended to be more or less wrapping functions that ensure | |
478 | a proper locking wrt the filesystem and call the generic quota operations. | |
479 | ||
480 | What filesystem should expect from the generic quota functions: | |
481 | ||
482 | FS recursion Held locks when called | |
1da177e4 LT |
483 | write_dquot: yes dqonoff_sem or dqptr_sem |
484 | acquire_dquot: yes dqonoff_sem or dqptr_sem | |
485 | release_dquot: yes dqonoff_sem or dqptr_sem | |
486 | mark_dirty: no - | |
487 | write_info: yes dqonoff_sem | |
488 | ||
489 | FS recursion means calling ->quota_read() and ->quota_write() from superblock | |
490 | operations. | |
491 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
492 | More details about quota locking can be found in fs/dquot.c. |
493 | ||
494 | --------------------------- vm_operations_struct ----------------------------- | |
495 | prototypes: | |
496 | void (*open)(struct vm_area_struct*); | |
497 | void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct*); | |
d0217ac0 | 498 | int (*fault)(struct vm_area_struct*, struct vm_fault *); |
c2ec175c | 499 | int (*page_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *); |
28b2ee20 | 500 | int (*access)(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long, void*, int, int); |
1da177e4 LT |
501 | |
502 | locking rules: | |
b83be6f2 CH |
503 | mmap_sem PageLocked(page) |
504 | open: yes | |
505 | close: yes | |
506 | fault: yes can return with page locked | |
507 | page_mkwrite: yes can return with page locked | |
508 | access: yes | |
ed2f2f9b | 509 | |
b827e496 NP |
510 | ->fault() is called when a previously not present pte is about |
511 | to be faulted in. The filesystem must find and return the page associated | |
512 | with the passed in "pgoff" in the vm_fault structure. If it is possible that | |
513 | the page may be truncated and/or invalidated, then the filesystem must lock | |
514 | the page, then ensure it is not already truncated (the page lock will block | |
515 | subsequent truncate), and then return with VM_FAULT_LOCKED, and the page | |
516 | locked. The VM will unlock the page. | |
517 | ||
518 | ->page_mkwrite() is called when a previously read-only pte is | |
519 | about to become writeable. The filesystem again must ensure that there are | |
520 | no truncate/invalidate races, and then return with the page locked. If | |
521 | the page has been truncated, the filesystem should not look up a new page | |
522 | like the ->fault() handler, but simply return with VM_FAULT_NOPAGE, which | |
523 | will cause the VM to retry the fault. | |
1da177e4 | 524 | |
28b2ee20 RR |
525 | ->access() is called when get_user_pages() fails in |
526 | acces_process_vm(), typically used to debug a process through | |
527 | /proc/pid/mem or ptrace. This function is needed only for | |
528 | VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP VMAs. | |
529 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
530 | ================================================================================ |
531 | Dubious stuff | |
532 | ||
533 | (if you break something or notice that it is broken and do not fix it yourself | |
534 | - at least put it here) |