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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-04-16 02:39:15 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-04-16 02:39:15 +0300
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Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge second patchbomb from Andrew Morton: - the rest of MM - various misc bits - add ability to run /sbin/reboot at reboot time - printk/vsprintf changes - fiddle with seq_printf() return value * akpm: (114 commits) parisc: remove use of seq_printf return value lru_cache: remove use of seq_printf return value tracing: remove use of seq_printf return value cgroup: remove use of seq_printf return value proc: remove use of seq_printf return value s390: remove use of seq_printf return value cris fasttimer: remove use of seq_printf return value cris: remove use of seq_printf return value openrisc: remove use of seq_printf return value ARM: plat-pxa: remove use of seq_printf return value nios2: cpuinfo: remove use of seq_printf return value microblaze: mb: remove use of seq_printf return value ipc: remove use of seq_printf return value rtc: remove use of seq_printf return value power: wakeup: remove use of seq_printf return value x86: mtrr: if: remove use of seq_printf return value linux/bitmap.h: improve BITMAP_{LAST,FIRST}_WORD_MASK MAINTAINERS: CREDITS: remove Stefano Brivio from B43 .mailmap: add Ricardo Ribalda CREDITS: add Ricardo Ribalda Delgado ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index c3cd6279e92e..7c3f187d48bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ prototypes:
void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct*);
int (*fault)(struct vm_area_struct*, struct vm_fault *);
int (*page_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *);
+ int (*pfn_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *);
int (*access)(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long, void*, int, int);
locking rules:
@@ -532,6 +533,7 @@ close: yes
fault: yes can return with page locked
map_pages: yes
page_mkwrite: yes can return with page locked
+pfn_mkwrite: yes
access: yes
->fault() is called when a previously not present pte is about
@@ -558,6 +560,12 @@ the page has been truncated, the filesystem should not look up a new page
like the ->fault() handler, but simply return with VM_FAULT_NOPAGE, which
will cause the VM to retry the fault.
+ ->pfn_mkwrite() is the same as page_mkwrite but when the pte is
+VM_PFNMAP or VM_MIXEDMAP with a page-less entry. Expected return is
+VM_FAULT_NOPAGE. Or one of the VM_FAULT_ERROR types. The default behavior
+after this call is to make the pte read-write, unless pfn_mkwrite returns
+an error.
+
->access() is called when get_user_pages() fails in
access_process_vm(), typically used to debug a process through
/proc/pid/mem or ptrace. This function is needed only for