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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/caching/operations.txt | 2 |
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt index 382d52cdaf2..f4769b9399d 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt @@ -419,7 +419,10 @@ 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 +529,27 @@ 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, diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/operations.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/operations.txt index b6b070c57cb..bee2a5f93d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/operations.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/operations.txt @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Operations are used through the following procedure: necessary (the object might have died whilst the thread was waiting). When it has finished doing its processing, it should call - fscache_put_operation() on it. + fscache_op_complete() and fscache_put_operation() on it. (4) The operation holds an effective lock upon the object, preventing other exclusive ops conflicting until it is released. The operation can be |