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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index 4520c86f5cb4..47f5235a097a 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -178,9 +178,13 @@ struct kernfs_ops {
loff_t off);
/*
- * write() is bounced through kernel buffer and a write larger than
- * PAGE_SIZE results in partial operation of PAGE_SIZE.
+ * write() is bounced through kernel buffer. If atomic_write_len
+ * is not set, a write larger than PAGE_SIZE results in partial
+ * operations of PAGE_SIZE chunks. If atomic_write_len is set,
+ * writes upto the specified size are executed atomically but
+ * larger ones are rejected with -E2BIG.
*/
+ size_t atomic_write_len;
ssize_t (*write)(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf, size_t bytes,
loff_t off);
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