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| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> | 2013-01-25 16:31:21 -0800 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> | 2013-01-25 16:31:21 -0800 |
| commit | 7b5c4a65cc27f017c170b025f8d6d75dabb11c6f (patch) | |
| tree | 05deacbc66a9f5c27147a6ea975211ae82281044 /Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt | |
| parent | 3596f5bb0a6afd01a784bfe120f420edbbf82861 (diff) | |
| parent | 949db153b6466c6f7cad5a427ecea94985927311 (diff) | |
Merge tag 'v3.8-rc5' into x86/mm
The __pa() fixup series that follows touches KVM code that is not
present in the existing branch based on v3.7-rc5, so merge in the
current upstream from Linus.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt | 38 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt index 382d52cdaf2..d78bab9622c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt @@ -308,6 +308,18 @@ performed on the denizens of the cache. These are held in a structure of type: obtained by calling object->cookie->def->get_aux()/get_attr(). + (*) Invalidate data object [mandatory]: + + int (*invalidate_object)(struct fscache_operation *op) + + This is called to invalidate a data object (as pointed to by op->object). + All the data stored for this object should be discarded and an + attr_changed operation should be performed. The caller will follow up + with an object update operation. + + fscache_op_complete() must be called on op before returning. + + (*) Discard object [mandatory]: void (*drop_object)(struct fscache_object *object) @@ -419,7 +431,10 @@ performed on the denizens of the cache. These are held in a structure of type: If an I/O error occurs, fscache_io_error() should be called and -ENOBUFS returned if possible or fscache_end_io() called with a suitable error - code.. + code. + + fscache_put_retrieval() should be called after a page or pages are dealt + with. This will complete the operation when all pages are dealt with. (*) Request pages be read from cache [mandatory]: @@ -526,6 +541,27 @@ FS-Cache provides some utilities that a cache backend may make use of: error value should be 0 if successful and an error otherwise. + (*) Record that one or more pages being retrieved or allocated have been dealt + with: + + void fscache_retrieval_complete(struct fscache_retrieval *op, + int n_pages); + + This is called to record the fact that one or more pages have been dealt + with and are no longer the concern of this operation. When the number of + pages remaining in the operation reaches 0, the operation will be + completed. + + + (*) Record operation completion: + + void fscache_op_complete(struct fscache_operation *op); + + This is called to record the completion of an operation. This deducts + this operation from the parent object's run state, potentially permitting + one or more pending operations to start running. + + (*) Set highest store limit: void fscache_set_store_limit(struct fscache_object *object, |
