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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX58
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt56
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt6
3 files changed, 104 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
index 8042050eb265..632211cbdd56 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
@@ -10,24 +10,32 @@ afs.txt
- info and examples for the distributed AFS (Andrew File System) fs.
affs.txt
- info and mount options for the Amiga Fast File System.
+autofs4-mount-control.txt
+ - info on device control operations for autofs4 module.
automount-support.txt
- information about filesystem automount support.
befs.txt
- information about the BeOS filesystem for Linux.
bfs.txt
- info for the SCO UnixWare Boot Filesystem (BFS).
+btrfs.txt
+ - info for the BTRFS filesystem.
+caching/
+ - directory containing filesystem cache documentation.
ceph.txt
- - info for the Ceph Distributed File System
-cifs.txt
- - description of the CIFS filesystem.
+ - info for the Ceph Distributed File System.
+cifs/
+ - directory containing CIFS filesystem documentation and example code.
coda.txt
- description of the CODA filesystem.
configfs/
- directory containing configfs documentation and example code.
cramfs.txt
- info on the cram filesystem for small storage (ROMs etc).
-dentry-locking.txt
- - info on the RCU-based dcache locking model.
+debugfs.txt
+ - info on the debugfs filesystem.
+devpts.txt
+ - info on the devpts filesystem.
directory-locking
- info about the locking scheme used for directory operations.
dlmfs.txt
@@ -35,7 +43,7 @@ dlmfs.txt
dnotify.txt
- info about directory notification in Linux.
dnotify_test.c
- - example program for dnotify
+ - example program for dnotify.
ecryptfs.txt
- docs on eCryptfs: stacked cryptographic filesystem for Linux.
efivarfs.txt
@@ -48,12 +56,18 @@ ext3.txt
- info, mount options and specifications for the Ext3 filesystem.
ext4.txt
- info, mount options and specifications for the Ext4 filesystem.
-files.txt
- - info on file management in the Linux kernel.
f2fs.txt
- info and mount options for the F2FS filesystem.
+fiemap.txt
+ - info on fiemap ioctl.
+files.txt
+ - info on file management in the Linux kernel.
fuse.txt
- info on the Filesystem in User SpacE including mount options.
+gfs2-glocks.txt
+ - info on the Global File System 2 - Glock internal locking rules.
+gfs2-uevents.txt
+ - info on the Global File System 2 - uevents.
gfs2.txt
- info on the Global File System 2.
hfs.txt
@@ -84,40 +98,58 @@ ntfs.txt
- info and mount options for the NTFS filesystem (Windows NT).
ocfs2.txt
- info and mount options for the OCFS2 clustered filesystem.
+omfs.txt
+ - info on the Optimized MPEG FileSystem.
+path-lookup.txt
+ - info on path walking and name lookup locking.
+pohmelfs/
+ - directory containing pohmelfs filesystem documentation.
porting
- various information on filesystem porting.
proc.txt
- info on Linux's /proc filesystem.
+qnx6.txt
+ - info on the QNX6 filesystem.
+quota.txt
+ - info on Quota subsystem.
ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt
- info on the 'in memory' filesystems ramfs, rootfs and initramfs.
-reiser4.txt
- - info on the Reiser4 filesystem based on dancing tree algorithms.
relay.txt
- info on relay, for efficient streaming from kernel to user space.
romfs.txt
- description of the ROMFS filesystem.
seq_file.txt
- - how to use the seq_file API
+ - how to use the seq_file API.
sharedsubtree.txt
- a description of shared subtrees for namespaces.
spufs.txt
- info and mount options for the SPU filesystem used on Cell.
+squashfs.txt
+ - info on the squashfs filesystem.
sysfs-pci.txt
- info on accessing PCI device resources through sysfs.
+sysfs-tagging.txt
+ - info on sysfs tagging to avoid duplicates.
sysfs.txt
- info on sysfs, a ram-based filesystem for exporting kernel objects.
sysv-fs.txt
- info on the SystemV/V7/Xenix/Coherent filesystem.
tmpfs.txt
- info on tmpfs, a filesystem that holds all files in virtual memory.
+ubifs.txt
+ - info on the Unsorted Block Images FileSystem.
udf.txt
- info and mount options for the UDF filesystem.
ufs.txt
- info on the ufs filesystem.
vfat.txt
- - info on using the VFAT filesystem used in Windows NT and Windows 95
+ - info on using the VFAT filesystem used in Windows NT and Windows 95.
vfs.txt
- - overview of the Virtual File System
+ - overview of the Virtual File System.
+xfs-delayed-logging-design.txt
+ - info on the XFS Delayed Logging Design.
+xfs-self-describing-metadata.txt
+ - info on XFS Self Describing Metadata.
xfs.txt
- info and mount options for the XFS filesystem.
xip.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt
index 873a2ab2e9f8..06887d46ccf2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt
@@ -81,6 +81,62 @@ nodiscard(*) The discard/TRIM commands are sent to the underlying
block device when blocks are freed. This is useful
for SSD devices and sparse/thinly-provisioned LUNs.
+Ioctls
+======
+
+There is some NILFS2 specific functionality which can be accessed by applications
+through the system call interfaces. The list of all NILFS2 specific ioctls are
+shown in the table below.
+
+Table of NILFS2 specific ioctls
+..............................................................................
+ Ioctl Description
+ NILFS_IOCTL_CHANGE_CPMODE Change mode of given checkpoint between
+ checkpoint and snapshot state. This ioctl is
+ used in chcp and mkcp utilities.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_DELETE_CHECKPOINT Remove checkpoint from NILFS2 file system.
+ This ioctl is used in rmcp utility.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_GET_CPINFO Return info about requested checkpoints. This
+ ioctl is used in lscp utility and by
+ nilfs_cleanerd daemon.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_GET_CPSTAT Return checkpoints statistics. This ioctl is
+ used by lscp, rmcp utilities and by
+ nilfs_cleanerd daemon.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_GET_SUINFO Return segment usage info about requested
+ segments. This ioctl is used in lssu,
+ nilfs_resize utilities and by nilfs_cleanerd
+ daemon.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_GET_SUSTAT Return segment usage statistics. This ioctl
+ is used in lssu, nilfs_resize utilities and
+ by nilfs_cleanerd daemon.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_GET_VINFO Return information on virtual block addresses.
+ This ioctl is used by nilfs_cleanerd daemon.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_GET_BDESCS Return information about descriptors of disk
+ block numbers. This ioctl is used by
+ nilfs_cleanerd daemon.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_CLEAN_SEGMENTS Do garbage collection operation in the
+ environment of requested parameters from
+ userspace. This ioctl is used by
+ nilfs_cleanerd daemon.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_SYNC Make a checkpoint. This ioctl is used in
+ mkcp utility.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_RESIZE Resize NILFS2 volume. This ioctl is used
+ by nilfs_resize utility.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_SET_ALLOC_RANGE Define lower limit of segments in bytes and
+ upper limit of segments in bytes. This ioctl
+ is used by nilfs_resize utility.
+
NILFS2 usage
============
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
index a6619b7064b9..b35a64b82f9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(foo, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_foo, store_foo);
is equivalent to doing:
static struct device_attribute dev_attr_foo = {
- .attr = {
+ .attr = {
.name = "foo",
.mode = S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO,
- .show = show_foo,
- .store = store_foo,
},
+ .show = show_foo,
+ .store = store_foo,
};
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