Commit 3e3271549670 ("vfs: get rid of old '->iterate' directory operation")
removed the iterate() file_operations member, but neglected to clean up the
associated documentation.  Get rid of the leftovers.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
---
If nobody objects (or beats me to it) I'll drop this into docs-next
shortly.

 Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst | 1 -
 Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst     | 7 +------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
index 0ca479dbb1cd..aeed0a5a80eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
@@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ prototypes::
 	ssize_t (*read_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 	ssize_t (*write_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 	int (*iopoll) (struct kiocb *kiocb, bool spin);
-	int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 	int (*iterate_shared) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 	__poll_t (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
 	long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
index cb2a97e49872..a751f6d01eb2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
@@ -1074,7 +1074,6 @@ This describes how the VFS can manipulate an open file.  As of kernel
 		ssize_t (*read_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 		ssize_t (*write_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 		int (*iopoll)(struct kiocb *kiocb, bool spin);
-		int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 		int (*iterate_shared) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 		__poll_t (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
 		long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
@@ -1126,12 +1125,8 @@ otherwise noted.
 ``iopoll``
 	called when aio wants to poll for completions on HIPRI iocbs
 
-``iterate``
-	called when the VFS needs to read the directory contents
-
 ``iterate_shared``
-	called when the VFS needs to read the directory contents when
-	filesystem supports concurrent dir iterators
+	called when the VFS needs to read the directory contents
 
 ``poll``
 	called by the VFS when a process wants to check if there is
-- 
2.41.0

On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 03:00:52PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Commit 3e3271549670 ("vfs: get rid of old '->iterate' directory operation")
> removed the iterate() file_operations member, but neglected to clean up the
> associated documentation.  Get rid of the leftovers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> ---
> If nobody objects (or beats me to it) I'll drop this into docs-next
> shortly.

Looks good to me and yes, feel free to take this through docs ofc,
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

> 
>  Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst | 1 -
>  Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst     | 7 +------
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
> index 0ca479dbb1cd..aeed0a5a80eb 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
> @@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ prototypes::
>  	ssize_t (*read_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
>  	ssize_t (*write_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
>  	int (*iopoll) (struct kiocb *kiocb, bool spin);
> -	int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
>  	int (*iterate_shared) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
>  	__poll_t (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
>  	long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
> index cb2a97e49872..a751f6d01eb2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
> @@ -1074,7 +1074,6 @@ This describes how the VFS can manipulate an open file.  As of kernel
>  		ssize_t (*read_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
>  		ssize_t (*write_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
>  		int (*iopoll)(struct kiocb *kiocb, bool spin);
> -		int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
>  		int (*iterate_shared) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
>  		__poll_t (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
>  		long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
> @@ -1126,12 +1125,8 @@ otherwise noted.
>  ``iopoll``
>  	called when aio wants to poll for completions on HIPRI iocbs
>  
> -``iterate``
> -	called when the VFS needs to read the directory contents
> -
>  ``iterate_shared``
> -	called when the VFS needs to read the directory contents when
> -	filesystem supports concurrent dir iterators
> +	called when the VFS needs to read the directory contents
>  
>  ``poll``
>  	called by the VFS when a process wants to check if there is
> -- 
> 2.41.0
>

On Tue, 8 Aug 2023 at 14:00, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wrote:
>
> If nobody objects (or beats me to it) I'll drop this into docs-next
> shortly.

LGTM.

I did grep for old uses of iterate - including in docs - but I clearly
only grepped for the "->iterate()" and ".iterate =" forms.

            Linus