Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

[uclinux-h8/linux.git] / Documentation / filesystems / porting

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index 68f1c91..f24d1b8 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -500,3 +500,7 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
        dentry,  it does not get nameidata at all and it gets called only when cookie
        is non-NULL.  Note that link body isn't available anymore, so if you need it,
        store it as cookie.
+--
+[mandatory]
+       __fd_install() & fd_install() can now sleep. Callers should not
+       hold a spinlock or other resources that do not allow a schedule.