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@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ must be done in the RCU callback.
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[recommended]
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vfs now tries to do path walking in "rcu-walk mode", which avoids
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atomic operations and scalability hazards on dentries and inodes (see
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-Documentation/filesystems/path-walk.txt). d_hash and d_compare changes (above)
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-are examples of the changes required to support this. For more complex
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+Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.txt). d_hash and d_compare changes
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+(above) are examples of the changes required to support this. For more complex
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filesystem callbacks, the vfs drops out of rcu-walk mode before the fs call, so
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no changes are required to the filesystem. However, this is costly and loses
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the benefits of rcu-walk mode. We will begin to add filesystem callbacks that
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@@ -383,5 +383,5 @@ Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt for more details.
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permission and check_acl are inode permission checks that are called
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on many or all directory inodes on the way down a path walk (to check for
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-exec permission). These must now be rcu-walk aware (flags & IPERM_RCU). See
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-Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt for more details.
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+exec permission). These must now be rcu-walk aware (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU).
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+See Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt for more details.
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