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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/files.rst | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst index ea75acdb632c..bcf84459917f 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ the fdtable structure - be held. 4. To look up the file structure given an fd, a reader - must use either fcheck() or files_lookup_fd_rcu() APIs. These + must use either lookup_fd_rcu() or files_lookup_fd_rcu() APIs. These take care of barrier requirements due to lock-free lookup. An example:: @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ the fdtable structure - struct file *file; rcu_read_lock(); - file = fcheck(fd); + file = lookup_fd_rcu(fd); if (file) { ... } @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ the fdtable structure - lock-free, they must be installed using rcu_assign_pointer() API. If they are looked up lock-free, rcu_dereference() must be used. However it is advisable to use files_fdtable() - and fcheck()/files_lookup_fd_rcu() which take care of these issues. + and lookup_fd_rcu()/files_lookup_fd_rcu() which take care of these issues. 7. While updating, the fdtable pointer must be looked up while holding files->file_lock. If ->file_lock is dropped, then |