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-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt26
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
index 819caf8ca05f..58649bd4fcfc 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
@@ -56,26 +56,32 @@ of any kernel data structures.
dentry-state:
-From linux/fs/dentry.c:
+From linux/include/linux/dcache.h:
--------------------------------------------------------------
-struct {
+struct dentry_stat_t dentry_stat {
int nr_dentry;
int nr_unused;
int age_limit; /* age in seconds */
int want_pages; /* pages requested by system */
- int dummy[2];
-} dentry_stat = {0, 0, 45, 0,};
---------------------------------------------------------------
-
-Dentries are dynamically allocated and deallocated, and
-nr_dentry seems to be 0 all the time. Hence it's safe to
-assume that only nr_unused, age_limit and want_pages are
-used. Nr_unused seems to be exactly what its name says.
+ int nr_negative; /* # of unused negative dentries */
+ int dummy; /* Reserved for future use */
+};
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Dentries are dynamically allocated and deallocated.
+
+nr_dentry shows the total number of dentries allocated (active
++ unused). nr_unused shows the number of dentries that are not
+actively used, but are saved in the LRU list for future reuse.
+
Age_limit is the age in seconds after which dcache entries
can be reclaimed when memory is short and want_pages is
nonzero when shrink_dcache_pages() has been called and the
dcache isn't pruned yet.
+nr_negative shows the number of unused dentries that are also
+negative dentries which do not mapped to actual files.
+
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dquot-max & dquot-nr: