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2007-07-19[XFS] Allow punching holes to free space when at ENOSPCDavid Chinner
Make the free file space transaction able to dip into the reserved blocks to ensure that we can successfully free blocks when the filesystem is at ENOSPC. SGI-PV: 967788 SGI-Modid: xfs-linux-melb:xfs-kern:29167a Signed-off-by: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Vlad Apostolov <vapo@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tim Shimmin <tes@sgi.com>
2007-07-19[XFS] Implement ->page_mkwrite in XFS.David Chinner
Hook XFS up to ->page_mkwrite to ensure that we know about mmap pages being written to. This allows use to do correct delayed allocation and ENOSPC checking as well as remap unwritten extents so that they get converted correctly during writeback. This is done via the generic block_page_mkwrite code. SGI-PV: 940392 SGI-Modid: xfs-linux-melb:xfs-kern:29149a Signed-off-by: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Tim Shimmin <tes@sgi.com>
2007-07-19[FS] Implement block_page_mkwrite.David Chinner
Many filesystems need a ->page-mkwrite callout to correctly set up pages that have been written to by mmap. This is especially important when mmap is writing into holes as it allows filesystems to correctly account for and allocate space before the mmap write is allowed to proceed. Protection against truncate races is provided by locking the page and checking to see whether the page mapping is correct and whether it is beyond EOF so we don't end up allowing allocations beyond the current EOF or changing EOF as a result of a mmap write. SGI-PV: 940392 SGI-Modid: 2.6.x-xfs-melb:linux:29146a Signed-off-by: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Tim Shimmin <tes@sgi.com>
2007-07-19ocfs2: ->fallocate() supportMark Fasheh
Plug ocfs2 into the ->fallocate() callback. This just re-uses the existing preallocation code. Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
2007-07-18Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6: (24 commits) [CIFS] merge conflict in fs/cifs/export.c [CIFS] Allow disabling CIFS Unix Extensions as mount option [CIFS] More whitespace/formatting fixes (noticed by checkpatch) [CIFS] Typo in previous patch [CIFS] zero_user_page() conversions [CIFS] use simple_prepare_write to zero page data [CIFS] Fix build break - inet.h not included when experimental ifdef off [CIFS] Add support for new POSIX unlink [CIFS] whitespace/formatting fixes [CIFS] Fix oops in cifs_create when nfsd server exports cifs mount [CIFS] whitespace cleanup [CIFS] Fix packet signatures for NTLMv2 case [CIFS] more whitespace fixes [CIFS] more whitespace cleanup [CIFS] whitespace cleanup [CIFS] whitespace cleanup [CIFS] ipv6 support no longer experimental [CIFS] Mount should fail if server signing off but client mount option requires it [CIFS] whitespace fixes [CIFS] Fix sign mount option and sign proc config setting ...
2007-07-18Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: sysfs: cosmetic clean up on node creation failure paths sysfs: kill an extra put in sysfs_create_link() failure path Driver core: check return code of sysfs_create_link() HOWTO: Add the knwon_regression URI to the documentation dev_vdbg() documentation dev_vdbg(), available with -DVERBOSE_DEBUG sysfs: make sysfs_init_inode() static sysfs: fix sysfs root inode nlink accounting Documentation fix devres.txt: lib/iomap.c -> lib/devres.c sysfs: avoid kmem_cache_free(NULL) PM: remove deprecated dpm_runtime_* routines PM: Remove deprecated sysfs files Driver core: accept all valid action-strings in uevent-trigger debugfs: remove rmdir() non-empty complaint
2007-07-18Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linuxLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux: locks: fix vfs_test_lock() comment locks: make posix_test_lock() interface more consistent nfs: disable leases over NFS gfs2: stop giving out non-cluster-coherent leases locks: export setlease to filesystems locks: provide a file lease method enabling cluster-coherent leases locks: rename lease functions to reflect locks.c conventions locks: share more common lease code locks: clean up lease_alloc() locks: convert an -EINVAL return to a BUG leases: minor break_lease() comment clarification
2007-07-19Merge branch 'master' of /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6Steve French
Conflicts: fs/cifs/export.c
2007-07-19[CIFS] merge conflict in fs/cifs/export.cSteve French
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
2007-07-18[CIFS] Allow disabling CIFS Unix Extensions as mount optionSteve French
Previously the only way to do this was to umount all mounts to that server, turn off a proc setting (/proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled). Fixes Samba bugzilla bug number: 4582 (and also 2008) Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
2007-07-18locks: fix vfs_test_lock() commentJ. Bruce Fields
Thanks to Doug Chapman for pointing out that the comment here is inconsistent with the function prototype. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-07-18locks: make posix_test_lock() interface more consistentJ. Bruce Fields
Since posix_test_lock(), like fcntl() and ->lock(), indicates absence or presence of a conflict lock by setting fl_type to, respectively, F_UNLCK or something other than F_UNLCK, the return value is no longer needed. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-07-18nfs: disable leases over NFSJ. Bruce Fields
As Peter Staubach says elsewhere (http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118113649526444&w=2): > The problem is that some file system such as NFSv2 and NFSv3 do > not have sufficient support to be able to support leases correctly. > In particular for these two file systems, there is no over the wire > protocol support. > > Currently, these two file systems fail the fcntl(F_SETLEASE) call > accidentally, due to a reference counting difference. These file > systems should fail more consciously, with a proper error to > indicate that the call is invalid for them. Define an nfs setlease method that just returns -EINVAL. If someone can demonstrate a real need, perhaps we could reenable them in the presence of the "nolock" mount option. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Cc: Peter Staubach <staubach@redhat.com> Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2007-07-18gfs2: stop giving out non-cluster-coherent leasesMarc Eshel
Since gfs2 can't prevent conflicting opens or leases on other nodes, we probably shouldn't allow it to give out leases at all. Put the newly defined lease operation into use in gfs2 by turning off lease, unless we're using the "nolock' locking module (in which case all locking is local anyway). Signed-off-by: Marc Eshel <eshel@almaden.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-07-18locks: export setlease to filesystemsJ. Bruce Fields
Export setlease so it can used by filesystems to implement their lease methods. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-07-18locks: provide a file lease method enabling cluster-coherent leasesJ. Bruce Fields
Currently leases are only kept locally, so there's no way for a distributed filesystem to enforce them against multiple clients. We're particularly interested in the case of nfsd exporting a cluster filesystem, in which case nfsd needs cluster-coherent leases in order to implement delegations correctly. Also add some documentation. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-07-18locks: rename lease functions to reflect locks.c conventionsJ. Bruce Fields
We've been using the convention that vfs_foo is the function that calls a filesystem-specific foo method if it exists, or falls back on a generic method if it doesn't; thus vfs_foo is what is called when some other part of the kernel (normally lockd or nfsd) wants to get a lock, whereas foo is what filesystems call to use the underlying local functionality as part of their lock implementation. So rename setlease to vfs_setlease (which will call a filesystem-specific setlease after a later patch) and __setlease to setlease. Also, vfs_setlease need only be GPL-exported as long as it's only needed by lockd and nfsd. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-07-18locks: share more common lease codeJ. Bruce Fields
Share more code between setlease (used by nfsd) and fcntl. Also some minor cleanup. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
2007-07-18locks: clean up lease_alloc()J. Bruce Fields
Return the newly allocated structure as the return value instead of using a struct ** parameter. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-07-18locks: convert an -EINVAL return to a BUGJ. Bruce Fields
There's no point trying to return an error in these cases, which all represent bugs in the callers. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-07-18leases: minor break_lease() comment clarificationdavid m. richter
clarify that break_lease() checks for presence of any lock, not just leases. Signed-off-by: David M. Richter <richterd@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-07-18sysfs: cosmetic clean up on node creation failure pathsTejun Heo
Node addition failure is detected by testing return value of sysfs_addfm_finish() which returns the number of added and removed nodes. As the function is called as the last step of addition right on top of error handling block, the if blocks looked like the following. if (sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt)) success handling, usually return; /* fall through to error handling */ This is the opposite of usual convention in sysfs and makes the code difficult to understand. This patch inverts the test and makes those blocks look more like others. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Cc: Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com> Cc: Miles Lane <miles.lane@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-18sysfs: kill an extra put in sysfs_create_link() failure pathTejun Heo
There is a subtle bug in sysfs_create_link() failure path. When symlink creation fails because there's already a node with the same name, the target sysfs_dirent is put twice - once by failure path of sysfs_create_link() and once more when the symlink is released. Fix it by making only the symlink node responsible for putting target_sd. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Cc: Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com> Cc: Miles Lane <miles.lane@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-18sysfs: make sysfs_init_inode() staticTejun Heo
With sysfs_fill_super() converted to use sysfs_get_inode(), there is no user of sysfs_init_inode() outside of fs/sysfs/inode.c. Make it static. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-18sysfs: fix sysfs root inode nlink accountingTejun Heo
While making sysfs indoes hashed, sysfs root inode was left out. Now that nlink accounting depends on the inode being on the hash, sysfs root inode nlink isn't adjusted properly. Put sysfs root inode on the inode hash by allocating it using sysfs_get_inode() like other sysfs inodes. While at it, massage comments a bit. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-18sysfs: avoid kmem_cache_free(NULL)Akinobu Mita
kmem_cache_free() with NULL is not allowed. But it may happen if out of memory error is triggered in sysfs_new_dirent(). This patch fixes that error handling. Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-18debugfs: remove rmdir() non-empty complaintJens Axboe
Hi, This patch kills the pointless debugfs rmdir() printk() when called on a non-empty directory. blktrace will sometimes have to call it a few times when forcefully ending a trace, which polutes the log with pointless warnings. Rationale: - It's more code to work-around this "problem" in the debugfs users, and you would have to add code to check for empty directories to do so (or assume that debugfs is using simple_ helpers, but that would be a layering violation). - Other rmdir() implementations don't complain about something this silly. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-18Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: ext4: extent macros cleanup Fix compilation with EXT_DEBUG, also fix leXX_to_cpu conversions. ext4: remove extra IS_RDONLY() check ext4: Use is_power_of_2() Use zero_user_page() in ext4 where possible ext4: Remove 65000 subdirectory limit ext4: Expand extra_inodes space per the s_{want,min}_extra_isize fields ext4: Add nanosecond timestamps jbd2: Move jbd2-debug file to debugfs jbd2: Fix CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG ifdef to be CONFIG_JBD2_DEBUG ext4: Set the journal JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT on large devices ext4: Make extents code sanely handle on-disk corruption ext4: copy i_flags to inode flags on write ext4: Enable extents by default Change on-disk format to support 2^15 uninitialized extents write support for preallocated blocks fallocate support in ext4 sys_fallocate() implementation on i386, x86_64 and powerpc
2007-07-18usermodehelper: Tidy up waitingJeremy Fitzhardinge
Rather than using a tri-state integer for the wait flag in call_usermodehelper_exec, define a proper enum, and use that. I've preserved the integer values so that any callers I've missed should still work OK. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Cc: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@in.ibm.com> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2007-07-18ext4: extent macros cleanupDmitry Monakhov
Use the EXT_LAST_INDEX macro; that's what it's there for. Clean up ext4_ext_ext_grow_indepth() so the correct EXT_FIRST_INDEX or EXT_FIRST_MACRO is used as necessary. The two macros are equivalent, so the C will collapse the if statement out, but it makes the code much more readable. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org> Acked-by: Alex Tomas <alex@clusterfs.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Singed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2007-07-18Fix compilation with EXT_DEBUG, also fix leXX_to_cpu conversions.Dmitry Monakhov
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org> Acked-by: Alex Tomas <alex@clusterfs.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2007-07-18ext4: remove extra IS_RDONLY() checkDave Hansen
ext4_change_inode_journal_flag() is only called from one location: ext4_ioctl(EXT3_IOC_SETFLAGS). That ioctl case already has a IS_RDONLY() call in it so this one is superfluous. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2007-07-18ext4: Use is_power_of_2()Vignesh Babu
Replace (n & (n-1)) in the context of power of 2 checks with is_power_of_2() Signed-off-by: Vignesh Babu <vignesh.babu@wipro.com> Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2007-07-18Use zero_user_page() in ext4 where possibleEric Sandeen
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2007-07-18ext4: Remove 65000 subdirectory limitAndreas Dilger
This patch adds support to ext4 for allowing more than 65000 subdirectories. Currently the maximum number of subdirectories is capped at 32000. If we exceed 65000 subdirectories in an htree directory it sets the inode link count to 1 and no longer counts subdirectories. The directory link count is not actually used when determining if a directory is empty, as that only counts subdirectories and not regular files that might be in there. A EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_DIR_NLINK flag has been added and it is set if the subdir count for any directory crosses 65000. A later fsck will clear EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_DIR_NLINK if there are no longer any directory with >65000 subdirs. Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@clusterfs.com> Signed-off-by: Kalpak Shah <kalpak@clusterfs.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2007-07-18ext4: Expand extra_inodes space per the s_{want,min}_extra_isize fields Kalpak Shah
We need to make sure that existing ext3 filesystems can also avail the new fields that have been added to the ext4 inode. We use s_want_extra_isize and s_min_extra_isize to decide by how much we should expand the inode. If EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_EXTRA_ISIZE feature is set then we expand the inode by max(s_want_extra_isize, s_min_extra_isize , sizeof(ext4_inode) - EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) bytes. Actually it is still an open question about whether users should be able to set s_*_extra_isize smaller than the known fields or not. This patch also adds the functionality to expand inodes to include the newly added fields. We start by trying to expand by s_want_extra_isize bytes and if its fails we try to expand by s_min_extra_isize bytes. This is done by changing the i_extra_isize if enough space is available in the inode and no EAs are present. If EAs are present and there is enough space in the inode then the EAs in the inode are shifted to make space. If enough space is not available in the inode due to the EAs then 1 or more EAs are shifted to the external EA block. In the worst case when even the external EA block does not have enough space we inform the user that some EA would need to be deleted or s_min_extra_isize would have to be reduced. Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@clusterfs.com> Signed-off-by: Kalpak Shah <kalpak@clusterfs.com> Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2007-07-18ext4: Add nanosecond timestampsKalpak Shah
This patch adds nanosecond timestamps for ext4. This involves adding *time_extra fields to the ext4_inode to extend the timestamps to 64-bits. Creation time is also added by this patch. These extended fields will fit into an inode if the filesystem was formatted with large inodes (-I 256 or larger) and there are currently no EAs consuming all of the available space. For new inodes we always reserve enough space for the kernel's known extended fields, but for inodes created with an old kernel this might not have been the case. So this patch also adds the EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_EXTRA_ISIZE feature flag(ro-compat so that older kernels can't create inodes with a smaller extra_isize). which indicates if the fields fitting inside s_min_extra_isize are available or not. If the expansion of inodes if unsuccessful then this feature will be disabled. This feature is only enabled if requested by the sysadmin. None of the extended inode fields is critical for correct filesystem operation. Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@clusterfs.com> Signed-off-by: Kalpak Shah <kalpak@clusterfs.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2007-07-18jbd2: Move jbd2-debug file to debugfsJose R. Santos
The jbd2-debug file used to be located in /proc/sys/fs/jbd2-debug, but it incorrectly used create_proc_entry() instead of the sysctl routines, and no proc entry was ever created. Instead of fixing this we might as well move the jbd2-debug file to debugfs which would be the preferred location for this kind of tunable. The new location is now /sys/kernel/debug/jbd2/jbd2-debug. Signed-off-by: Jose R. Santos <jrs@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2007-07-18jbd2: Fix CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG ifdef to be CONFIG_JBD2_DEBUGJose R. Santos
When the JBD code was forked to create the new JBD2 code base, the references to CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG where never changed to CONFIG_JBD2_DEBUG. This patch fixes that. Signed-off-by: Jose R. Santos <jrs@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2007-07-18ext4: Set the journal JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT on large devicesJose R. Santos
Set the journals JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT on devices with more than 32bit block sizes during mount time. This ensure proper record lenth when writing to the journal. Signed-off-by: Jose R. Santos <jrs@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@clusterfs.com> Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <Laurent.Vivier@bull.net> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2007-07-18ext4: Make extents code sanely handle on-disk corruptionAlex Tomas
Add more run-time checking of extent header fields and remove BUG_ON checks so we don't panic the kernel just because the on-disk filesystem is corrupted. Signed-off-by: Alex Tomas <alex@clusterfs.com> Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2007-07-18ext4: copy i_flags to inode flags on writeJan Kara
Propagate flags such as S_APPEND, S_IMMUTABLE, etc. from i_flags into ext4-specific i_flags. Quota code changes these flags on quota files (to make it harder for sysadmin to screw himself) and these changes were not correctly propagated into the filesystem. (This is a forward port patch from ext3) Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2007-07-18ext4: Enable extents by defaultMingming Cao
Turn on extents feature by default in ext4 filesystem, to get wider testing of extents feature in ext4dev. This can be disabled using -o noextents. Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2007-07-18Change on-disk format to support 2^15 uninitialized extentsAmit Arora
This change was suggested by Andreas Dilger. This patch changes the EXT_MAX_LEN value and extent code which marks/checks uninitialized extents. With this change it will be possible to have initialized extents with 2^15 blocks (earlier the max blocks we could have was 2^15 - 1). This way we can have better extent-to-block alignment. Now, maximum number of blocks we can have in an initialized extent is 2^15 and in an uninitialized extent is 2^15 - 1. Signed-off-by: Amit Arora <aarora@in.ibm.com>
2007-07-17write support for preallocated blocksAmit Arora
This patch adds write support to the uninitialized extents that get created when a preallocation is done using fallocate(). It takes care of splitting the extents into multiple (upto three) extents and merging the new split extents with neighbouring ones, if possible. Signed-off-by: Amit Arora <aarora@in.ibm.com>
2007-07-17fallocate support in ext4Amit Arora
This patch implements ->fallocate() inode operation in ext4. With this patch users of ext4 file systems will be able to use fallocate() system call for persistent preallocation. Current implementation only supports preallocation for regular files (directories not supported as of date) with extent maps. This patch does not support block-mapped files currently. Only FALLOC_ALLOCATE and FALLOC_RESV_SPACE modes are being supported as of now. Signed-off-by: Amit Arora <aarora@in.ibm.com>
2007-07-17sys_fallocate() implementation on i386, x86_64 and powerpcAmit Arora
fallocate() is a new system call being proposed here which will allow applications to preallocate space to any file(s) in a file system. Each file system implementation that wants to use this feature will need to support an inode operation called ->fallocate(). Applications can use this feature to avoid fragmentation to certain level and thus get faster access speed. With preallocation, applications also get a guarantee of space for particular file(s) - even if later the the system becomes full. Currently, glibc provides an interface called posix_fallocate() which can be used for similar cause. Though this has the advantage of working on all file systems, but it is quite slow (since it writes zeroes to each block that has to be preallocated). Without a doubt, file systems can do this more efficiently within the kernel, by implementing the proposed fallocate() system call. It is expected that posix_fallocate() will be modified to call this new system call first and incase the kernel/filesystem does not implement it, it should fall back to the current implementation of writing zeroes to the new blocks. ToDos: 1. Implementation on other architectures (other than i386, x86_64, and ppc). Patches for s390(x) and ia64 are already available from previous posts, but it was decided that they should be added later once fallocate is in the mainline. Hence not including those patches in this take. 2. Changes to glibc, a) to support fallocate() system call b) to make posix_fallocate() and posix_fallocate64() call fallocate() Signed-off-by: Amit Arora <aarora@in.ibm.com>
2007-07-17Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ericvh/v9fs * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ericvh/v9fs: 9p: fix debug compilation error
2007-07-17Merge branch 'uninit-var' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6 * 'uninit-var' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6: arch/i386/* fs/* ipc/*: mark variables with uninitialized_var() drivers/*: mark variables with uninitialized_var()
2007-07-17arch/i386/* fs/* ipc/*: mark variables with uninitialized_var()Jeff Garzik
Mark variables with uninitialized_var() if such a warning appears, and analysis proves that the var is initialized properly on all paths it is used. Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>