linux-toradex.git/block, branch v3.5-rc2

block: avoid infinite loop in get_task_io_context()

2012-05-31T11:39:05+00:00

Calling get_task_io_context() on a exiting task which isn't %current can
loop forever. This triggers at boot time on my dev machine.

BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 22s ! [mountall.1603]

Fix this by making create_task_io_context() returns -EBUSY in this case
to break the loop.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet 
Cc: Tejun Heo 
Cc: Andrew Morton 
Cc: Alan Cox 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Merge branch 'for-3.5/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block

2012-05-30T15:52:42+00:00

Merge block/IO core bits from Jens Axboe:
 "This is a bit bigger on the core side than usual, but that is purely
  because we decided to hold off on parts of Tejun's submission on 3.4
  to give it a bit more time to simmer.  As a consequence, it's seen a
  long cycle in for-next.

  It contains:

   - Bug fix from Dan, wrong locking type.
   - Relax splice gifting restriction from Eric.
   - A ton of updates from Tejun, primarily for blkcg.  This improves
     the code a lot, making the API nicer and cleaner, and also includes
     fixes for how we handle and tie policies and re-activate on
     switches.  The changes also include generic bug fixes.
   - A simple fix from Vivek, along with a fix for doing proper delayed
     allocation of the blkcg stats."

Fix up annoying conflict just due to different merge resolution in
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

* 'for-3.5/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (92 commits)
  blkcg: tg_stats_alloc_lock is an irq lock
  vmsplice: relax alignement requirements for SPLICE_F_GIFT
  blkcg: use radix tree to index blkgs from blkcg
  blkcg: fix blkcg->css ref leak in __blkg_lookup_create()
  block: fix elvpriv allocation failure handling
  block: collapse blk_alloc_request() into get_request()
  blkcg: collapse blkcg_policy_ops into blkcg_policy
  blkcg: embed struct blkg_policy_data in policy specific data
  blkcg: mass rename of blkcg API
  blkcg: style cleanups for blk-cgroup.h
  blkcg: remove blkio_group->path[]
  blkcg: blkg_rwstat_read() was missing inline
  blkcg: shoot down blkgs if all policies are deactivated
  blkcg: drop stuff unused after per-queue policy activation update
  blkcg: implement per-queue policy activation
  blkcg: add request_queue->root_blkg
  blkcg: make request_queue bypassing on allocation
  blkcg: make sure blkg_lookup() returns %NULL if @q is bypassing
  blkcg: make blkg_conf_prep() take @pol and return with queue lock held
  blkcg: remove static policy ID enums
  ...

blkcg: tg_stats_alloc_lock is an irq lock

2012-05-23T10:16:21+00:00

tg_stats_alloc_lock nests inside queue lock and should always be held
with irq disabled.  throtl_pd_{init|exit}() were using non-irqsafe
spinlock ops which triggered inverse lock ordering via irq warning via
RCU freeing of blkg invoking throtl_pd_exit() w/o disabling IRQ.

Update both functions to use irq safe operations.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo 
Reported-by: Sasha Levin 
LKML-Reference: <1335339396.16988.80.camel@lappy>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Merge branch 'for-3.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup

2012-05-23T00:40:19+00:00

Pull cgroup updates from Tejun Heo:
 "cgroup file type addition / removal is updated so that file types are
  added and removed instead of individual files so that dynamic file
  type addition / removal can be implemented by cgroup and used by
  controllers.  blkio controller changes which will come through block
  tree are dependent on this.  Other changes include res_counter cleanup
  and disallowing kthread / PF_THREAD_BOUND threads to be attached to
  non-root cgroups.

  There's a reported bug with the file type addition / removal handling
  which can lead to oops on cgroup umount.  The issue is being looked
  into.  It shouldn't cause problems for most setups and isn't a
  security concern."

Fix up trivial conflict in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

* 'for-3.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup: (21 commits)
  res_counter: Account max_usage when calling res_counter_charge_nofail()
  res_counter: Merge res_counter_charge and res_counter_charge_nofail
  cgroups: disallow attaching kthreadd or PF_THREAD_BOUND threads
  cgroup: remove cgroup_subsys->populate()
  cgroup: get rid of populate for memcg
  cgroup: pass struct mem_cgroup instead of struct cgroup to socket memcg
  cgroup: make css->refcnt clearing on cgroup removal optional
  cgroup: use negative bias on css->refcnt to block css_tryget()
  cgroup: implement cgroup_rm_cftypes()
  cgroup: introduce struct cfent
  cgroup: relocate __d_cgrp() and __d_cft()
  cgroup: remove cgroup_add_file[s]()
  cgroup: convert memcg controller to the new cftype interface
  memcg: always create memsw files if CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP
  cgroup: convert all non-memcg controllers to the new cftype interface
  cgroup: relocate cftype and cgroup_subsys definitions in controllers
  cgroup: merge cft_release_agent cftype array into the base files array
  cgroup: implement cgroup_add_cftypes() and friends
  cgroup: build list of all cgroups under a given cgroupfs_root
  cgroup: move cgroup_clear_directory() call out of cgroup_populate_dir()
  ...

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux

2012-05-21T19:41:17+00:00

Pull s390 updates from Martin Schwidefsky:
 "Just a random collection of bug-fixes and cleanups, nothing new in
  this merge request."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux: (46 commits)
  s390/ap: Fix wrong or missing comments
  s390/ap: move receive callback to message struct
  s390/dasd: re-prioritize partition detection message
  s390/qeth: reshuffle initialization
  s390/qeth: cleanup drv attr usage
  s390/claw: cleanup drv attr usage
  s390/lcs: cleanup drv attr usage
  s390/ctc: cleanup drv attr usage
  s390/ccwgroup: remove ccwgroup_create_from_string
  s390/qeth: stop using struct ccwgroup driver for discipline callbacks
  s390/qeth: switch to ccwgroup_create_dev
  s390/claw: switch to ccwgroup_create_dev
  s390/lcs: switch to ccwgroup_create_dev
  s390/ctcm: switch to ccwgroup_create_dev
  s390/ccwgroup: exploit ccwdev_by_dev_id
  s390/ccwgroup: introduce ccwgroup_create_dev
  s390: fix race on TIF_MCCK_PENDING
  s390/barrier: make use of fast-bcr facility
  s390/barrier: cleanup barrier functions
  s390/claw: remove "eieio" calls
  ...

s390/dasd: re-prioritize partition detection message

2012-05-16T12:42:51+00:00

To avoid confusion while formatting a DASD device change the level of
the "Expected VOL1 label not found" message from warning to info.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Haberland 
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

block: fix buffer overflow when printing partition UUIDs

2012-05-15T06:22:04+00:00

6d1d8050b4bc8 "block, partition: add partition_meta_info to hd_struct"
added part_unpack_uuid() which assumes that the passed in buffer has
enough space for sprintfing "%pU" - 37 characters including '\0'.

Unfortunately, b5af921ec0233 "init: add support for root devices
specified by partition UUID" supplied 33 bytes buffer to the function
leading to the following panic with stackprotector enabled.

  Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack corrupted in: ffffffff81b14c7e

  [] panic+0xba/0x1c6
  [] ? printk_all_partitions+0x259/0x26xb
  [] __stack_chk_fail+0x1b/0x20
  [] printk_all_paritions+0x259/0x26xb
  [] mount_block_root+0x1bc/0x27f
  [] mount_root+0x57/0x5b
  [] prepare_namespace+0x13d/0x176
  [] ? release_tgcred.isra.4+0x330/0x30
  [] kernel_init+0x155/0x15a
  [] ? schedule_tail+0x27/0xb0
  [] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x10
  [] ? start_kernel+0x3c5/0x3c5
  [] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13

Increase the buffer size, remove the dangerous part_unpack_uuid() and
use snprintf() directly from printk_all_partitions().

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo 
Reported-by: Szymon Gruszczynski 
Cc: Will Drewry 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Merge tag 'v3.4-rc5' into for-3.5/core

2012-05-01T12:29:55+00:00

The core branch is behind driver commits that we want to build
on for 3.5, hence I'm pulling in a later -rc.

Linux 3.4-rc5

Conflicts:
	Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

blkcg: use radix tree to index blkgs from blkcg

2012-04-20T08:06:40+00:00

blkg lookup is currently performed by traversing linked list anchored
at blkcg->blkg_list.  This is very unscalable and with blk-throttle
enabled and enough request queues on the system, this can get very
ugly quickly (blk-throttle performs look up on every bio submission).

This patch makes blkcg use radix tree to index blkgs combined with
simple last-looked-up hint.  This is mostly identical to how icqs are
indexed from ioc.

Note that because __blkg_lookup() may be invoked without holding queue
lock, hint is only updated from __blkg_lookup_create().  Due to cfq's
cfqq caching, this makes hint updates overly lazy.  This will be
improved with scheduled blkcg aware request allocation.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo 
Cc: Vivek Goyal 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

blkcg: fix blkcg->css ref leak in __blkg_lookup_create()

2012-04-20T08:06:40+00:00

__blkg_lookup_create() leaked blkcg->css ref if blkg allocation
failed.  Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo 
Cc: Vivek Goyal 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe