1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Chapter 1. The Linux VFS</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Filesystems API"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Linux Filesystems API"><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="Linux Filesystems API"><link rel="next" href="API-enum-positive-aop-returns.html" title="enum positive_aop_returns"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 1. The Linux VFS</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-enum-positive-aop-returns.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="vfs"></a>Chapter 1. The Linux VFS</h1></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="vfs.html#the_filesystem_types">The Filesystem types</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="the_directory_cache.html">The Directory Cache</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="inode_handling.html">Inode Handling</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="registration_and_superblocks.html">Registration and Superblocks</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="file_locks.html">File Locks</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="other_functions.html">Other Functions</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="the_filesystem_types"></a>The Filesystem types</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-enum-positive-aop-returns.html"><span class="phrase">enum positive_aop_returns</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 2 aop return codes with specific semantics 3 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-sb-end-write.html"><span class="phrase">sb_end_write</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 4 drop write access to a superblock 5 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-sb-end-pagefault.html"><span class="phrase">sb_end_pagefault</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 6 drop write access to a superblock from a page fault 7 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-sb-end-intwrite.html"><span class="phrase">sb_end_intwrite</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 8 drop write access to a superblock for internal fs purposes 9 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-sb-start-write.html"><span class="phrase">sb_start_write</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 10 get write access to a superblock 11 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-sb-start-pagefault.html"><span class="phrase">sb_start_pagefault</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 12 get write access to a superblock from a page fault 13 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-inode-inc-iversion.html"><span class="phrase">inode_inc_iversion</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 14 increments i_version 15 </span></dt></dl></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-enum-positive-aop-returns.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Linux Filesystems API </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="phrase">enum positive_aop_returns</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html> 16