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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst index c722d94f29ea..1f8cf8e10b34 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst @@ -872,3 +872,12 @@ its result is kern_unmount() or kern_unmount_array(). zero-length bvec segments are disallowed, they must be filtered out before passed on to an iterator. + +--- + +**mandatory** + +For bvec based itererators bio_iov_iter_get_pages() now doesn't copy bvecs but +uses the one provided. Anyone issuing kiocb-I/O should ensure that the bvec and +page references stay until I/O has completed, i.e. until ->ki_complete() has +been called or returned with non -EIOCBQUEUED code. |