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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-12-29 20:21:49 +0100 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-12-29 20:21:49 +0100 |
commit | 3868772b99e3146d02cf47e739d79022eba1d77c (patch) | |
tree | d32c0283496e6955937b618981766b5f0878724f /Documentation/filesystems/caching/cachefiles.txt | |
parent | Merge branch 'for-4.21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/c... (diff) | |
parent | docs: improve pathname-lookup document structure (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'docs-5.0' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation update from Jonathan Corbet:
"A fairly normal cycle for documentation stuff. We have a new document
on perf security, more Italian translations, more improvements to the
memory-management docs, improvements to the pathname lookup
documentation, and the usual array of smaller fixes.
As is often the case, there are a few reaches outside of
Documentation/ to adjust kerneldoc comments"
* tag 'docs-5.0' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (38 commits)
docs: improve pathname-lookup document structure
configfs: fix wrong name of struct in documentation
docs/mm-api: link slab_common.c to "The Slab Cache" section
slab: make kmem_cache_create{_usercopy} description proper kernel-doc
doc:process: add links where missing
docs/core-api: make mm-api.rst more structured
x86, boot: documentation whitespace fixup
Documentation: devres: note checking needs when converting
doc:it: add some process/* translations
doc:it: fixes in process/1.Intro
Documentation: convert path-lookup from markdown to resturctured text
Documentation/admin-guide: update admin-guide index.rst
Documentation/admin-guide: introduce perf-security.rst file
scripts/kernel-doc: Fix struct and struct field attribute processing
Documentation: dev-tools: Fix typos in index.rst
Correct gen_init_cpio tool's documentation
Document /proc/pid PID reuse behavior
Documentation: update path-lookup.md for parallel lookups
Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"
dmaengine: Add mailing list address to the documentation
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/cachefiles.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/cachefiles.txt index 748a1ae49e12..28aefcbb1442 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/cachefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/cachefiles.txt @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ filesystems are very specific in nature. CacheFiles creates a misc character device - "/dev/cachefiles" - that is used to communication with the daemon. Only one thing may have this open at once, -and whilst it is open, a cache is at least partially in existence. The daemon +and while it is open, a cache is at least partially in existence. The daemon opens this and sends commands down it to control the cache. CacheFiles is currently limited to a single cache. @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Do not mount other things within the cache as this will cause problems. The kernel module contains its own very cut-down path walking facility that ignores mountpoints, but the daemon can't avoid them. -Do not create, rename or unlink files and directories in the cache whilst the +Do not create, rename or unlink files and directories in the cache while the cache is active, as this may cause the state to become uncertain. Renaming files in the cache might make objects appear to be other objects (the |