Merge tag 'fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm...

[cascardo/linux.git] / Documentation / filesystems / porting

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
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--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -585,3 +585,10 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
        in the instances.  Rationale: !@#!@# security_d_instantiate() needs to be
        called before we attach dentry to inode and !@#!@##!@$!$#!@#$!@$!@$ smack
        ->d_instantiate() uses not just ->getxattr() but ->setxattr() as well.
+--
+[mandatory]
+       ->d_compare() doesn't get parent as a separate argument anymore.  If you
+       used it for finding the struct super_block involved, dentry->d_sb will
+       work just as well; if it's something more complicated, use dentry->d_parent.
+       Just be careful not to assume that fetching it more than once will yield
+       the same value - in RCU mode it could change under you.