Changes since 2.5.0:
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+---
[recommended]
New helpers: sb_bread(), sb_getblk(), sb_find_get_block(), set_bh(),
(sb_find_get_block() replaces 2.4's get_hash_table())
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+---
[recommended]
New methods: ->alloc_inode() and ->destroy_inode().
Use FOO_I(inode) instead of &inode->u.foo_inode_i;
-Add foo_alloc_inode() and foo_destory_inode() - the former should allocate
+Add foo_alloc_inode() and foo_destroy_inode() - the former should allocate
foo_inode_info and return the address of ->vfs_inode, the latter should free
FOO_I(inode) (see in-tree filesystems for examples).
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[informational]
-->link() callers hold ->i_sem on the object we are linking to. Some of your
+->link() callers hold ->i_mutex on the object we are linking to. Some of your
problems might be over...
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[mandatory]
-->setattr() is called without BKL now. Caller _always_ holds ->i_sem, so
-watch for ->i_sem-grabbing code that might be used by your ->setattr().
-Callers of notify_change() need ->i_sem now.
+->setattr() is called without BKL now. Caller _always_ holds ->i_mutex, so
+watch for ->i_mutex-grabbing code that might be used by your ->setattr().
+Callers of notify_change() need ->i_mutex now.
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[recommended]