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2007-07-10Remove remnants of sendfile()Jens Axboe
There are now zero users of .sendfile() in the kernel, so kill it from the file_operations structure and in do_sendfile(). Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10xip sendfile removalCarsten Otte
This patch removes xip_file_sendfile, the sendfile implementation for xip without replacement. Those customers that use xip on s390 are not using sendfile() as far as we know, and so far s390 is the only platform this could potentially be used on so far. Having sendfile is not a popular feature for execute in place file systems, however we have a working implementation of splice_read() based on fs/splice.c if anyone asks for it. At this point in time, it does not seem preferable to merge splice_read() for xip because it causes extra maintenence effort due to code duplication and it requires struct page behind the xip memory segment. We'd like to get rid of that in favor of supporting flash based embedded platforms (Monta Vista work) soon. Signed-off-by: Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10sendfile: kill generic_file_sendfile()Jens Axboe
It's no longer used. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-06-24document nlink functionDave Hansen
These should have been documented from the beginning. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-06-04Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6: [JFFS2] Fix obsoletion of metadata nodes in jffs2_add_tn_to_tree() [MTD] Fix error checking after get_mtd_device() in get_sb_mtd functions [JFFS2] Fix buffer length calculations in jffs2_get_inode_nodes() [JFFS2] Fix potential memory leak of dead xattrs on unmount. [JFFS2] Fix BUG() caused by failing to discard xattrs on deleted files. [MTD] generalise the handling of MTD-specific superblocks [MTD] [MAPS] don't force uclinux mtd map to be root dev
2007-05-11[MTD] generalise the handling of MTD-specific superblocksDavid Howells
Generalise the handling of MTD-specific superblocks so that JFFS2 and ROMFS can both share it. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
2007-05-08Remove do_sync_file_range()Mark Fasheh
Remove do_sync_file_range() and convert callers to just use do_sync_mapping_range(). Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08add filesystem subtype supportMiklos Szeredi
There's a slight problem with filesystem type representation in fuse based filesystems. From the kernel's view, there are just two filesystem types: fuse and fuseblk. From the user's view there are lots of different filesystem types. The user is not even much concerned if the filesystem is fuse based or not. So there's a conflict of interest in how this should be represented in fstab, mtab and /proc/mounts. The current scheme is to encode the real filesystem type in the mount source. So an sshfs mount looks like this: sshfs#user@server:/ /mnt/server fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,... This url-ish syntax works OK for sshfs and similar filesystems. However for block device based filesystems (ntfs-3g, zfs) it doesn't work, since the kernel expects the mount source to be a real device name. A possibly better scheme would be to encode the real type in the type field as "type.subtype". So fuse mounts would look like this: /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows fuseblk.ntfs-3g rw,... user@server:/ /mnt/server fuse.sshfs rw,nosuid,nodev,... This patch adds the necessary code to the kernel so that this can be correctly displayed in /proc/mounts. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08use use SEEK_MAX to validate user lseek argumentsChris Snook
Add SEEK_MAX and use it to validate lseek arguments from userspace. Signed-off-by: Chris Snook <csnook@redhat.com> Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08mm: move common segment checks to separate helper functionDmitriy Monakhov
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanup] Signed-off-by: Monakhov Dmitriy <dmonakhov@openvz.org> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Acked-by: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cam.ac.uk> Acked-by: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07Merge branch 'server-cluster-locking-api' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linuxLinus Torvalds
* 'server-cluster-locking-api' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux: gfs2: nfs lock support for gfs2 lockd: add code to handle deferred lock requests lockd: always preallocate block in nlmsvc_lock() lockd: handle test_lock deferrals lockd: pass cookie in nlmsvc_testlock lockd: handle fl_grant callbacks lockd: save lock state on deferral locks: add fl_grant callback for asynchronous lock return nfsd4: Convert NFSv4 to new lock interface locks: add lock cancel command locks: allow {vfs,posix}_lock_file to return conflicting lock locks: factor out generic/filesystem switch from setlock code locks: factor out generic/filesystem switch from test_lock locks: give posix_test_lock same interface as ->lock locks: make ->lock release private data before returning in GETLK case locks: create posix-to-flock helper functions locks: trivial removal of unnecessary parentheses
2007-05-07readahead: code cleanupJan Kara
Rename file_ra_state.prev_page to prev_index and file_ra_state.offset to prev_offset. Also update of prev_index in do_generic_mapping_read() is now moved close to the update of prev_offset. [wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn: fix it] Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Cc: WU Fengguang <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07readahead: improve heuristic detecting sequential readsJan Kara
Introduce ra.offset and store in it an offset where the previous read ended. This way we can detect whether reads are really sequential (and thus we should not mark the page as accessed repeatedly) or whether they are random and just happen to be in the same page (and the page should really be marked accessed again). Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Acked-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Cc: WU Fengguang <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-06locks: add fl_grant callback for asynchronous lock returnMarc Eshel
Acquiring a lock on a cluster filesystem may require communication with remote hosts, and to avoid blocking lockd or nfsd threads during such communication, we allow the results to be returned asynchronously. When a ->lock() call needs to block, the file system will return -EINPROGRESS, and then later return the results with a call to the routine in the fl_grant field of the lock_manager_operations struct. This differs from the case when ->lock returns -EAGAIN to a blocking lock request; in that case, the filesystem calls fl_notify when the lock is granted, and the caller retries the original lock. So while fl_notify is merely a hint to the caller that it should retry, fl_grant actually communicates the final result of the lock operation (with the lock already acquired in the succesful case). Therefore fl_grant takes a lock, a status and, for the test lock case, a conflicting lock. We also allow fl_grant to return an error to the filesystem, to handle the case where the fl_grant requests arrives after the lock manager has already given up waiting for it. Signed-off-by: Marc Eshel <eshel@almaden.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-06locks: add lock cancel commandMarc Eshel
Lock managers need to be able to cancel pending lock requests. In the case where the exported filesystem manages its own locks, it's not sufficient just to call posix_unblock_lock(); we need to let the filesystem know what's happening too. We do this by adding a new fcntl lock command: FL_CANCELLK. Some day this might also be made available to userspace applications that could benefit from an asynchronous locking api. Signed-off-by: Marc Eshel <eshel@almaden.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-06locks: allow {vfs,posix}_lock_file to return conflicting lockMarc Eshel
The nfsv4 protocol's lock operation, in the case of a conflict, returns information about the conflicting lock. It's unclear how clients can use this, so for now we're not going so far as to add a filesystem method that can return a conflicting lock, but we may as well return something in the local case when it's easy to. Signed-off-by: Marc Eshel <eshel@almaden.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-06locks: factor out generic/filesystem switch from setlock codeMarc Eshel
Factor out the code that switches between generic and filesystem-specific lock methods; eventually we want to call this from lock managers (lockd and nfsd) too; currently they only call the generic methods. This patch does that for all the setlk code. Signed-off-by: Marc Eshel <eshel@almaden.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-06locks: factor out generic/filesystem switch from test_lockJ. Bruce Fields
Factor out the code that switches between generic and filesystem-specific lock methods; eventually we want to call this from lock managers (lockd and nfsd) too; currently they only call the generic methods. This patch does that for test_lock. Note that this hasn't been necessary until recently, because the few filesystems that define ->lock() (nfs, cifs...) aren't exportable via NFS. However GFS (and, in the future, other cluster filesystems) need to implement their own locking to get cluster-coherent locking, and also want to be able to export locking to NFS (lockd and NFSv4). So we accomplish this by factoring out code such as this and exporting it for the use of lockd and nfsd. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-06locks: give posix_test_lock same interface as ->lockMarc Eshel
posix_test_lock() and ->lock() do the same job but have gratuitously different interfaces. Modify posix_test_lock() so the two agree, simplifying some code in the process. Signed-off-by: Marc Eshel <eshel@almaden.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-02remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer neededGreg Kroah-Hartman
We need to work on cleaning up the relationship between kobjects, ksets and ktypes. The removal of 'struct subsystem' is the first step of this, especially as it is not really needed at all. Thanks to Kay for fixing the bugs in this patch. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-04-26[PATCH] Turn do_sync_file_range() into do_sync_mapping_range()Mark Fasheh
do_sync_file_range() accepts a file * from which it takes an address_space to sync. Abstract out the bulk of the function into do_sync_mapping_range() which takes the address_space directly. This way callers who want to sync an address_space directly can take advantage of the functionality provided. do_sync_file_range() is preserved as a small wrapper around do_sync_mapping_range(). Ocfs2 in particular would like to use this to initiate a sync of a specific inode range during truncate, where a file * may not be available. Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-12[PATCH] Mark struct super_operations constJosef 'Jeff' Sipek
This patch is inspired by Arjan's "Patch series to mark struct file_operations and struct inode_operations const". Compile tested with gcc & sparse. Signed-off-by: Josef 'Jeff' Sipek <jsipek@cs.sunysb.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-12[PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 3Arjan van de Ven
Many struct inode_operations in the kernel can be "const". Marking them const moves these to the .rodata section, which avoids false sharing with potential dirty data. In addition it'll catch accidental writes at compile time to these shared resources. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-12[PATCH] move remove_dquot_ref to dqout.cChristoph Hellwig
Remove_dquot_ref can move to dqout.c instead of beeing in inode.c under #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA. Also clean the resulting code up a tiny little bit by testing sb->dq_op earlier - it's constant over a filesystems lifetime. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-11[PATCH] remove invalidate_inode_pages()Andrew Morton
Convert all calls to invalidate_inode_pages() into open-coded calls to invalidate_mapping_pages(). Leave the invalidate_inode_pages() wrapper in place for now, marked as deprecated. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-11[PATCH] Export invalidate_mapping_pages() to modulesAnton Altaparmakov
It makes no sense to me to export invalidate_inode_pages() and not invalidate_mapping_pages() and I actually need invalidate_mapping_pages() because of its range specification ability... akpm: also remove the export of invalidate_inode_pages() by making it an inlined wrapper. Signed-off-by: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cantab.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-11[PATCH] avoid one conditional branch in touch_atime()Eric Dumazet
I added IS_NOATIME(inode) macro definition in include/linux/fs.h, true if the inode superblock is marked readonly or noatime. This new macro is then used in touch_atime() instead of separatly testing MS_RDONLY and MS_NOATIME Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-01-11[PATCH] Revert bd_mount_mutex back to a semaphoreDavid Chinner
Revert bd_mount_mutex back to a semaphore so that xfs_freeze -f /mnt/newtest; xfs_freeze -u /mnt/newtest works safely and doesn't produce lockdep warnings. (XFS unlocks the semaphore from a different task, by design. The mutex code warns about this) Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2007-01-11[PATCH] NFS: Fix race in nfs_release_page()Trond Myklebust
NFS: Fix race in nfs_release_page() invalidate_inode_pages2() may find the dirty bit has been set on a page owing to the fact that the page may still be mapped after it was locked. Only after the call to unmap_mapping_range() are we sure that the page can no longer be dirtied. In order to fix this, NFS has hooked the releasepage() method and tries to write the page out between the call to unmap_mapping_range() and the call to remove_mapping(). This, however leads to deadlocks in the page reclaim code, where the page may be locked without holding a reference to the inode or dentry. Fix is to add a new address_space_operation, launder_page(), which will attempt to write out a dirty page without releasing the page lock. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Also, the bare SetPageDirty() can skew all sort of accounting leading to other nasties. [akpm@osdl.org: cleanup] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-13[PATCH] relative atimeValerie Henson
Add "relatime" (relative atime) support. Relative atime only updates the atime if the previous atime is older than the mtime or ctime. Like noatime, but useful for applications like mutt that need to know when a file has been read since it was last modified. A corresponding patch against mount(8) is available at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mount-relative-atime.txt Signed-off-by: Valerie Henson <val_henson@linux.intel.com> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-08[PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct pathJosef "Jeff" Sipek
This patch changes struct file to use struct path instead of having independent pointers to struct dentry and struct vfsmount, and converts all users of f_{dentry,vfsmnt} in fs/ to use f_path.{dentry,mnt}. Additionally, it adds two #define's to make the transition easier for users of the f_dentry and f_vfsmnt. Signed-off-by: Josef "Jeff" Sipek <jsipek@cs.sunysb.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-08[PATCH] remove the old bd_mutex lockdep annotationPeter Zijlstra
Remove the old complex and crufty bd_mutex annotation. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] Save some bytes in struct inodeArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
[acme@newtoy net-2.6.20]$ pahole --cacheline 64 fs/inode.o inode /* /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/net-2.6.20/include/linux/dcache.h:86 */ struct inode { struct hlist_node i_hash; /* 0 8 */ struct list_head i_list; /* 8 8 */ struct list_head i_sb_list; /* 16 8 */ struct list_head i_dentry; /* 24 8 */ long unsigned int i_ino; /* 32 4 */ atomic_t i_count; /* 36 4 */ umode_t i_mode; /* 40 2 */ /* XXX 2 bytes hole, try to pack */ unsigned int i_nlink; /* 44 4 */ uid_t i_uid; /* 48 4 */ gid_t i_gid; /* 52 4 */ dev_t i_rdev; /* 56 4 */ loff_t i_size; /* 60 8 */ struct timespec i_atime; /* 68 8 */ struct timespec i_mtime; /* 76 8 */ struct timespec i_ctime; /* 84 8 */ unsigned int i_blkbits; /* 92 4 */ long unsigned int i_version; /* 96 4 */ blkcnt_t i_blocks; /* 100 4 */ short unsigned int i_bytes; /* 104 2 */ /* XXX 2 bytes hole, try to pack */ spinlock_t i_lock; /* 108 40 */ struct mutex i_mutex; /* 148 76 */ struct rw_semaphore i_alloc_sem; /* 224 64 */ struct inode_operations * i_op; /* 288 4 */ const struct file_operations * i_fop; /* 292 4 */ struct super_block * i_sb; /* 296 4 */ struct file_lock * i_flock; /* 300 4 */ struct address_space * i_mapping; /* 304 4 */ struct address_space i_data; /* 308 188 */ struct list_head i_devices; /* 496 8 */ union ; /* 504 4 */ int i_cindex; /* 508 4 */ __u32 i_generation; /* 512 4 */ /* ---------- cacheline 8 boundary ---------- */ long unsigned int i_dnotify_mask; /* 516 4 */ struct dnotify_struct * i_dnotify; /* 520 4 */ struct list_head inotify_watches; /* 524 8 */ struct mutex inotify_mutex; /* 532 76 */ long unsigned int i_state; /* 608 4 */ long unsigned int dirtied_when; /* 612 4 */ unsigned int i_flags; /* 616 4 */ atomic_t i_writecount; /* 620 4 */ void * i_security; /* 624 4 */ void * i_private; /* 628 4 */ }; /* size: 632, sum members: 628, holes: 2, sum holes: 4 */ [acme@newtoy net-2.6.20]$ So just moving i_mode to after i_bytes we save 4 bytes by nuking both holes: [acme@newtoy net-2.6.20]$ codiff -V /tmp/inode.o.before fs/inode.o /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/net-2.6.20/fs/inode.c: struct inode | -4 i_mode; from: umode_t /* 40(0) 2(0) */ to: umode_t /* 102(0) 2(0) */ 1 struct changed [acme@newtoy net-2.6.20]$ I've prunned all the other offset changes, only this one is of interest here. So now we have: [acme@newtoy net-2.6.20]$ pahole --cacheline 64 ../OUTPUT/qemu/net-2.6.20/fs/inode.o inode /* /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/net-2.6.20/include/linux/dcache.h:86 */ struct inode { struct hlist_node i_hash; /* 0 8 */ struct list_head i_list; /* 8 8 */ struct list_head i_sb_list; /* 16 8 */ struct list_head i_dentry; /* 24 8 */ long unsigned int i_ino; /* 32 4 */ atomic_t i_count; /* 36 4 */ unsigned int i_nlink; /* 40 4 */ uid_t i_uid; /* 44 4 */ gid_t i_gid; /* 48 4 */ dev_t i_rdev; /* 52 4 */ loff_t i_size; /* 56 8 */ /* ---------- cacheline 1 boundary ---------- */ struct timespec i_atime; /* 64 8 */ struct timespec i_mtime; /* 72 8 */ struct timespec i_ctime; /* 80 8 */ unsigned int i_blkbits; /* 88 4 */ long unsigned int i_version; /* 92 4 */ blkcnt_t i_blocks; /* 96 4 */ short unsigned int i_bytes; /* 100 2 */ umode_t i_mode; /* 102 2 */ spinlock_t i_lock; /* 104 40 */ struct mutex i_mutex; /* 144 76 */ struct rw_semaphore i_alloc_sem; /* 220 64 */ struct inode_operations * i_op; /* 284 4 */ const struct file_operations * i_fop; /* 288 4 */ struct super_block * i_sb; /* 292 4 */ struct file_lock * i_flock; /* 296 4 */ struct address_space * i_mapping; /* 300 4 */ struct address_space i_data; /* 304 188 */ struct list_head i_devices; /* 492 8 */ union ; /* 500 4 */ int i_cindex; /* 504 4 */ __u32 i_generation; /* 508 4 */ /* ---------- cacheline 8 boundary ---------- */ long unsigned int i_dnotify_mask; /* 512 4 */ struct dnotify_struct * i_dnotify; /* 516 4 */ struct list_head inotify_watches; /* 520 8 */ struct mutex inotify_mutex; /* 528 76 */ long unsigned int i_state; /* 604 4 */ long unsigned int dirtied_when; /* 608 4 */ unsigned int i_flags; /* 612 4 */ atomic_t i_writecount; /* 616 4 */ void * i_security; /* 620 4 */ void * i_private; /* 624 4 */ }; /* size: 628 */ [acme@newtoy net-2.6.20]$ Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] fs: reorder some 'struct inode' fields to speedup i_size manipulationsEric Dumazet
On 32bits SMP platforms, 64bits i_size is protected by a seqcount (i_size_seqcount). When i_size is read or written, i_size_seqcount is read/written as well, so it make sense to group these two fields together in the same cache line. This patch moves i_size_seqcount next to i_size, and also moves i_version to let offsetof(struct inode, i_size) being 0x40 instead of 0x3c (for 32bits platforms). For 64 bits platforms, i_size_seqcount doesnt exist, and the move of a 'long i_version' should not introduce a new hole because of padding. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] constify inode accessorsJan Engelhardt
Change the signature of i_size_read(), IMINOR() and IMAJOR() because they, or the functions they call, will never modify the argument. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] slab: remove SLAB_KERNELChristoph Lameter
SLAB_KERNEL is an alias of GFP_KERNEL. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] Move names_cachep to linux/fs.hChristoph Lameter
The names_cachep is used for getname() and putname(). So lets put it into fs.h near those two definitions. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-04[PATCH] severing fs.h, radix-tree.h -> sched.hAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2006-10-19[PATCH] Add lockless helpers for remove_suid()Jens Axboe
Right now users have to grab i_mutex before calling remove_suid(), in the unlikely event that a call to ->setattr() may be needed. Split up the function in two parts: - One to check if we need to remove suid - One to actually remove it The first we can call lockless. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-10-19[PATCH] Introduce generic_file_splice_write_nolock()Mark Fasheh
This allows file systems to manage their own i_mutex locking while still re-using the generic_file_splice_write() logic. OCFS2 in particular wants this so that it can order cluster locks within i_mutex. Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-10-19[PATCH] Take i_mutex in splice_from_pipe()Mark Fasheh
The splice_actor may be calling ->prepare_write() and ->commit_write(). We want i_mutex on the inode being written to before calling those so that we don't race i_size changes. The double locking behavior is done elsewhere in splice.c, and if we eventually want _nolock variants of generic_file_splice_write(), fs modules might have to replicate the nasty locking code. We introduce inode_double_lock() and inode_double_unlock() to consolidate the locking rules into one set of functions. Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-10-17[PATCH] document i_size_write locking rulesMiklos Szeredi
Unless someone reads the documentation for write_seqcount_{begin,end} it is not obvious, that i_size_write() needs locking. Especially, that lack of such locking can result in a system hang. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-04Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6: (292 commits) [GFS2] Fix endian bug for de_type [GFS2] Initialize SELinux extended attributes at inode creation time. [GFS2] Move logging code into log.c (mostly) [GFS2] Mark nlink cleared so VFS sees it happen [GFS2] Two redundant casts removed [GFS2] Remove uneeded endian conversion [GFS2] Remove duplicate sb reading code [GFS2] Mark metadata reads for blktrace [GFS2] Remove iflags.h, use FS_ [GFS2] Fix code style/indent in ops_file.c [GFS2] streamline-generic_file_-interfaces-and-filemap gfs fix [GFS2] Remove readv/writev methods and use aio_read/aio_write instead (gfs bits) [GFS2] inode-diet: Eliminate i_blksize from the inode structure [GFS2] inode_diet: Replace inode.u.generic_ip with inode.i_private (gfs) [GFS2] Fix typo in last patch [GFS2] Fix direct i/o logic in filemap.c [GFS2] Fix bug in Makefiles for lock modules [GFS2] Remove (extra) fs_subsys declaration [GFS2/DLM] Fix trailing whitespace [GFS2] Tidy up meta_io code ...
2006-10-03[PATCH] dm: export blkdev_driver_ioctlAlasdair G Kergon
Export blkdev_driver_ioctl for device-mapper. If we get as far as the device-mapper ioctl handler, we know the ioctl is not a standard block layer BLK* one, so we don't need to check for them a second time and can call blkdev_driver_ioctl() directly. Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-03[PATCH] VFS: Make filldir_t and struct kstat deal in 64-bit inode numbersDavid Howells
These patches make the kernel pass 64-bit inode numbers internally when communicating to userspace, even on a 32-bit system. They are required because some filesystems have intrinsic 64-bit inode numbers: NFS3+ and XFS for example. The 64-bit inode numbers are then propagated to userspace automatically where the arch supports it. Problems have been seen with userspace (eg: ld.so) using the 64-bit inode number returned by stat64() or getdents64() to differentiate files, and failing because the 64-bit inode number space was compressed to 32-bits, and so overlaps occur. This patch: Make filldir_t take a 64-bit inode number and struct kstat carry a 64-bit inode number so that 64-bit inode numbers can be passed back to userspace. The stat functions then returns the full 64-bit inode number where available and where possible. If it is not possible to represent the inode number supplied by the filesystem in the field provided by userspace, then error EOVERFLOW will be issued. Similarly, the getdents/readdir functions now pass the full 64-bit inode number to userspace where possible, returning EOVERFLOW instead when a directory entry is encountered that can't be properly represented. Note that this means that some inodes will not be stat'able on a 32-bit system with old libraries where they were before - but it does mean that there will be no ambiguity over what a 32-bit inode number refers to. Note similarly that directory scans may be cut short with an error on a 32-bit system with old libraries where the scan would work before for the same reasons. It is judged unlikely that this situation will occur because modern glibc uses 64-bit capable versions of stat and getdents class functions exclusively, and that older systems are unlikely to encounter unrepresentable inode numbers anyway. [akpm: alpha build fix] Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-02[GFS2] Remove iflags.h, use FS_Steven Whitehouse
Update GFS2 in the light of David Howells' patch: [PATCH] BLOCK: Move common FS-specific ioctls to linux/fs.h [try #6] 36695673b012096228ebdc1b39a6a5850daa474e which calls the filesystem independant flags FS_..._FL. As a result we no longer need the flags.h file and the conversion routine is moved into the GFS2 source code. Userland programs which used to include iflags.h should now include fs.h and use the new flag names. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2006-10-02[PATCH] file: modify struct fown_struct to use a struct pidEric W. Biederman
File handles can be requested to send sigio and sigurg to processes. By tracking the destination processes using struct pid instead of pid_t we make the interface safe from all potential pid wrap around problems. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] Some cleanup in the pipe codeAndi Kleen
Split the big and hard to read do_pipe function into smaller pieces. This creates new create_write_pipe/free_write_pipe/create_read_pipe functions. These functions are made global so that they can be used by other parts of the kernel. The resulting code is more generic and easier to read and has cleaner error handling and less gotos. [akpm@osdl.org: cleanup] Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] r/o bind mounts: monitor zeroing of i_nlinkDave Hansen
Some filesystems, instead of simply decrementing i_nlink, simply zero it during an unlink operation. We need to catch these in addition to the decrement operations. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] r/o bind mount prepwork: inc_nlink() helperDave Hansen
This is mostly included for parity with dec_nlink(), where we will have some more hooks. This one should stay pretty darn straightforward for now. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>