Merge branch 'devel-board' into omap-for-linus

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index a91f30890011..b6426f15b4ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -173,12 +173,13 @@ prototypes:
 	sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t);
 	int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long);
 	int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
+	void (*freepage)(struct page *);
 	int (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov,
 			loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs);
 	int (*launder_page) (struct page *);
 
 locking rules:
-	All except set_page_dirty may block
+	All except set_page_dirty and freepage may block
 
 			BKL	PageLocked(page)	i_mutex
 writepage:		no	yes, unlocks (see below)
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ perform_write:		no	n/a			yes
 bmap:			no
 invalidatepage:		no	yes
 releasepage:		no	yes
+freepage:		no	yes
 direct_IO:		no
 launder_page:		no	yes
 
@@ -288,6 +290,9 @@ buffers from the page in preparation for freeing it.  It returns zero to
 indicate that the buffers are (or may be) freeable.  If ->releasepage is zero,
 the kernel assumes that the fs has no private interest in the buffers.
 
+	->freepage() is called when the kernel is done dropping the page
+from the page cache.
+
 	->launder_page() may be called prior to releasing a page if
 it is still found to be dirty. It returns zero if the page was successfully
 cleaned, or an error value if not. Note that in order to prevent the page