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authorRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>2000-06-19 22:45:37 +0000
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>2000-06-19 22:45:37 +0000
commit6d403070f28cd44860fdb3a53be5da0275c65cf4 (patch)
tree0d0e7fe7b5fb7568d19e11d7d862b77a866ce081 /Documentation/filesystems
parentecf1bf5f6c2e668d03b0a9fb026db7aa41e292e1 (diff)
Merge with 2.4.0-test1-ac21 + pile of MIPS cleanups to make merging
possible. Chainsawed RM200 kernel to compile again. Jazz machine status unknown.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt5
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt
index 892fb5137..d2841e0bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ The first 4 bytes should be 0x1badface.
If you have any patches, questions or suggestions regarding this BFS
implementation please contact the author:
-Tigran A. Aivazian <tigran@ocston.org>.
+Tigran A. Aivazian <tigran@veritas.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 7256f5aaf..7d1f5ca72 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ filesystem. As of kernel 2.1.99, the following members are defined:
struct super_operations {
void (*read_inode) (struct inode *);
- void (*write_inode) (struct inode *);
+ void (*write_inode) (struct inode *, int);
void (*put_inode) (struct inode *);
void (*delete_inode) (struct inode *);
int (*notify_change) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ or bottom half).
read. Other members are filled in by this method
write_inode: this method is called when the VFS needs to write an
- inode to disc
+ inode to disc. The second parameter indicates whether the write
+ should be synchronous or not, not all filesystems check this flag.
put_inode: called when the VFS inode is removed from the inode
cache. This method is optional