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Documentation: filesystems: updated struct file_operations documentation in vfs.txt

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Updated struct file_operations documentation in vfs.txt to match
current implementation

Signed-off-by: Thomas de Beauchene <chauvo_t@epitech.eu>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Thomas de Beauchene 2015-06-07 16:30:23 +02:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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commit 0d03943c0b
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Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
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@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ struct file_operations
----------------------
This describes how the VFS can manipulate an open file. As of kernel
3.12, the following members are defined:
4.1, the following members are defined:
struct file_operations {
struct module *owner;
@ -811,8 +811,9 @@ struct file_operations {
long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
long (*compat_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
int (*mmap) (struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
int (*mremap)(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *);
int (*flush) (struct file *);
int (*flush) (struct file *, fl_owner_t id);
int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *);
int (*fsync) (struct file *, loff_t, loff_t, int datasync);
int (*aio_fsync) (struct kiocb *, int datasync);
@ -822,11 +823,15 @@ struct file_operations {
unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
int (*check_flags)(int);
int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, size_t, unsigned int);
ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
int (*setlease)(struct file *, long arg, struct file_lock **, void **);
long (*fallocate)(struct file *, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len);
ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, loff_t *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
int (*setlease)(struct file *, long, struct file_lock **, void **);
long (*fallocate)(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
loff_t len);
void (*show_fdinfo)(struct seq_file *m, struct file *f);
#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
unsigned (*mmap_capabilities)(struct file *);
#endif
};
Again, all methods are called without any locks being held, unless