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linux/fs/9p/fid.h
Eric Van Hensbergen ee443996a3 9p: Documentation updates
The kernel-doc comments of much of the 9p system have been in disarray since
reorganization.  This patch fixes those problems, adds additional documentation
and a template book which collects the 9p information.

Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
2008-05-14 19:23:25 -05:00

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/*
* V9FS FID Management
*
* Copyright (C) 2005 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
* as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to:
* Free Software Foundation
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
* Boston, MA 02111-1301 USA
*
*/
#include <linux/list.h>
/**
* struct v9fs_dentry - 9p private data stored in dentry d_fsdata
* @lock: protects the fidlist
* @fidlist: list of FIDs currently associated with this dentry
*
* This structure defines the 9p private data associated with
* a particular dentry. In particular, this private data is used
* to lookup which 9P FID handle should be used for a particular VFS
* operation. FID handles are associated with dentries instead of
* inodes in order to more closely map functionality to the Plan 9
* expected behavior for FID reclaimation and tracking.
*
* See Also: Mapping FIDs to Linux VFS model in
* Design and Implementation of the Linux 9P File System documentation
*/
struct v9fs_dentry {
spinlock_t lock; /* protect fidlist */
struct list_head fidlist;
};
struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_lookup(struct dentry *dentry);
struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_clone(struct dentry *dentry);
int v9fs_fid_add(struct dentry *dentry, struct p9_fid *fid);