linux-toradex.git/fs/nilfs2/segment.h, branch v3.11.4

nilfs2: get rid of private page allocator

2011-05-10T13:21:44+00:00

Previously, nilfs was cloning pages for mmapped region to freeze their
data and ensure consistency of checksum during writeback cycles.  A
private page allocator was used for this page cloning.  But, we no
longer need to do that since clear_page_dirty_for_io function sets up
pte so that vm_ops->page_mkwrite function is called right before the
mmapped pages are modified and nilfs_page_mkwrite function can safely
wait for the pages to be written back to disk.

So, this stops making a copy of mmapped pages during writeback, and
eliminates the private page allocation and deallocation functions from
nilfs.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: get rid of nilfs_sb_info structure

2011-03-09T02:54:26+00:00

This directly uses sb->s_fs_info to keep a nilfs filesystem object and
fully removes the intermediate nilfs_sb_info structure.  With this
change, the hierarchy of on-memory structures of nilfs will be
simplified as follows:

Before:
  super_block
       -> nilfs_sb_info
             -> the_nilfs
                   -> cptree --+-> nilfs_root (current file system)
                               +-> nilfs_root (snapshot A)
                               +-> nilfs_root (snapshot B)
                               :
             -> nilfs_sc_info (log writer structure)
After:
  super_block
       -> the_nilfs
             -> cptree --+-> nilfs_root (current file system)
                         +-> nilfs_root (snapshot A)
                         +-> nilfs_root (snapshot B)
                         :
             -> nilfs_sc_info (log writer structure)

The reason why we didn't design so from the beginning is because the
initial shape also differed from the above.  The early hierachy was
composed of "per-mount-point" super_block -> nilfs_sb_info pairs and a
shared nilfs object.  On the kernel 2.6.37, it was changed to the
current shape in order to unify super block instances into one per
device, and this cleanup became applicable as the result.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: use sb instance instead of nilfs_sb_info struct

2011-03-09T02:05:08+00:00

This replaces sbi uses with direct reference to sb instance.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: get rid of sc_sbi back pointer

2011-03-09T02:05:08+00:00

Removes sci->sc_sbi which is a back pointer to nilfs_sb_info struct
from log writer object (nilfs_sc_info).

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: use root object to get ifile

2010-10-23T00:24:35+00:00

This rewrites functions using ifile so that they get ifile from
nilfs_root object, and will remove sbi->s_ifile.  Some functions that
don't know the root object are extended to receive it from caller.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: keep zero value in i_cno except for gc-inodes

2010-10-23T00:24:33+00:00

On-memory inode structures of nilfs have a member "i_cno" which stores
a checkpoint number related to the inode.  For gc-inodes, this field
indicates version of data each gc-inode caches for GC.  Log writer
temporarily uses "i_cno" to transfer the latest checkpoint number.

This stops the latter use and lets only gc-inodes use it.

The purpose of this patch is to allow the successive change use
"i_cno" for inode lookup.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: rename nilfs_recover_logical_segments function

2010-07-23T01:02:09+00:00

The function name of nilfs_recover_logical_segments makes no sense.
This changes the name into nilfs_salvage_orphan_logs to clarify the
role of the function.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: refactor recovery logic routines

2010-07-23T01:02:08+00:00

Most functions in recovery code take an argument of a super block
instance or a nilfs_sb_info struct for convenience sake.

This replaces them aggressively with a nilfs object by applying
__bread and __breadahead against routines using sb_bread and
sb_breadahead.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: remove obsolete declarations of cache constructor and destructor

2010-05-31T11:50:29+00:00

The commit 41c88bd7 ("nilfs2: cleanup multi
kmem_cache_{create,destroy} code") consolidated slab constructors and
destructors used in nilfs, but it left some declarations in header
files.

This gets rid of the obsolete declarations.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: change sc_timer from a pointer to an embedded one in struct nilfs_sc_info

2010-05-10T02:32:31+00:00

In nilfs_segctor_thread(), timer is a local variable allocated on stack. Its
address can't be set to sci->sc_timer and passed in several procedures.

It works now by chance, just because other procedures are called by
nilfs_segctor_thread() directly or indirectly and the stack hasn't been
deallocated yet.

Signed-off-by: Li Hong 
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi