docs: filesystems: caching/operations.txt: convert it to ReST

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Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/97e71cc598a4f61df484ebda3ec06b63530ceb62.1588021877.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Mauro Carvalho Chehab 2020-04-27 23:16:56 +02:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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fscache
object
netfs-api
operations

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================================
ASYNCHRONOUS OPERATIONS HANDLING
================================
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
================================
Asynchronous Operations Handling
================================
By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Contents:
.. Contents:
(*) Overview.
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(*) Asynchronous callback.
========
OVERVIEW
Overview
========
FS-Cache has an asynchronous operations handling facility that it uses for its
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To make use of this facility, <linux/fscache-cache.h> should be #included.
===============================
OPERATION RECORD INITIALISATION
Operation Record Initialisation
===============================
An operation is recorded in an fscache_operation struct:
An operation is recorded in an fscache_operation struct::
struct fscache_operation {
union {
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};
Someone wanting to issue an operation should allocate something with this
struct embedded in it. They should initialise it by calling:
struct embedded in it. They should initialise it by calling::
void fscache_operation_init(struct fscache_operation *op,
fscache_operation_release_t release);
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operation and waited for afterwards.
==========
PARAMETERS
Parameters
==========
There are a number of parameters that can be set in the operation record's flag
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If this option is to be used, FSCACHE_OP_WAITING must be set in op->flags
before submitting the operation, and the operating thread must wait for it
to be cleared before proceeding:
to be cleared before proceeding::
wait_on_bit(&op->flags, FSCACHE_OP_WAITING,
TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
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page to a netfs page after the backing fs has read the page in.
If this option is used, op->fast_work and op->processor must be
initialised before submitting the operation:
initialised before submitting the operation::
INIT_WORK(&op->fast_work, do_some_work);
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pages that have just been fetched from a remote server.
If this option is used, op->slow_work and op->processor must be
initialised before submitting the operation:
initialised before submitting the operation::
fscache_operation_init_slow(op, processor)
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operations running at the same time.
=========
PROCEDURE
Procedure
=========
Operations are used through the following procedure:
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generic op embedded within.
(2) The submitting thread must then submit the operation for processing using
one of the following two functions:
one of the following two functions::
int fscache_submit_op(struct fscache_object *object,
struct fscache_operation *op);
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operation of conflicting exclusivity is in progress on the object.
If the operation is asynchronous, the manager will retain a reference to
it, so the caller should put their reference to it by passing it to:
it, so the caller should put their reference to it by passing it to::
void fscache_put_operation(struct fscache_operation *op);
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(4) The operation holds an effective lock upon the object, preventing other
exclusive ops conflicting until it is released. The operation can be
enqueued for further immediate asynchronous processing by adjusting the
CPU time provisioning option if necessary, eg:
CPU time provisioning option if necessary, eg::
op->flags &= ~FSCACHE_OP_TYPE;
op->flags |= ~FSCACHE_OP_FAST;
and calling:
and calling::
void fscache_enqueue_operation(struct fscache_operation *op)
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pools.
=====================
ASYNCHRONOUS CALLBACK
Asynchronous Callback
=====================
When used in asynchronous mode, the worker thread pool will invoke the
processor method with a pointer to the operation. This should then get at the
container struct by using container_of():
container struct by using container_of()::
static void fscache_write_op(struct fscache_operation *_op)
{

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* Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
* Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
*
* See Documentation/filesystems/caching/operations.txt
* See Documentation/filesystems/caching/operations.rst
*/
#define FSCACHE_DEBUG_LEVEL OPERATION