Chapter 1. The Linux VFS

Table of Contents

The Filesystem types
The Directory Cache
Inode Handling
Registration and Superblocks
File Locks
Other Functions

The Filesystem types

enum positive_aop_returns — aop return codes with specific semantics
sb_end_write — drop write access to a superblock
sb_end_pagefault — drop write access to a superblock from a page fault
sb_end_intwrite — drop write access to a superblock for internal fs purposes
sb_start_write — get write access to a superblock
sb_start_pagefault — get write access to a superblock from a page fault
inode_inc_iversion — increments i_version
d_real — Return the real dentry
d_real_inode — Return the real inode
filemap_set_wb_err — set a writeback error on an address_space
filemap_check_wb_err — has an error occurred since the mark was sampled?
filemap_sample_wb_err — sample the current errseq_t to test for later errors