linux-toradex.git/fs/affs/super.c, branch v3.4.43

switch open-coded instances of d_make_root() to new helper

2012-03-21T01:29:35+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

vfs: fix the stupidity with i_dentry in inode destructors

2012-01-04T03:52:40+00:00

Seeing that just about every destructor got that INIT_LIST_HEAD() copied into
it, there is no point whatsoever keeping this INIT_LIST_HEAD in inode_init_once();
the cost of taking it into inode_init_always() will be negligible for pipes
and sockets and negative for everything else.  Not to mention the removal of
boilerplate code from ->destroy_inode() instances...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

switch affs

2011-01-13T01:03:42+00:00

either d_op instance would work for root, actually...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

fs: dcache reduce branches in lookup path

2011-01-07T06:50:28+00:00

Reduce some branches and memory accesses in dcache lookup by adding dentry
flags to indicate common d_ops are set, rather than having to check them.
This saves a pointer memory access (dentry->d_op) in common path lookup
situations, and saves another pointer load and branch in cases where we
have d_op but not the particular operation.

Patched with:

git grep -E '[.>]([[:space:]])*d_op([[:space:]])*=' | xargs sed -e 's/\([^\t ]*\)->d_op = \(.*\);/d_set_d_op(\1, \2);/' -e 's/\([^\t ]*\)\.d_op = \(.*\);/d_set_d_op(\&\1, \2);/' -i

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin

fs: icache RCU free inodes

2011-01-07T06:50:26+00:00

RCU free the struct inode. This will allow:

- Subsequent store-free path walking patch. The inode must be consulted for
  permissions when walking, so an RCU inode reference is a must.
- sb_inode_list_lock to be moved inside i_lock because sb list walkers who want
  to take i_lock no longer need to take sb_inode_list_lock to walk the list in
  the first place. This will simplify and optimize locking.
- Could remove some nested trylock loops in dcache code
- Could potentially simplify things a bit in VM land. Do not need to take the
  page lock to follow page->mapping.

The downsides of this is the performance cost of using RCU. In a simple
creat/unlink microbenchmark, performance drops by about 10% due to inability to
reuse cache-hot slab objects. As iterations increase and RCU freeing starts
kicking over, this increases to about 20%.

In cases where inode lifetimes are longer (ie. many inodes may be allocated
during the average life span of a single inode), a lot of this cache reuse is
not applicable, so the regression caused by this patch is smaller.

The cache-hot regression could largely be avoided by using SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU,
however this adds some complexity to list walking and store-free path walking,
so I prefer to implement this at a later date, if it is shown to be a win in
real situations. I haven't found a regression in any non-micro benchmark so I
doubt it will be a problem.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin

new helper: mount_bdev()

2010-10-29T08:16:13+00:00

... and switch of the obvious get_sb_bdev() users to ->mount()

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

Merge branch 'vfs' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl

2010-10-22T17:52:01+00:00

* 'vfs' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl: (30 commits)
  BKL: remove BKL from freevxfs
  BKL: remove BKL from qnx4
  autofs4: Only declare function when CONFIG_COMPAT is defined
  autofs: Only declare function when CONFIG_COMPAT is defined
  ncpfs: Lock socket in ncpfs while setting its callbacks
  fs/locks.c: prepare for BKL removal
  BKL: Remove BKL from ncpfs
  BKL: Remove BKL from OCFS2
  BKL: Remove BKL from squashfs
  BKL: Remove BKL from jffs2
  BKL: Remove BKL from ecryptfs
  BKL: Remove BKL from afs
  BKL: Remove BKL from USB gadgetfs
  BKL: Remove BKL from autofs4
  BKL: Remove BKL from isofs
  BKL: Remove BKL from fat
  BKL: Remove BKL from ext2 filesystem
  BKL: Remove BKL from do_new_mount()
  BKL: Remove BKL from cgroup
  BKL: Remove BKL from NTFS
  ...

affs: Use sema_init instead of init_MUTEX

2010-10-12T15:39:25+00:00

Get rid of init_MUTE() and use sema_init() instead.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Christoph Hellwig 
Cc: Al Viro 
LKML-Reference: <20100907125056.511395595@linutronix.de>

BKL: Remove BKL from Amiga FFS

2010-10-04T19:10:34+00:00

The BKL is only used in put_super, fill_super and remount_fs that are all
three protected by the superblocks s_umount rw_semaphore. Therefore it is
safe to remove the BKL entirely.

Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck 
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann

BKL: Explicitly add BKL around get_sb/fill_super

2010-10-04T19:10:10+00:00

This patch is a preparation necessary to remove the BKL from do_new_mount().
It explicitly adds calls to lock_kernel()/unlock_kernel() around
get_sb/fill_super operations for filesystems that still uses the BKL.

I've read through all the code formerly covered by the BKL inside
do_kern_mount() and have satisfied myself that it doesn't need the BKL
any more.

do_kern_mount() is already called without the BKL when mounting the rootfs
and in nfsctl. do_kern_mount() calls vfs_kern_mount(), which is called
from various places without BKL: simple_pin_fs(), nfs_do_clone_mount()
through nfs_follow_mountpoint(), afs_mntpt_do_automount() through
afs_mntpt_follow_link(). Both later functions are actually the filesystems
follow_link inode operation. vfs_kern_mount() is calling the specified
get_sb function and lets the filesystem do its job by calling the given
fill_super function.

Therefore I think it is safe to push down the BKL from the VFS to the
low-level filesystems get_sb/fill_super operation.

[arnd: do not add the BKL to those file systems that already
       don't use it elsewhere]

Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck 
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann 
Cc: Matthew Wilcox 
Cc: Christoph Hellwig