linux-toradex.git/include/linux/fs.h, branch v2.6.29

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

2009-02-19T02:33:04+00:00

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block:
  block: fix deadlock in blk_abort_queue() for drivers that readd to timeout list
  block: fix booting from partitioned md array
  block: revert part of 18ce3751ccd488c78d3827e9f6bf54e6322676fb
  cciss: PCI power management reset for kexec
  paride/pg.c: xs(): &&/|| confusion
  fs/bio: bio_alloc_bioset: pass right object ptr to mempool_free
  block: fix bad definition of BIO_RW_SYNC
  bsg: Fix sense buffer bug in SG_IO

vfs: separate FMODE_PREAD/FMODE_PWRITE into separate flags

2009-02-18T23:37:53+00:00

Separate FMODE_PREAD and FMODE_PWRITE into separate flags to reflect the
reality that the read and write paths may have independent restrictions.

A git grep verifies that these flags are always cleared together so this
new behavior will only apply to interfaces that change to clear flags
individually.

This is required for "seq_file: properly cope with pread", a post-2.6.25
regression fix.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: add comment]
Signed-off-by: Paul Turner 
Cc: Eric Biederman 
Cc:  Alexey Dobriyan 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: 		[2.6.25.x, 2.6.26.x, 2.6.27.x, 2.6.28.x]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

block: fix bad definition of BIO_RW_SYNC

2009-02-18T09:32:00+00:00

We can't OR shift values, so get rid of BIO_RW_SYNC and use BIO_RW_SYNCIO
and BIO_RW_UNPLUG explicitly. This brings back the behaviour from before
213d9417fec62ef4c3675621b9364a667954d4dd.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

filesystem freeze: implement generic freeze feature

2009-01-10T00:54:42+00:00

The ioctls for the generic freeze feature are below.
o Freeze the filesystem
  int ioctl(int fd, int FIFREEZE, arg)
    fd: The file descriptor of the mountpoint
    FIFREEZE: request code for the freeze
    arg: Ignored
    Return value: 0 if the operation succeeds. Otherwise, -1

o Unfreeze the filesystem
  int ioctl(int fd, int FITHAW, arg)
    fd: The file descriptor of the mountpoint
    FITHAW: request code for unfreeze
    arg: Ignored
    Return value: 0 if the operation succeeds. Otherwise, -1
    Error number: If the filesystem has already been unfrozen,
                  errno is set to EINVAL.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix CONFIG_BLOCK=n]
Signed-off-by: Takashi Sato 
Signed-off-by: Masayuki Hamaguchi 
Cc: 
Cc: 
Cc: Christoph Hellwig 
Cc: Dave Kleikamp 
Cc: Dave Chinner 
Cc: Alasdair G Kergon 
Cc: Al Viro 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

filesystem freeze: add error handling of write_super_lockfs/unlockfs

2009-01-10T00:54:42+00:00

Currently, ext3 in mainline Linux doesn't have the freeze feature which
suspends write requests.  So, we cannot take a backup which keeps the
filesystem's consistency with the storage device's features (snapshot and
replication) while it is mounted.

In many case, a commercial filesystem (e.g.  VxFS) has the freeze feature
and it would be used to get the consistent backup.

If Linux's standard filesystem ext3 has the freeze feature, we can do it
without a commercial filesystem.

So I have implemented the ioctls of the freeze feature.
I think we can take the consistent backup with the following steps.
1. Freeze the filesystem with the freeze ioctl.
2. Separate the replication volume or create the snapshot
   with the storage device's feature.
3. Unfreeze the filesystem with the unfreeze ioctl.
4. Take the backup from the separated replication volume
   or the snapshot.

This patch:

VFS:
Changed the type of write_super_lockfs and unlockfs from "void"
to "int" so that they can return an error.
Rename write_super_lockfs and unlockfs of the super block operation
freeze_fs and unfreeze_fs to avoid a confusion.

ext3, ext4, xfs, gfs2, jfs:
Changed the type of write_super_lockfs and unlockfs from "void"
to "int" so that write_super_lockfs returns an error if needed,
and unlockfs always returns 0.

reiserfs:
Changed the type of write_super_lockfs and unlockfs from "void"
to "int" so that they always return 0 (success) to keep a current behavior.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Sato 
Signed-off-by: Masayuki Hamaguchi 
Cc: 
Cc: 
Cc: Christoph Hellwig 
Cc: Dave Kleikamp 
Cc: Dave Chinner 
Cc: Alasdair G Kergon 
Cc: Al Viro 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4

2009-01-09T01:14:59+00:00

* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (57 commits)
  jbd2: Fix oops in jbd2_journal_init_inode() on corrupted fs
  ext4: Remove "extents" mount option
  block: Add Kconfig help which notes that ext4 needs CONFIG_LBD
  ext4: Make printk's consistently prefixed with "EXT4-fs: "
  ext4: Add sanity checks for the superblock before mounting the filesystem
  ext4: Add mount option to set kjournald's I/O priority
  jbd2: Submit writes to the journal using WRITE_SYNC
  jbd2: Add pid and journal device name to the "kjournald2 starting" message
  ext4: Add markers for better debuggability
  ext4: Remove code to create the journal inode
  ext4: provide function to release metadata pages under memory pressure
  ext3: provide function to release metadata pages under memory pressure
  add releasepage hooks to block devices which can be used by file systems
  ext4: Fix s_dirty_blocks_counter if block allocation failed with nodelalloc
  ext4: Init the complete page while building buddy cache
  ext4: Don't allow new groups to be added during block allocation
  ext4: mark the blocks/inode bitmap beyond end of group as used
  ext4: Use new buffer_head flag to check uninit group bitmaps initialization
  ext4: Fix the race between read_inode_bitmap() and ext4_new_inode()
  ext4: code cleanup
  ...

async: make the final inode deletion an asynchronous event

2009-01-07T16:47:24+00:00

this makes "rm -rf" on a (names cached) kernel tree go from
11.6 to 8.6 seconds on an ext3 filesystem

Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven

fs: sys_sync fix

2009-01-06T23:59:09+00:00

s_syncing livelock avoidance was breaking data integrity guarantee of
sys_sync, by allowing sys_sync to skip writing or waiting for superblocks
if there is a concurrent sys_sync happening.

This livelock avoidance is much less important now that we don't have the
get_super_to_sync() call after every sb that we sync.  This was replaced
by __put_super_and_need_restart.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw

2009-01-06T02:52:54+00:00

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw: (27 commits)
  GFS2: Use DEFINE_SPINLOCK
  GFS2: Fix use-after-free bug on umount (try #2)
  Revert "GFS2: Fix use-after-free bug on umount"
  GFS2: Streamline alloc calculations for writes
  GFS2: Send useful information with uevent messages
  GFS2: Fix use-after-free bug on umount
  GFS2: Remove ancient, unused code
  GFS2: Move four functions from super.c
  GFS2: Fix bug in gfs2_lock_fs_check_clean()
  GFS2: Send some sensible sysfs stuff
  GFS2: Kill two daemons with one patch
  GFS2: Move gfs2_recoverd into recovery.c
  GFS2: Fix "truncate in progress" hang
  GFS2: Clean up & move gfs2_quotad
  GFS2: Add more detail to debugfs glock dumps
  GFS2: Banish struct gfs2_rgrpd_host
  GFS2: Move rg_free from gfs2_rgrpd_host to gfs2_rgrpd
  GFS2: Move rg_igeneration into struct gfs2_rgrpd
  GFS2: Banish struct gfs2_dinode_host
  GFS2: Move i_size from gfs2_dinode_host and rename it to i_disksize
  ...

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

2009-01-06T02:32:06+00:00

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6:
  inotify: fix type errors in interfaces
  fix breakage in reiserfs_new_inode()
  fix the treatment of jfs special inodes
  vfs: remove duplicate code in get_fs_type()
  add a vfs_fsync helper
  sys_execve and sys_uselib do not call into fsnotify
  zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation
  inode->i_op is never NULL
  ntfs: don't NULL i_op
  isofs check for NULL ->i_op in root directory is dead code
  affs: do not zero ->i_op
  kill suid bit only for regular files
  vfs: lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR) race condition