iget: remove iget() and the read_inode() super op as being obsolete

[mirror_ubuntu-zesty-kernel.git] / Documentation / filesystems / Locking

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 37c10cba717725f599ec999eb0a0a4ff6b1fc483..42d4b30b10459966c9ea0db1ae111272e0af1482 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ of the locking scheme for directory operations.
 prototypes:
        struct inode *(*alloc_inode)(struct super_block *sb);
        void (*destroy_inode)(struct inode *);
-       void (*read_inode) (struct inode *);
        void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *);
        int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, int);
        void (*put_inode) (struct inode *);
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ locking rules:
                        BKL     s_lock  s_umount
 alloc_inode:           no      no      no
 destroy_inode:         no
-read_inode:            no                              (see below)
 dirty_inode:           no                              (must not sleep)
 write_inode:           no
 put_inode:             no
@@ -133,7 +131,6 @@ show_options:               no                              (vfsmount->sem)
 quota_read:            no      no      no              (see below)
 quota_write:           no      no      no              (see below)
 
-->read_inode() is not a method - it's a callback used in iget().
 ->remount_fs() will have the s_umount lock if it's already mounted.
 When called from get_sb_single, it does NOT have the s_umount lock.
 ->quota_read() and ->quota_write() functions are both guaranteed to