[PATCH] vfs: add splice_write and splice_read to documentation

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From: Pekka Enberg <[email protected]>

This patch adds the new splice_write and splice_read file operations to
Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt.

Cc: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <[email protected]>
---

 vfs.txt |   10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index adaa899..73a79c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ struct file_operations
 ----------------------
 
 This describes how the VFS can manipulate an open file. As of kernel
-2.6.13, the following members are defined:
+2.6.17, the following members are defined:
 
 struct file_operations {
 	loff_t (*llseek) (struct file *, loff_t, int);
@@ -723,6 +723,8 @@ struct file_operations {
 	int (*check_flags)(int);
 	int (*dir_notify)(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg);
 	int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
+	ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct inode *, struct file *, size_t, unsigned int);
+	ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, struct inode *, size_t, unsigned int);
 };
 
 Again, all methods are called without any locks being held, unless
@@ -790,6 +792,12 @@ otherwise noted.
 
   flock: called by the flock(2) system call
 
+  splice_write: called by the VFS to splice data from a pipe to a file. This
+  	method is used by the splice(2) system call
+
+  splice_read: called by the VFS to splice data from file to a pipe. This
+  	method is used by the splice(2) system call
+
 Note that the file operations are implemented by the specific
 filesystem in which the inode resides. When opening a device node
 (character or block special) most filesystems will call special
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