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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/locks.c | 34 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c index f79c74ef51ef..e16c2c61a44f 100644 --- a/fs/locks.c +++ b/fs/locks.c @@ -1708,30 +1708,16 @@ static int __vfs_setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **lease) } /** - * vfs_setlease - sets a lease on an open file - * @filp: file pointer - * @arg: type of lease to obtain - * @lease: file_lock to use - * - * Call this to establish a lease on the file. - * The (*lease)->fl_lmops->lm_break operation must be set; if not, - * break_lease will oops! - * - * This will call the filesystem's setlease file method, if - * defined. Note that there is no getlease method; instead, the - * filesystem setlease method should call back to setlease() to - * add a lease to the inode's lease list, where fcntl_getlease() can - * find it. Since fcntl_getlease() only reports whether the current - * task holds a lease, a cluster filesystem need only do this for - * leases held by processes on this node. - * - * There is also no break_lease method; filesystems that - * handle their own leases should break leases themselves from the - * filesystem's open, create, and (on truncate) setattr methods. - * - * Warning: the only current setlease methods exist only to disable - * leases in certain cases. More vfs changes may be required to - * allow a full filesystem lease implementation. + * vfs_setlease - sets a lease on an open file + * @filp: file pointer + * @arg: type of lease to obtain + * @lease: file_lock to use when adding a lease + * + * Call this to establish a lease on the file. The "lease" argument is not + * used for F_UNLCK requests and may be NULL. For commands that set or alter + * an existing lease, the (*lease)->fl_lmops->lm_break operation must be set; + * if not, this function will return -ENOLCK (and generate a scary-looking + * stack trace). */ int vfs_setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **lease) |