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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-09-09 10:49:04 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-09-09 10:49:04 +0400
commite199e6136ce6b151e6638ae93dca60748424d900 (patch)
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parent972c40b5bee429c84ba727f8ac0a08292bc5dc3d (diff)
parentd56557af19867edb8c0e96f8e26399698a08857f (diff)
downloadlinux-e199e6136ce6b151e6638ae93dca60748424d900.tar.xz
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 94677e7dcb13..ed7e5efc06d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -727,7 +727,6 @@ struct file_operations {
ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
int (*readdir) (struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
- int (*ioctl) (struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
long (*compat_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
int (*mmap) (struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
@@ -768,10 +767,7 @@ otherwise noted.
activity on this file and (optionally) go to sleep until there
is activity. Called by the select(2) and poll(2) system calls
- ioctl: called by the ioctl(2) system call
-
- unlocked_ioctl: called by the ioctl(2) system call. Filesystems that do not
- require the BKL should use this method instead of the ioctl() above.
+ unlocked_ioctl: called by the ioctl(2) system call.
compat_ioctl: called by the ioctl(2) system call when 32 bit system calls
are used on 64 bit kernels.