Message ID | 20240417015933.453505-1-willy@infradead.org (mailing list archive) |
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State | New, archived |
Headers | show |
Series | [v3,8a/8] doc: Split buffer.rst out of api-summary.rst | expand |
On 4/16/24 6:57 PM, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote: > Buffer heads are no longer a generic filesystem API but an optional > filesystem support library. Make the documentation structure reflect > that, and include the fine documentation kept in buffer_head.h. > We could give a better overview of what buffer heads are all about, > but my enthusiasm for documenting it is limited. > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Thanks. > --- > Documentation/filesystems/api-summary.rst | 3 --- > Documentation/filesystems/buffer.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ > Documentation/filesystems/index.rst | 1 + > 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/buffer.rst >
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/api-summary.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/api-summary.rst index 98db2ea5fa12..cc5cc7f3fbd8 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/api-summary.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/api-summary.rst @@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ Other Functions .. kernel-doc:: fs/namei.c :export: -.. kernel-doc:: fs/buffer.c - :export: - .. kernel-doc:: block/bio.c :export: diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/buffer.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/buffer.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b8e42a3bec44 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/buffer.rst @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Buffer Heads +============ + +Linux uses buffer heads to maintain state about individual filesystem blocks. +Buffer heads are deprecated and new filesystems should use iomap instead. + +Functions +--------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/buffer_head.h +.. kernel-doc:: fs/buffer.c + :export: + diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst index 1f9b4c905a6a..8f5c1ee02e2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ filesystem implementations. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 + buffer journalling fscrypt fsverity
Buffer heads are no longer a generic filesystem API but an optional filesystem support library. Make the documentation structure reflect that, and include the fine documentation kept in buffer_head.h. We could give a better overview of what buffer heads are all about, but my enthusiasm for documenting it is limited. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> --- Documentation/filesystems/api-summary.rst | 3 --- Documentation/filesystems/buffer.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ Documentation/filesystems/index.rst | 1 + 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/buffer.rst