nilfs2: insert explanations in gcinode file
The file gcinode.c gives buffer cache functions for on-disk blocks moved in garbage collection. Joern Engel has suggested inserting its explanations in the source file (Message-ID: <20080917144146.GD8750@logfs.org> and <20080917224953.GB14644@logfs.org>). This follows the comment. Cc: Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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/*
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* gcinode.c - NILFS memory inode for GC
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* gcinode.c - dummy inodes to buffer blocks for garbage collection
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*
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* Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.
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*
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* Revised by Ryusuke Konishi <ryusuke@osrg.net>.
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*
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*/
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/*
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* This file adds the cache of on-disk blocks to be moved in garbage
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* collection. The disk blocks are held with dummy inodes (called
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* gcinodes), and this file provides lookup function of the dummy
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* inodes and their buffer read function.
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*
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* Since NILFS2 keeps up multiple checkpoints/snapshots accross GC, it
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* has to treat blocks that belong to a same file but have different
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* checkpoint numbers. To avoid interference among generations, dummy
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* inodes are managed separatly from actual inodes, and their lookup
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* function (nilfs_gc_iget) is designed to be specified with a
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* checkpoint number argument as well as an inode number.
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*
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* Buffers and pages held by the dummy inodes will be released each
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* time after they are copied to a new log. Dirty blocks made on the
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* current generation and the blocks to be moved by GC never overlap
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* because the dirty blocks make a new generation; they rather must be
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* written individually.
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*/
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#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
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#include <linux/mpage.h>
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