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2008-07-27Merge ../linux-2.6Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2008-07-27Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6: firewire: state userland requirements in Kconfig help firewire: avoid memleak after phy config transmit failure firewire: fw-ohci: TSB43AB22/A dualbuffer workaround firewire: queue the right number of data firewire: warn on unfinished transactions during card removal firewire: small fw_fill_request cleanup firewire: fully initialize fw_transaction before marking it pending firewire: fix race of bus reset with request transmission
2008-07-27Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (59 commits) [SCSI] replace __FUNCTION__ with __func__ [SCSI] extend the last_sector_bug flag to cover more sectors [SCSI] qla2xxx: Update version number to 8.02.01-k6. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Additional NPIV corrections. [SCSI] qla2xxx: suppress uninitialized-var warning [SCSI] qla2xxx: use memory_read_from_buffer() [SCSI] qla2xxx: Issue proper ISP callbacks during stop-firmware. [SCSI] ch: fix ch_remove oops [SCSI] 3w-9xxx: add MSI support and misc fixes [SCSI] scsi_lib: use blk_rq_tagged in scsi_request_fn [SCSI] ibmvfc: Update driver version to 1.0.1 [SCSI] ibmvfc: Add ADISC support [SCSI] ibmvfc: Miscellaneous fixes [SCSI] ibmvfc: Fix hang on module removal [SCSI] ibmvfc: Target refcounting fixes [SCSI] ibmvfc: Reduce unnecessary log noise [SCSI] sym53c8xx: free luntbl in sym_hcb_free [SCSI] scsi_scan.c: Release mutex in error handling code [SCSI] scsi_eh_prep_cmnd should save scmd->underflow [SCSI] sd: Support for SCSI disk (SBC) Data Integrity Field ...
2008-07-27Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hskinnemoen/avr32-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hskinnemoen/avr32-2.6: avr32: some mmc/sd cleanups include/video/atmel_lcdc.h must #include <linux/workqueue.h> avr32: allow system timer to share interrupt to make OProfile work drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c: Removed duplicated include avr32: Add platform data for AC97C platform device avr32: clean up mci platform code fix avr32 build errors
2008-07-27Merge branch 'kvm-updates-2.6.27' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm * 'kvm-updates-2.6.27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm: KVM: ppc: fix invalidation of large guest pages KVM: s390: Fix possible host kernel bug on lctl(g) handling KVM: s390: Fix instruction naming for lctlg KVM: s390: Fix program check on interrupt delivery handling KVM: s390: Change guestaddr type in gaccess KVM: s390: Fix guest kconfig KVM: s390: Advertise KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY KVM: ia64: Fix irq disabling leak in error handling code KVM: VMX: Fix undefined beaviour of EPT after reload kvm-intel.ko KVM: VMX: Fix bypass_guest_pf enabling when disable EPT in module parameter KVM: task switch: translate guest segment limit to virt-extension byte granular field KVM: Avoid instruction emulation when event delivery is pending KVM: task switch: use seg regs provided by subarch instead of reading from GDT KVM: task switch: segment base is linear address KVM: SVM: allow enabling/disabling NPT by reloading only the architecture module
2008-07-27Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-nextLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-next: (25 commits) setlocalversion: do not describe if there is nothing to describe kconfig: fix typos: "Suport" -> "Support" kconfig: make defconfig is no longer chatty kconfig: make oldconfig is now less chatty kconfig: speed up all*config + randconfig kconfig: set all new symbols automatically kconfig: add diffconfig utility kbuild: remove Module.markers during mrproper kbuild: sparse needs CF not CHECKFLAGS kernel-doc: handle/strip __init vmlinux.lds: move __attribute__((__cold__)) functions back into final .text section init: fix URL of "The GNU Accounting Utilities" kbuild: add arch/$ARCH/include to search path kbuild: asm symlink support for arch/$ARCH/include kbuild: support arch/$ARCH/include for tags, cscope kbuild: prepare headers_* for arch/$ARCH/include kbuild: install all headers when arch is changed kbuild: make clean removes *.o.* as well kbuild: optimize headers_* targets kbuild: only one call for include/ in make headers_* ...
2008-07-27task IO accounting: improve code readabilityAndrea Righi
Put all i/o statistics in struct proc_io_accounting and use inline functions to initialize and increment statistics, removing a lot of single variable assignments. This also reduces the kernel size as following (with CONFIG_TASK_XACCT=y and CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y). text data bss dec hex filename 11651 0 0 11651 2d83 kernel/exit.o.before 11619 0 0 11619 2d63 kernel/exit.o.after 10886 132 136 11154 2b92 kernel/fork.o.before 10758 132 136 11026 2b12 kernel/fork.o.after 3082029 807968 4818600 8708597 84e1f5 vmlinux.o.before 3081869 807968 4818600 8708437 84e155 vmlinux.o.after Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com> Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-27missing bits of net-namespace / sysctlAl Viro
Piss-poor sysctl registration API strikes again, film at 11... What we really need is _pathname_ required to be present in already registered table, so that kernel could warn about bad order. That's the next target for sysctl stuff (and generally saner and more explicit order of initialization of ipv[46] internals wouldn't hurt either). For the time being, here are full fixups required by ..._rotable() stuff; we make per-net sysctl sets descendents of "ro" one and make sure that sufficient skeleton is there before we start registering per-net sysctls. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-27Merge ../linux-2.6Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2008-07-27V4L/DVB (8522): videodev2: Fix merge conflictMauro Carvalho Chehab
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-07-27[SCSI] extend the last_sector_bug flag to cover more sectorsAlan Jenkins
The last_sector_bug flag was added to work around a bug in certain usb cardreaders, where they would crash if a multiple sector read included the last sector. The original implementation avoids this by e.g. splitting an 8 sector read which includes the last sector into a 7 sector read, and a single sector read for the last sector. The flag is enabled for all USB devices. This revealed a second bug in other usb cardreaders, which crash when they get a multiple sector read which stops 1 sector short of the last sector. Affected hardware includes the Kingston "MobileLite" external USB cardreader and the internal USB cardreader on the Asus EeePC. Extend the last_sector_bug workaround to ensure that any access which touches the last 8 hardware sectors of the device is a single sector long. Requests are shrunk as necessary to meet this constraint. This gives us a safety margin against potential unknown or future bugs affecting multi-sector access to the end of the device. The two known bugs only affect the last 2 sectors. However, they suggest that these devices are prone to fencepost errors and that multi-sector access to the end of the device is not well tested. Popular OS's use multi-sector accesses, but they rarely read the last few sectors. Linux (with udev & vol_id) automatically reads sectors from the end of the device on insertion. It is assumed that single sector accesses are more thoroughly tested during development. Signed-off-by: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk> Tested-by: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
2008-07-27V4L/DVB (8525): fix a few assorted spelling mistakes.Hans Verkuil
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-07-27V4L/DVB (8524): videodev: copy the VID_TYPE defines to videodev.hHans Verkuil
The VID_TYPE defines are V4L1 specific, so copy them back to videodev.h. In videodev2.h ensure that they are not used in the kernel (you need to include videodev.h instead) and mark them are deprecated. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-07-27V4L/DVB (8523): v4l2-dev: remove unused type and type2 field from video_deviceHans Verkuil
The type and type2 fields were unused and so could be removed. Instead add a vfl_type field that contains the type of the video device. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-07-27V4L/DVB (8518): gspca: Remove the remaining frame decoding functions from ↵Jean-Francois Moine
the subdrivers. SPCA505 and SPCA508 added in the pixel formats. Decode functions and associated resources removed in spca505, 506 and 508. The decode routines are now found in the V4L library. Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-07-27V4L/DVB (8502): videodev2.h: CodingStyle cleanupsMauro Carvalho Chehab
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-07-27Merge commit 'upstream/master'Haavard Skinnemoen
2008-07-27KVM: ppc: fix invalidation of large guest pagesHollis Blanchard
When guest invalidates a large tlb map, there may be more than one corresponding shadow tlb maps that need to be invalidated. Use eaddr and eend to find these shadow tlb maps. Signed-off-by: Liu Yu <yu.liu@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
2008-07-27KVM: s390: Fix instruction naming for lctlgChristian Borntraeger
Lets fix the name for the lctlg instruction... Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
2008-07-27KVM: s390: Change guestaddr type in gaccessMartin Schwidefsky
All registers are unsigned long types. This patch changes all occurences of guestaddr in gaccess from u64 to unsigned long. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
2008-07-27KVM: SVM: allow enabling/disabling NPT by reloading only the architecture moduleJoerg Roedel
If NPT is enabled after loading both KVM modules on AMD and it should be disabled, both KVM modules must be reloaded. If only the architecture module is reloaded the behavior is undefined. With this patch it is possible to disable NPT only by reloading the kvm_amd module. Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
2008-07-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband: mlx4: Update/add Mellanox Technologies copyright lines to mlx4 driver files mlx4_core: Add VLAN tag field to WQE control segment struct RDMA/nes: CM connection setup/teardown rework IPoIB: Correct help text for INFINIBAND_IPOIB_DEBUG IPoIB/cm: Connected mode is no longer EXPERIMENTAL RDMA/ucm: BKL is not needed for ib_ucm_open() RDMA/ucma: BKL is not needed for ucma_open()
2008-07-26Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6: (57 commits) [MTD] [NAND] subpage read feature as a way to increase performance. CPUFREQ: S3C24XX NAND driver frequency scaling support. [MTD][NAND] au1550nd: remove unused variable [MTD] jedec_probe: Fix SST 16-bit chip detection [MTD][MTDPART] Fix a division by zero bug [MTD][MTDPART] Cleanup and document the erase region handling [MTD][MTDPART] Handle most checkpatch findings [MTD][MTDPART] Seperate main loop from per-partition code in add_mtd_partition [MTD] physmap: resume already suspended chips on failure to suspend [MTD] physmap: Fix suspend/resume/shutdown bugs. [MTD] [NOR] Fix -ETIMEO errors in CFI driver [MTD] [NAND] fsl_elbc_nand: fix section mismatch with CONFIG_MTD_OF_PARTS=y [JFFS2] Use .unlocked_ioctl [MTD] Fix const assignment in the MTD command line partitioning driver [MTD] [NOR] gen_probe: No debug message when debugging is disabled [MTD] [NAND] remove __PPC__ hardcoded address from DiskOnChip drivers [MTD] [MAPS] Remove the bast-flash driver. [MTD] [NAND] fsl_elbc_nand: ecclayout cleanups [MTD] [NAND] fsl_elbc_nand: implement support for flash-based BBT [MTD] [NAND] fsl_elbc_nand: fix OOB workability for large page NAND chips ...
2008-07-26Merge branch 'tracehook' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frob/linux-2.6-utrace * 'tracehook' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frob/linux-2.6-utrace: tracehook: comment fixes
2008-07-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc: atmel-mci: debugfs support mmc: Add per-card debugfs support mmc: Export internal host state through debugfs imxmmc: fix crash when no platform data is provided imxmmc: fix platform resources imxmmc: remove DEBUG definition mmc_spi: put signals to low power off fix
2008-07-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (39 commits) [PATCH] fix RLIM_NOFILE handling [PATCH] get rid of corner case in dup3() entirely [PATCH] remove remaining namei_{32,64}.h crap [PATCH] get rid of indirect users of namei.h [PATCH] get rid of __user_path_lookup_open [PATCH] f_count may wrap around [PATCH] dup3 fix [PATCH] don't pass nameidata to __ncp_lookup_validate() [PATCH] don't pass nameidata to gfs2_lookupi() [PATCH] new (local) helper: user_path_parent() [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. [PATCH] preparation to __user_walk_fd cleanup [PATCH] kill nameidata passing to permission(), rename to inode_permission() [PATCH] take noexec checks to very few callers that care Re: [PATCH 3/6] vfs: open_exec cleanup [patch 4/4] vfs: immutable inode checking cleanup [patch 3/4] fat: dont call notify_change [patch 2/4] vfs: utimes cleanup [patch 1/4] vfs: utimes: move owner check into inode_change_ok() [PATCH] vfs: use kstrdup() and check failing allocation ...
2008-07-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kkeil/ISDN-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kkeil/ISDN-2.6: Add layer1 over IP support Add mISDN HFC multiport driver Add mISDN HFC PCI driver Add mISDN DSP Add mISDN core files Define AF_ISDN and PF_ISDN Add mISDN driver
2008-07-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: netns: fix ip_rt_frag_needed rt_is_expired netfilter: nf_conntrack_extend: avoid unnecessary "ct->ext" dereferences netfilter: fix double-free and use-after free netfilter: arptables in netns for real netfilter: ip{,6}tables_security: fix future section mismatch selinux: use nf_register_hooks() netfilter: ebtables: use nf_register_hooks() Revert "pkt_sched: sch_sfq: dump a real number of flows" qeth: use dev->ml_priv instead of dev->priv syncookies: Make sure ECN is disabled net: drop unused BUG_TRAP() net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON drivers/net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON
2008-07-26hugetlb: remove unused variable warningAndrea Righi
Remove the following warning when CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set: ipc/shm.c: In function `shm_get_stat': ipc/shm.c:565: warning: unused variable `h' [akpm@linux-foundation.org: use tabs, not spaces] Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-26gpiolib: fix typo in commentMichael Buesch
This fixes an off-by-one error in a comment. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-26[PATCH] remove remaining namei_{32,64}.h crapAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] get rid of indirect users of namei.hAl Viro
fs.h needs path.h, not namei.h; nfs_fs.h doesn't need it at all. Several places in the tree needed direct include. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] get rid of __user_path_lookup_openAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] f_count may wrap aroundAl Viro
make it atomic_long_t; while we are at it, get rid of useless checks in affs, hfs and hpfs - ->open() always has it equal to 1, ->release() - to 0. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al.Al Viro
* do not pass nameidata; struct path is all the callers want. * switch to new helpers: user_path_at(dfd, pathname, flags, &path) user_path(pathname, &path) user_lpath(pathname, &path) user_path_dir(pathname, &path) (fail if not a directory) The last 3 are trivial macro wrappers for the first one. * remove nameidata in callers. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] kill nameidata passing to permission(), rename to inode_permission()Al Viro
Incidentally, the name that gives hundreds of false positives on grep is not a good idea... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[patch 1/4] vfs: utimes: move owner check into inode_change_ok()Miklos Szeredi
Add a new ia_valid flag: ATTR_TIMES_SET, to handle the UTIMES_OMIT/UTIMES_NOW and UTIMES_NOW/UTIMES_OMIT cases. In these cases neither ATTR_MTIME_SET nor ATTR_ATIME_SET is in the flags, yet the POSIX draft specifies that permission checking is performed the same way as if one or both of the times was explicitly set to a timestamp. See the path "vfs: utimensat(): fix error checking for {UTIME_NOW,UTIME_OMIT} case" by Michael Kerrisk for the patch introducing this behavior. This is a cleanup, as well as allowing filesystems (NFS/fuse/...) to perform their own permission checking instead of the default. CC: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> CC: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] vfs: use kstrdup() and check failing allocationLi Zefan
- use kstrdup() instead of kmalloc() + memcpy() - return NULL if allocating ->mnt_devname failed - mnt_devname should be const Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] pass MAY_OPEN to vfs_permission() explicitlyAl Viro
... and get rid of the last "let's deduce mask from nameidata->flags" bit. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] fix MAY_CHDIR/MAY_ACCESS/LOOKUP_ACCESS messAl Viro
* MAY_CHDIR is redundant - it's an equivalent of MAY_ACCESS * MAY_ACCESS on fuse should affect only the last step of pathname resolution * fchdir() and chroot() should pass MAY_ACCESS, for the same reason why chdir() needs that. * now that we pass MAY_ACCESS explicitly in all cases, LOOKUP_ACCESS can be removed; it has no business being in nameidata. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] kill altrootAl Viro
long overdue... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] permission checks for chdir need special treatment only on the last stepAl Viro
... so we ought to pass MAY_CHDIR to vfs_permission() instead of having it triggered on every step of preceding pathname resolution. LOOKUP_CHDIR is killed by that. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[patch 5/5] vfs: remove mode parameter from vfs_symlink()Miklos Szeredi
Remove the unused mode parameter from vfs_symlink and callers. Thanks to Tetsuo Handa for noticing. CC: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
2008-07-26[patch 3/5] vfs: change remove_suid() to file_remove_suid()Miklos Szeredi
All calls to remove_suid() are made with a file pointer, because (similarly to file_update_time) it is called when the file is written. Clean up callers by passing in a file instead of a dentry. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
2008-07-26[PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototypeAl Viro
* kill nameidata * argument; map the 3 bits in ->flags anybody cares about to new MAY_... ones and pass with the mask. * kill redundant gfs2_iop_permission() * sanitize ecryptfs_permission() * fix remaining places where ->permission() instances might barf on new MAY_... found in mask. The obvious next target in that direction is permission(9) folded fix for nfs_permission() breakage from Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] sanitize proc_sysctlAl Viro
* keep references to ctl_table_head and ctl_table in /proc/sys inodes * grab the former during operations, use the latter for access to entry if that succeeds * have ->d_compare() check if table should be seen for one who does lookup; that allows us to avoid flipping inodes - if we have the same name resolve to different things, we'll just keep several dentries and ->d_compare() will reject the wrong ones. * have ->lookup() and ->readdir() scan the table of our inode first, then walk all ctl_table_header and scan ->attached_by for those that are attached to our directory. * implement ->getattr(). * get rid of insane amounts of tree-walking * get rid of the need to know dentry in ->permission() and of the contortions induced by that. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] sysctl: keep track of tree relationshipsAl Viro
In a sense, that's the heart of the series. It's based on the following property of the trees we are actually asked to add: they can be split into stem that is already covered by registered trees and crown that is entirely new. IOW, if a/b and a/c/d are introduced by our tree, then a/c is also introduced by it. That allows to associate tree and table entry with each node in the union; while directory nodes might be covered by many trees, only one will cover the node by its crown. And that will allow much saner logics for /proc/sys in the next patches. This patch introduces the data structures needed to keep track of that. When adding a sysctl table, we find a "parent" one. Which is to say, find the deepest node on its stem that already is present in one of the tables from our table set or its ancestor sets. That table will be our parent and that node in it - attachment point. Add our table to list anchored in parent, have it refer the parent and contents of attachment point. Also remember where its crown lives. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] sysctl: make sure that /proc/sys/net/ipv4 appears before per-ns onesAl Viro
Massage ipv4 initialization - make sure that net.ipv4 appears as non-per-net-namespace before it shows up in per-net-namespace sysctls. That's the only change outside of sysctl.c needed to get sane ordering rules and data structures for sysctls (esp. for procfs side of that mess). Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] allow delayed freeing of ctl_table_headerAl Viro
Refcount the sucker; instead of freeing it by the end of unregistration just drop the refcount and free only when it hits zero. Make sure that we _always_ make ->unregistering non-NULL in start_unregistering(). That allows anybody to get a reference to such puppy, preventing its freeing and reuse. It does *not* block unregistration. Anybody who holds such a reference can * try to grab a "use" reference (ctl_head_grab()); that will succeeds if and only if it hadn't entered unregistration yet. If it succeeds, we can use it in all normal ways until we release the "use" reference (with ctl_head_finish()). Note that this relies on having ->unregistering become non-NULL in all cases when one starts to unregister the sucker. * keep pointers to ctl_table entries; they *can* be freed if the entire thing is unregistered. However, if ctl_head_grab() succeeds, we know that unregistration had not happened (and will not happen until ctl_head_finish()) and such pointers can be used safely. IOW, now we can have inodes under /proc/sys keep references to ctl_table entries, protecting them with references to ctl_table_header and grabbing the latter for the duration of operations that require access to ctl_table. That won't cause deadlocks, since unregistration will not be stopped by mere keeping a reference to ctl_table_header. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] beginning of sysctl cleanup - ctl_table_setAl Viro
New object: set of sysctls [currently - root and per-net-ns]. Contains: pointer to parent set, list of tables and "should I see this set?" method (->is_seen(set)). Current lists of tables are subsumed by that; net-ns contains such a beast. ->lookup() for ctl_table_root returns pointer to ctl_table_set instead of that to ->list of that ctl_table_set. [folded compile fixes by rdd for configs without sysctl] Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>