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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/fs.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 31 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index cc35b6ac778d67..ed9a41a71e8b57 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -302,6 +302,37 @@ struct iattr { */ #include <linux/quota.h> +/** + * enum positive_aop_returns - aop return codes with specific semantics + * + * @AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE: Informs the caller that page writeback has + * completed, that the page is still locked, and + * should be considered active. The VM uses this hint + * to return the page to the active list -- it won't + * be a candidate for writeback again in the near + * future. Other callers must be careful to unlock + * the page if they get this return. Returned by + * writepage(); + * + * @AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE: The AOP method that was handed a locked page has + * unlocked it and the page might have been truncated. + * The caller should back up to acquiring a new page and + * trying again. The aop will be taking reasonable + * precautions not to livelock. If the caller held a page + * reference, it should drop it before retrying. Returned + * by readpage(), prepare_write(), and commit_write(). + * + * address_space_operation functions return these large constants to indicate + * special semantics to the caller. These are much larger than the bytes in a + * page to allow for functions that return the number of bytes operated on in a + * given page. + */ + +enum positive_aop_returns { + AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE = 0x80000, + AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE = 0x80001, +}; + /* * oh the beauties of C type declarations. */ |