[PATCH 3/3] docs/vfs: Remove mentions to the old mount API helpers
From: Pedro Falcato
Date: Wed Jul 23 2025 - 09:24:05 EST
Now that mount_bdev(), mount_nodev() and mount_single() have all been
removed, remove mentions to them in vfs.rst.
While we're at it, redirect people looking for mount API docs to
mount_api.rst (which documents the newer API).
Signed-off-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst | 27 ++-------------------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
index 94eba21265a1..af06144cf0fe 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
@@ -209,31 +209,8 @@ method fills in is the "s_op" field. This is a pointer to a "struct
super_operations" which describes the next level of the filesystem
implementation.
-Usually, a filesystem uses one of the generic mount() implementations
-and provides a fill_super() callback instead. The generic variants are:
-
-``mount_bdev``
- mount a filesystem residing on a block device
-
-``mount_nodev``
- mount a filesystem that is not backed by a device
-
-``mount_single``
- mount a filesystem which shares the instance between all mounts
-
-A fill_super() callback implementation has the following arguments:
-
-``struct super_block *sb``
- the superblock structure. The callback must initialize this
- properly.
-
-``void *data``
- arbitrary mount options, usually comes as an ASCII string (see
- "Mount Options" section)
-
-``int silent``
- whether or not to be silent on error
-
+For more information on mounting (and the new mount API), see
+Documentation/filesystems/mount_api.rst.
The Superblock Object
=====================
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2.50.1