linux-toradex.git/fs/bad_inode.c, branch v3.0.73 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules bad_inode_permission() is safe from RCU mode 2011-06-20T14:44:00+00:00 Al Viro viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk 2011-06-18T23:59:04+00:00 1712c20dae7b770b62b2e3272100b3b40af0157c return -EIO; is *not* a blocking operation, thank you very much. Nick, what the hell have you been smoking? Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> 
return -EIO; is *not* a blocking operation, thank you very much.
Nick, what the hell have you been smoking?

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
fs: provide rcu-walk aware permission i_ops 2011-01-07T06:50:29+00:00 Nick Piggin npiggin@kernel.dk 2011-01-07T06:49:58+00:00 b74c79e99389cd79b31fcc08f82c24e492e63c7e Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk> 
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
bkl: Remove locked .ioctl file operation 2010-08-13T22:24:24+00:00 Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de 2010-07-03T22:15:10+00:00 b19dd42faf413b4705d4adb38521e82d73fa4249 The last user is gone, so we can safely remove this Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> 
The last user is gone, so we can safely remove this

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
drop unused dentry argument to ->fsync 2010-05-28T02:05:02+00:00 Christoph Hellwig hch@lst.de 2010-05-26T15:53:25+00:00 7ea8085910ef3dd4f3cad6845aaa2b580d39b115 Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> 
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
kill ->dir_notify() 2008-12-31T23:07:43+00:00 Al Viro viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk 2008-12-26T05:57:40+00:00 6badd79bd002788aaec27b50a74ab69ef65ab8ee Remove the hopelessly misguided ->dir_notify(). The only instance (cifs) has been broken by design from the very beginning; the objects it creates are never destroyed, keep references to struct file they can outlive, nothing that could possibly evict them exists on close(2) path *and* no locking whatsoever is done to prevent races with close(), should the previous, er, deficiencies someday be dealt with. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> 
Remove the hopelessly misguided ->dir_notify().  The only instance (cifs)
has been broken by design from the very beginning; the objects it creates
are never destroyed, keep references to struct file they can outlive, nothing
that could possibly evict them exists on close(2) path *and* no locking
whatsoever is done to prevent races with close(), should the previous, er,
deficiencies someday be dealt with.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
[PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototype 2008-07-27T00:53:14+00:00 Al Viro viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk 2008-07-16T01:03:57+00:00 e6305c43eda10ebfd2ad9e35d6e172ccc7bb3695 * 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> 
* 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>
iget: introduce a function to register iget failure 2008-02-07T16:42:26+00:00 David Howells dhowells@redhat.com 2008-02-07T08:15:27+00:00 b46980feed937868d3333514028bfbe9a651e4ca Introduce a function to register failure in an inode construction path. This includes marking the inode under construction as bad, unlocking it and releasing it. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
Introduce a function to register failure in an inode construction path.  This
includes marking the inode under construction as bad, unlocking it and
releasing it.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
sendfile: remove bad_sendfile() from bad_file_ops 2007-07-10T06:04:15+00:00 Jens Axboe jens.axboe@oracle.com 2007-06-04T08:25:05+00:00 d6f517568f9f5c26e7404a336c7289d5b4b293ec do_sendfile() prefers splice over sendfile, so it should not trigger (directly, at least). Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> 
do_sendfile() prefers splice over sendfile, so it should not trigger
(directly, at least).

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08T18:15:07+00:00 Randy Dunlap randy.dunlap@oracle.com 2007-05-08T07:28:08+00:00 e63340ae6b6205fef26b40a75673d1c9c0c8bb90 Remove includes of <linux/smp_lock.h> where it is not used/needed. Suggested by Al Viro. Builds cleanly on x86_64, i386, alpha, ia64, powerpc, sparc, sparc64, and arm (all 59 defconfigs). Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
Remove includes of <linux/smp_lock.h> where it is not used/needed.
Suggested by Al Viro.

Builds cleanly on x86_64, i386, alpha, ia64, powerpc, sparc,
sparc64, and arm (all 59 defconfigs).

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
[PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 1 2007-02-12T17:48:46+00:00 Arjan van de Ven arjan@linux.intel.com 2007-02-12T08:55:38+00:00 754661f143e70d66eae6c48532ca245aa05dec0e 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> 
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>