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<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>remove SWRITE* I/O types</title>
<updated>2010-08-18T05:09:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
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<published>2010-08-11T15:06:24+00:00</published>
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These flags aren't real I/O types, but tell ll_rw_block to always
lock the buffer instead of giving up on a failed trylock.

Instead add a new write_dirty_buffer helper that implements this semantic
and use it from the existing SWRITE* callers.  Note that the ll_rw_block
code had a bug where it didn't promote WRITE_SYNC_PLUG properly, which
this patch fixes.

In the ufs code clean up the helper that used to call ll_rw_block
to mirror sync_dirty_buffer, which is the function it implements for
compound buffers.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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These flags aren't real I/O types, but tell ll_rw_block to always
lock the buffer instead of giving up on a failed trylock.

Instead add a new write_dirty_buffer helper that implements this semantic
and use it from the existing SWRITE* callers.  Note that the ll_rw_block
code had a bug where it didn't promote WRITE_SYNC_PLUG properly, which
this patch fixes.

In the ufs code clean up the helper that used to call ll_rw_block
to mirror sync_dirty_buffer, which is the function it implements for
compound buffers.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>kill BH_Ordered flag</title>
<updated>2010-08-18T05:09:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
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<published>2010-08-11T15:05:45+00:00</published>
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Instead of abusing a buffer_head flag just add a variant of
sync_dirty_buffer which allows passing the exact type of write
flag required.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Instead of abusing a buffer_head flag just add a variant of
sync_dirty_buffer which allows passing the exact type of write
flag required.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>get rid of block_write_begin_newtrunc</title>
<updated>2010-08-09T20:47:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
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<published>2010-06-04T09:29:58+00:00</published>
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Move the call to vmtruncate to get rid of accessive blocks to the callers
in preparation of the new truncate sequence and rename the non-truncating
version to block_write_begin.

While we're at it also remove several unused arguments to block_write_begin.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Move the call to vmtruncate to get rid of accessive blocks to the callers
in preparation of the new truncate sequence and rename the non-truncating
version to block_write_begin.

While we're at it also remove several unused arguments to block_write_begin.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<title>introduce __block_write_begin</title>
<updated>2010-08-09T20:47:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
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<published>2010-06-04T09:29:57+00:00</published>
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Split up the block_write_begin implementation - __block_write_begin is a new
trivial wrapper for block_prepare_write that always takes an already
allocated page and can be either called from block_write_begin or filesystem
code that already has a page allocated.  Remove the handling of already
allocated pages from block_write_begin after switching all callers that
do it to __block_write_begin.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Split up the block_write_begin implementation - __block_write_begin is a new
trivial wrapper for block_prepare_write that always takes an already
allocated page and can be either called from block_write_begin or filesystem
code that already has a page allocated.  Remove the handling of already
allocated pages from block_write_begin after switching all callers that
do it to __block_write_begin.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>get rid of cont_write_begin_newtrunc</title>
<updated>2010-08-09T20:47:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
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<published>2010-06-04T09:29:55+00:00</published>
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Move the call to vmtruncate to get rid of accessive blocks to the callers
in preparation of the new truncate sequence and rename the non-truncating
version to cont_write_begin.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Move the call to vmtruncate to get rid of accessive blocks to the callers
in preparation of the new truncate sequence and rename the non-truncating
version to cont_write_begin.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<title>get rid of nobh_write_begin_newtrunc</title>
<updated>2010-08-09T20:47:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
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<published>2010-06-04T09:29:54+00:00</published>
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Move the call to vmtruncate to get rid of accessive blocks to the only
remaining caller and rename the non-truncating version to nobh_write_begin.

Get rid of the superflous file argument to it while we're at it.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Move the call to vmtruncate to get rid of accessive blocks to the only
remaining caller and rename the non-truncating version to nobh_write_begin.

Get rid of the superflous file argument to it while we're at it.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>fs: introduce new truncate sequence</title>
<updated>2010-05-28T02:15:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>npiggin@suse.de</name>
<email>npiggin@suse.de</email>
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<published>2010-05-26T15:05:33+00:00</published>
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Introduce a new truncate calling sequence into fs/mm subsystems. Rather than
setattr &gt; vmtruncate &gt; truncate, have filesystems call their truncate sequence
from -&gt;setattr if filesystem specific operations are required. vmtruncate is
deprecated, and truncate_pagecache and inode_newsize_ok helpers introduced
previously should be used.

simple_setattr is introduced for simple in-ram filesystems to implement
the new truncate sequence. Eventually all filesystems should be converted
to implement a setattr, and the default code in notify_change should go
away.

simple_setsize is also introduced to perform just the ATTR_SIZE portion
of simple_setattr (ie. changing i_size and trimming pagecache).

To implement the new truncate sequence:
- filesystem specific manipulations (eg freeing blocks) must be done in
  the setattr method rather than -&gt;truncate.
- vmtruncate can not be used by core code to trim blocks past i_size in
  the event of write failure after allocation, so this must be performed
  in the fs code.
- convert usage of helpers block_write_begin, nobh_write_begin,
  cont_write_begin, and *blockdev_direct_IO* to use _newtrunc postfixed
  variants. These avoid calling vmtruncate to trim blocks (see previous).
- inode_setattr should not be used. generic_setattr is a new function
  to be used to copy simple attributes into the generic inode.
- make use of the better opportunity to handle errors with the new sequence.

Big problem with the previous calling sequence: the filesystem is not called
until i_size has already changed.  This means it is not allowed to fail the
call, and also it does not know what the previous i_size was. Also, generic
code calling vmtruncate to truncate allocated blocks in case of error had
no good way to return a meaningful error (or, for example, atomically handle
block deallocation).

Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Acked-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin &lt;npiggin@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Introduce a new truncate calling sequence into fs/mm subsystems. Rather than
setattr &gt; vmtruncate &gt; truncate, have filesystems call their truncate sequence
from -&gt;setattr if filesystem specific operations are required. vmtruncate is
deprecated, and truncate_pagecache and inode_newsize_ok helpers introduced
previously should be used.

simple_setattr is introduced for simple in-ram filesystems to implement
the new truncate sequence. Eventually all filesystems should be converted
to implement a setattr, and the default code in notify_change should go
away.

simple_setsize is also introduced to perform just the ATTR_SIZE portion
of simple_setattr (ie. changing i_size and trimming pagecache).

To implement the new truncate sequence:
- filesystem specific manipulations (eg freeing blocks) must be done in
  the setattr method rather than -&gt;truncate.
- vmtruncate can not be used by core code to trim blocks past i_size in
  the event of write failure after allocation, so this must be performed
  in the fs code.
- convert usage of helpers block_write_begin, nobh_write_begin,
  cont_write_begin, and *blockdev_direct_IO* to use _newtrunc postfixed
  variants. These avoid calling vmtruncate to trim blocks (see previous).
- inode_setattr should not be used. generic_setattr is a new function
  to be used to copy simple attributes into the generic inode.
- make use of the better opportunity to handle errors with the new sequence.

Big problem with the previous calling sequence: the filesystem is not called
until i_size has already changed.  This means it is not allowed to fail the
call, and also it does not know what the previous i_size was. Also, generic
code calling vmtruncate to truncate allocated blocks in case of error had
no good way to return a meaningful error (or, for example, atomically handle
block deallocation).

Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Acked-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin &lt;npiggin@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6</title>
<updated>2010-05-22T02:37:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2010-05-22T02:37:45+00:00</published>
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (69 commits)
  fix handling of offsets in cris eeprom.c, get rid of fake on-stack files
  get rid of home-grown mutex in cris eeprom.c
  switch ecryptfs_write() to struct inode *, kill on-stack fake files
  switch ecryptfs_get_locked_page() to struct inode *
  simplify access to ecryptfs inodes in -&gt;readpage() and friends
  AFS: Don't put struct file on the stack
  Ban ecryptfs over ecryptfs
  logfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  ufs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  udf: replace inode uid,gid,mode init with helper
  ubifs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  sysv: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  reiserfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  ramfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  omfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  bfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  ocfs2: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  nilfs2: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  minix: replace inode uid,gid,mode init with helper
  ext4: replace inode uid,gid,mode init with helper
  ...

Trivial conflict in fs/fs-writeback.c (mark bitfields unsigned)
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (69 commits)
  fix handling of offsets in cris eeprom.c, get rid of fake on-stack files
  get rid of home-grown mutex in cris eeprom.c
  switch ecryptfs_write() to struct inode *, kill on-stack fake files
  switch ecryptfs_get_locked_page() to struct inode *
  simplify access to ecryptfs inodes in -&gt;readpage() and friends
  AFS: Don't put struct file on the stack
  Ban ecryptfs over ecryptfs
  logfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  ufs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  udf: replace inode uid,gid,mode init with helper
  ubifs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  sysv: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  reiserfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  ramfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  omfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  bfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  ocfs2: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  nilfs2: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  minix: replace inode uid,gid,mode init with helper
  ext4: replace inode uid,gid,mode init with helper
  ...

Trivial conflict in fs/fs-writeback.c (mark bitfields unsigned)
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<entry>
<title>new helper: iterate_supers()</title>
<updated>2010-05-21T22:31:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
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<published>2010-03-23T10:06:58+00:00</published>
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... and switch the simple "loop over superblocks and do something"
loops to it.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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... and switch the simple "loop over superblocks and do something"
loops to it.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Convert simple loops over superblocks to list_for_each_entry_safe</title>
<updated>2010-05-21T22:31:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
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<published>2010-03-23T00:09:33+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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