Commit 583e4a23 authored by David Sterba's avatar David Sterba
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btrfs: update documentation of set/get helpers



Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
parent f472d3c2
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@@ -39,23 +39,27 @@ static bool check_setget_bounds(const struct extent_buffer *eb,
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/*
 * this is some deeply nasty code.
 * Macro templates that define helpers to read/write extent buffer data of a
 * given size, that are also used via ctree.h for access to item members by
 * specialized helpers.
 *
 * The end result is that anyone who #includes ctree.h gets a
 * declaration for the btrfs_set_foo functions and btrfs_foo functions,
 * which are wrappers of btrfs_set_token_#bits functions and
 * btrfs_get_token_#bits functions, which are defined in this file.
 * Generic helpers:
 * - btrfs_set_8 (for 8/16/32/64)
 * - btrfs_get_8 (for 8/16/32/64)
 *
 * These setget functions do all the extent_buffer related mapping
 * required to efficiently read and write specific fields in the extent
 * buffers.  Every pointer to metadata items in btrfs is really just
 * an unsigned long offset into the extent buffer which has been
 * cast to a specific type.  This gives us all the gcc type checking.
 * Generic helpers with a token (cached address of the most recently accessed
 * page):
 * - btrfs_set_token_8 (for 8/16/32/64)
 * - btrfs_get_token_8 (for 8/16/32/64)
 *
 * The extent buffer api is used to do the page spanning work required to
 * have a metadata blocksize different from the page size.
 * The set/get functions handle data spanning two pages transparently, in case
 * metadata block size is larger than page.  Every pointer to metadata items is
 * an offset into the extent buffer page array, cast to a specific type.  This
 * gives us all the type checking.
 *
 * There are 2 variants defined, one with a token pointer and one without.
 * The extent buffer pages stored in the array pages do not form a contiguous
 * phyusical range, but the API functions assume the linear offset to the range
 * from 0 to metadata node size.
 */

#define DEFINE_BTRFS_SETGET_BITS(bits)					\