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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-04-07 11:14:49 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-04-07 11:14:49 -0700 |
commit | 42933bac11e811f02200c944d8562a15f8ec4ff0 (patch) | |
tree | fcdd9afe56eb0e746565ddd1f92f22d36678b843 /Documentation/filesystems/caching | |
parent | 2b9accbee563f535046ff2cd382d0acaa92e130c (diff) | |
parent | 25985edcedea6396277003854657b5f3cb31a628 (diff) |
Merge branch 'for-linus2' of git://git.profusion.mobi/users/lucas/linux-2.6
* 'for-linus2' of git://git.profusion.mobi/users/lucas/linux-2.6:
Fix common misspellings
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/caching')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.txt index 1902c57b72e..a167ab876c3 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.txt @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ restraints as possible on how an index is structured and where it is placed in the tree. The netfs can even mix indices and data files at the same level, but it's not recommended. -Each index entry consists of a key of indeterminate length plus some auxilliary +Each index entry consists of a key of indeterminate length plus some auxiliary data, also of indeterminate length. There are some limits on indices: @@ -203,23 +203,23 @@ This has the following fields: If the function is absent, a file size of 0 is assumed. - (6) A function to retrieve auxilliary data from the netfs [optional]. + (6) A function to retrieve auxiliary data from the netfs [optional]. This function will be called with the netfs data that was passed to the - cookie acquisition function and the maximum length of auxilliary data that - it may provide. It should write the auxilliary data into the given buffer + cookie acquisition function and the maximum length of auxiliary data that + it may provide. It should write the auxiliary data into the given buffer and return the quantity it wrote. - If this function is absent, the auxilliary data length will be set to 0. + If this function is absent, the auxiliary data length will be set to 0. - The length of the auxilliary data buffer may be dependent on the key + The length of the auxiliary data buffer may be dependent on the key length. A netfs mustn't rely on being able to provide more than 400 bytes for both. - (7) A function to check the auxilliary data [optional]. + (7) A function to check the auxiliary data [optional]. This function will be called to check that a match found in the cache for - this object is valid. For instance with AFS it could check the auxilliary + this object is valid. For instance with AFS it could check the auxiliary data against the data version number returned by the server to determine whether the index entry in a cache is still valid. @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ This has the following fields: (*) FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_NEEDS_UPDATE - the entry requires update (*) FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OBSOLETE - the entry should be deleted - This function can also be used to extract data from the auxilliary data in + This function can also be used to extract data from the auxiliary data in the cache and copy it into the netfs's structures. (8) A pair of functions to manage contexts for the completion callback |