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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt index c4ff96b7c4e06..c3a7afb5eabf3 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -configfs - Userspace-driven kernel object configuation. +configfs - Userspace-driven kernel object configuration. Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ using the group _init() functions on the group. Finally, when userspace calls rmdir(2) on the item or group, ct_group_ops->drop_item() is called. As a config_group is also a -config_item, it is not necessary for a seperate drop_group() method. +config_item, it is not necessary for a separate drop_group() method. The subsystem must config_item_put() the reference that was initialized upon item allocation. If a subsystem has no work to do, it may omit the ct_group_ops->drop_item() method, and configfs will call @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ that condition is met. Far better would be an explicit action notifying the subsystem that the config_item is ready to go. More importantly, an explicit action allows -the subsystem to provide feedback as to whether the attibutes are +the subsystem to provide feedback as to whether the attributes are initialized in a way that makes sense. configfs provides this as committable items. @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ support mkdir(2) or rmdir(2) either. It only allows rename(2). The "pending" directory does allow mkdir(2) and rmdir(2). An item is created in the "pending" directory. Its attributes can be modified at will. Userspace commits the item by renaming it into the "live" -directory. At this point, the subsystem recieves the ->commit_item() +directory. At this point, the subsystem receives the ->commit_item() callback. If all required attributes are filled to satisfaction, the method returns zero and the item is moved to the "live" directory. |