fs/romfs/internal.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

fs/romfs/internal.h

Extension

.h

Size

1147 bytes

Lines

44

Domain

Core OS

Bucket

VFS And Filesystem Core

Inferred role

Core OS: operation-table or driver-model contract

Status

pattern implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

• Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
• Defines an operation table; this is where Linux turns generic core objects into subsystem-specific behavior.
• Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.

Dependency Surface

• linux/romfs_fs.h

Detected Declarations

• struct romfs_inode_info
• function romfs_maxsize

Annotated Snippet

extern const struct file_operations romfs_ro_fops;
#else
#define romfs_ro_fops	generic_ro_fops
#endif

/*
 * storage.c
 */
extern int romfs_dev_read(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long pos,
			  void *buf, size_t buflen);
extern ssize_t romfs_dev_strnlen(struct super_block *sb,
				 unsigned long pos, size_t maxlen);
extern int romfs_dev_strcmp(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long pos,
			    const char *str, size_t size);

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `linux/romfs_fs.h`.
• Detected declarations: `struct romfs_inode_info`, `function romfs_maxsize`.
• Atlas domain: Core OS / VFS And Filesystem Core.
• Implementation status: pattern implementation candidate.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.