[PATCH] vfs: add splice_write and splice_read to documentation

This patch adds the new splice_write and splice_read file operations to
Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt.

Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index adaa899..3a2e552 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ struct file_operations
 ----------------------
 
 This describes how the VFS can manipulate an open file. As of kernel
-2.6.13, the following members are defined:
+2.6.17, the following members are defined:
 
 struct file_operations {
        loff_t (*llseek) (struct file *, loff_t, int);
@@ -723,6 +723,10 @@ struct file_operations {
        int (*check_flags)(int);
        int (*dir_notify)(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg);
        int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
+       ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, size_t, unsigned 
+int);
+       ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned  
+int);
 };
 
 Again, all methods are called without any locks being held, unless
@@ -790,6 +794,12 @@ otherwise noted.
 
   flock: called by the flock(2) system call
 
+  splice_write: called by the VFS to splice data from a pipe to a file. This
+               method is used by the splice(2) system call
+
+  splice_read: called by the VFS to splice data from file to a pipe. This
+              method is used by the splice(2) system call
+
 Note that the file operations are implemented by the specific
 filesystem in which the inode resides. When opening a device node
 (character or block special) most filesystems will call special