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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/iomap/design.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/iomap/design.rst index f8ee3427bc1a..e2d34085dd0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/iomap/design.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/iomap/design.rst @@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ Definitions * **pure overwrite**: A write operation that does not require any metadata or zeroing operations to perform during either submission or completion. - This implies that the fileystem must have already allocated space + This implies that the filesystem must have already allocated space on disk as ``IOMAP_MAPPED`` and the filesystem must not place any - constaints on IO alignment or size. + constraints on IO alignment or size. The only constraints on I/O alignment are device level (minimum I/O size and alignment, typically sector size). @@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ iomap is concerned: The exact locking requirements are specific to the filesystem; for certain operations, some of these locks can be elided. -All further mention of locking are *recommendations*, not mandates. +All further mentions of locking are *recommendations*, not mandates. Each filesystem author must figure out the locking for themself. Bugs and Limitations |