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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-01-21 18:00:00 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-01-21 18:00:00 -0800
commitd0f93ac2c384c40202cf393fa7e8a2cac7004ba1 (patch)
treefc0d50aec7fa96ec0f73d4e3645a3ae47a8be162 /Documentation/filesystems
parente3610441d1fb47b1f00e4c38bdf333176e824729 (diff)
parent6912bdb7c676019b6dd4520f555079c4d3ab1bdb (diff)
Merge tag 'docs-6.14' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull Documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: - Quite a bit of Chinese and Spanish translation work - Clarifying that Git commit IDs >12chars are OK - A new nvme-multipath document - A reorganization of the admin-guide top-level page to make it readable - Clarification of the role of Acked-by and maintainer discretion on their acceptance - Some reorganization of debugging-oriented docs ... and typo fixes, documentation updates, etc as usual * tag 'docs-6.14' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (50 commits) Documentation: Fix x86_64 UEFI outdated references to elilo Documentation/sysctl: Add timer_migration to kernel.rst docs/mm: Physical memory: Remove zone_t docs: submitting-patches: clarify that signers may use their discretion on tags docs: submitting-patches: clarify difference between Acked-by and Reviewed-by docs: submitting-patches: clarify Acked-by and introduce "# Suffix" Documentation: bug-hunting.rst: remove odd contact information docs/zh_CN: Add sak index Chinese translation doc: module: DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE must be defined before #includes doc: module: Fix documented type of namespace Documentation/kernel-parameters: Fix a reference to vga-softcursor.rst docs/zh_CN: Add landlock index Chinese translation Documentation: Fix typo localmodonfig -> localmodconfig overlayfs.rst: Fix and improve grammar docs/zh_CN: Add siphash index Chinese translation docs/zh_CN: Add security IMA-templates Chinese translation docs/zh_CN: Add security digsig Chinese translation Align git commit ID abbreviation guidelines and checks docs: process: submitting-patches: split canonical patch format section docs/zh_CN: Add security lsm Chinese translation ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/iomap/operations.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst2
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/iomap/operations.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/iomap/operations.rst
index ef082e5a4e0c..2c7f5df9d8b0 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/iomap/operations.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/iomap/operations.rst
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ iomap calls these functions:
For the pagecache, races can happen if writeback doesn't take
``i_rwsem`` or ``invalidate_lock`` and updates mapping information.
- Races can also happen if the filesytem allows concurrent writes.
+ Races can also happen if the filesystem allows concurrent writes.
For such files, the mapping *must* be revalidated after the folio
lock has been taken so that iomap can manage the folio correctly.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
index 4c8387e1c880..6245b67ae9e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ A directory is made opaque by setting the xattr "trusted.overlay.opaque"
to "y". Where the upper filesystem contains an opaque directory, any
directory in the lower filesystem with the same name is ignored.
-An opaque directory should not conntain any whiteouts, because they do not
+An opaque directory should not contain any whiteouts, because they do not
serve any purpose. A merge directory containing regular files with the xattr
"trusted.overlay.whiteout", should be additionally marked by setting the xattr
"trusted.overlay.opaque" to "x" on the merge directory itself.
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ Non-directories
Objects that are not directories (files, symlinks, device-special
files etc.) are presented either from the upper or lower filesystem as
appropriate. When a file in the lower filesystem is accessed in a way
-the requires write-access, such as opening for write access, changing
+that requires write-access, such as opening for write access, changing
some metadata etc., the file is first copied from the lower filesystem
to the upper filesystem (copy_up). Note that creating a hard-link
also requires copy_up, though of course creation of a symlink does
@@ -549,8 +549,8 @@ Nesting overlayfs mounts
It is possible to use a lower directory that is stored on an overlayfs
mount. For regular files this does not need any special care. However, files
-that have overlayfs attributes, such as whiteouts or "overlay.*" xattrs will be
-interpreted by the underlying overlayfs mount and stripped out. In order to
+that have overlayfs attributes, such as whiteouts or "overlay.*" xattrs, will
+be interpreted by the underlying overlayfs mount and stripped out. In order to
allow the second overlayfs mount to see the attributes they must be escaped.
Overlayfs specific xattrs are escaped by using a special prefix of
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
index 9ab2a3d6f2b4..c1c121055204 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ done.
**mandatory**
-block truncatation on error exit from ->write_begin, and ->direct_IO
+block truncation on error exit from ->write_begin, and ->direct_IO
moved from generic methods (block_write_begin, cont_write_begin,
nobh_write_begin, blockdev_direct_IO*) to callers. Take a look at
ext2_write_failed and callers for an example.