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2010-10-26mm: add account_page_writeback()Michael Rubin
To help developers and applications gain visibility into writeback behaviour this patch adds two counters to /proc/vmstat. # grep nr_dirtied /proc/vmstat nr_dirtied 3747 # grep nr_written /proc/vmstat nr_written 3618 These entries allow user apps to understand writeback behaviour over time and learn how it is impacting their performance. Currently there is no way to inspect dirty and writeback speed over time. It's not possible for nr_dirty/nr_writeback. These entries are necessary to give visibility into writeback behaviour. We have /proc/diskstats which lets us understand the io in the block layer. We have blktrace for more in depth understanding. We have e2fsprogs and debugsfs to give insight into the file systems behaviour, but we don't offer our users the ability understand what writeback is doing. There is no way to know how active it is over the whole system, if it's falling behind or to quantify it's efforts. With these values exported users can easily see how much data applications are sending through writeback and also at what rates writeback is processing this data. Comparing the rates of change between the two allow developers to see when writeback is not able to keep up with incoming traffic and the rate of dirty memory being sent to the IO back end. This allows folks to understand their io workloads and track kernel issues. Non kernel engineers at Google often use these counters to solve puzzling performance problems. Patch #4 adds a pernode vmstat file with nr_dirtied and nr_written Patch #5 add writeback thresholds to /proc/vmstat Currently these values are in debugfs. But they should be promoted to /proc since they are useful for developers who are writing databases and file servers and are not debugging the kernel. The output is as below: # grep threshold /proc/vmstat nr_pages_dirty_threshold 409111 nr_pages_dirty_background_threshold 818223 This patch: This allows code outside of the mm core to safely manipulate page writeback state and not worry about the other accounting. Not using these routines means that some code will lose track of the accounting and we get bugs. Modify nilfs2 to use interface. Signed-off-by: Michael Rubin <mrubin@google.com> Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Cc: KONISHI Ryusuke <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: Jiro SEKIBA <jir@unicus.jp> Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-23Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ryusuke/nilfs2 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ryusuke/nilfs2: (36 commits) nilfs2: eliminate sparse warning - "context imbalance" nilfs2: eliminate sparse warnings - "symbol not declared" nilfs2: get rid of bdi from nilfs object nilfs2: change license of exported header file nilfs2: add bdev freeze/thaw support nilfs2: accept 64-bit checkpoint numbers in cp mount option nilfs2: remove own inode allocator and destructor for metadata files nilfs2: get rid of back pointer to writable sb instance nilfs2: get rid of mi_nilfs back pointer to nilfs object nilfs2: see state of root dentry for mount check of snapshots nilfs2: use iget for all metadata files nilfs2: get rid of GCDAT inode nilfs2: add routines to redirect access to buffers of DAT file nilfs2: add routines to roll back state of DAT file nilfs2: add routines to save and restore bmap state nilfs2: do not allocate nilfs_mdt_info structure to gc-inodes nilfs2: allow nilfs_clear_inode to clear metadata file inodes nilfs2: get rid of snapshot mount flag nilfs2: simplify life cycle management of nilfs object nilfs2: do not allocate multiple super block instances for a device ...
2010-10-23nilfs2: eliminate sparse warning - "context imbalance"Jiro SEKIBA
insert sparse annotations to fix following sparse warning. fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2681:3: warning: context imbalance in 'nilfs_segctor_kill_thread' - unexpected unlock nilfs_segctor_kill_thread is only called inside sc_state_lock lock. sparse doesn't detect the context and warn "unexpected unlock". __acquires/__releases pretend to lock/unlock the sc_state_lock for sparse. Signed-off-by: Jiro SEKIBA <jir@unicus.jp> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: eliminate sparse warnings - "symbol not declared"Jiro SEKIBA
change nilfs_dat_commit_free and nilfs_inode_cachep static to fix following warnings fs/nilfs2/super.c:72:19: warning: symbol 'nilfs_inode_cachep' was not declared. Should it be static? fs/nilfs2/dat.c:106:6: warning: symbol 'nilfs_dat_commit_free' was not declared. Should it be static? Signed-off-by: Jiro SEKIBA <jir@unicus.jp> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: get rid of bdi from nilfs objectRyusuke Konishi
Nilfs now can use sb->s_bdi to get backing_dev_info, so we use it instead of ns_bdi on the nilfs object and remove ns_bdi. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: add bdev freeze/thaw supportRyusuke Konishi
Nilfs hasn't supported the freeze/thaw feature because it didn't work due to the peculiar design that multiple super block instances could be allocated for a device. This limitation was removed by the patch "nilfs2: do not allocate multiple super block instances for a device". So now this adds the freeze/thaw support to nilfs. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: accept 64-bit checkpoint numbers in cp mount optionRyusuke Konishi
The current implementation doesn't mount snapshots with checkpoint numbers larger than INT_MAX since it uses match_int() for parsing "cp=" mount option. This uses simple_strtoull() for the conversion to resolve the issue. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: remove own inode allocator and destructor for metadata filesRyusuke Konishi
This finally removes own inode allocator and destructor functions for metadata files. Several routines, nilfs_mdt_new(), nilfs_mdt_new_common(), nilfs_mdt_clear(), nilfs_mdt_destroy(), and nilfs_alloc_inode_common() will be gone. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: get rid of back pointer to writable sb instanceRyusuke Konishi
Nilfs object holds a back pointer to a writable super block instance in nilfs->ns_writer, and this became eliminable since sb is now made per device and all inodes have a valid pointer to it. This deletes the ns_writer pointer and a reader/writer semaphore protecting it. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: get rid of mi_nilfs back pointer to nilfs objectRyusuke Konishi
This removes a back pointer to nilfs object from nilfs_mdt_info structure that is attached to metadata files. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: see state of root dentry for mount check of snapshotsRyusuke Konishi
After applied the patch that unified sb instances, root dentry of snapshots can be left in dcache even after their trees are unmounted. The orphan root dentry/inode keeps a root object, and this causes false positive of nilfs_checkpoint_is_mounted function. This resolves the issue by having nilfs_checkpoint_is_mounted test whether the root dentry is busy or not. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: use iget for all metadata filesRyusuke Konishi
This makes use of iget5_locked to allocate or get inode for metadata files to stop using own inode allocator. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: get rid of GCDAT inodeRyusuke Konishi
This applies prepared rollback function and redirect function of metadata file to DAT file, and eliminates GCDAT inode. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: add routines to redirect access to buffers of DAT fileRyusuke Konishi
During garbage collection (GC), DAT file, which converts virtual block number to real block number, may return disk block number that is not yet written to the device. To avoid access to unwritten blocks, the current implementation stores changes to the caches of GCDAT during GC and atomically commit the changes into the DAT file after they are written to the device. This patch, instead, adds a function that makes a copy of specified buffer and stores it in nilfs_shadow_map, and a function to get the backup copy as needed (nilfs_mdt_freeze_buffer and nilfs_mdt_get_frozen_buffer respectively). Before DAT changes block number in an entry block, it makes a copy and redirect access to the buffer so that address conversion function (i.e. nilfs_dat_translate) refers to the old address saved in the copy. This patch gives requisites for such redirection. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: add routines to roll back state of DAT fileRyusuke Konishi
This adds optional function to metadata files which makes a copy of bmap, page caches, and b-tree node cache, and rolls back to the copy as needed. This enhancement is intended to displace gcdat inode that provides a similar function in a different way. In this patch, nilfs_shadow_map structure is added to store a copy of the foregoing states. nilfs_mdt_setup_shadow_map relates this structure to a metadata file. And, nilfs_mdt_save_to_shadow_map() and nilfs_mdt_restore_from_shadow_map() provides save and restore functions respectively. Finally, nilfs_mdt_clear_shadow_map() clears states of nilfs_shadow_map. The copy of b-tree node cache and page cache is made by duplicating only dirty pages into corresponding caches in nilfs_shadow_map. Their restoration is done by clearing dirty pages from original caches and by copying dirty pages back from nilfs_shadow_map. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: add routines to save and restore bmap stateRyusuke Konishi
This adds routines to save and restore the state of bmap structure. The bmap state is stored in a given nilfs_bmap_store object. These routines will be used to roll back the state of dat inode without using gcdat inode. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: do not allocate nilfs_mdt_info structure to gc-inodesRyusuke Konishi
GC-inode now doesn't need the nilfs_mdt_info structure and there is no reason that it is a sort of metadata files. This stops the allocation and makes them not dependent on metadata file routines. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: allow nilfs_clear_inode to clear metadata file inodesRyusuke Konishi
Allows clear inode function (nilfs_clear_inode) to handle metadata files that uses bitmap-based object alloctor. DAT and ifile correspond to this. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: simplify life cycle management of nilfs objectRyusuke Konishi
This stops pre-allocating nilfs object in nilfs_get_sb routine, and stops managing its life cycle by reference counting. nilfs_find_or_create_nilfs() function, nilfs->ns_mount_mutex, nilfs_objects list, and the reference counter will be removed through the simplification. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: do not allocate multiple super block instances for a deviceRyusuke Konishi
This stops allocating multiple super block instances for a device. All snapshots and a current mode mount (i.e. latest tree) will be controlled with nilfs_root objects that are kept within an sb instance. nilfs_get_sb() is rewritten so that it always has a root object for the latest tree and snapshots make additional root objects. The root dentry of the latest tree is binded to sb->s_root even if it isn't attached on a directory. Root dentries of snapshots or the latest tree are binded to mnt->mnt_root on which they are mounted. With this patch, nilfs_find_sbinfo() function, nilfs->ns_supers list, and nilfs->ns_current back pointer, are deleted. In addition, init_nilfs() and load_nilfs() are simplified since they will be called once for a device, not repeatedly called for mount points. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: split out nilfs_attach_snapshotRyusuke Konishi
This splits the code to attach snapshots into a separate routine for convenience sake. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: split out nilfs_get_root_dentryRyusuke Konishi
This splits the code to allocate root dentry into a separate routine for convenience in successive changes. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: deny write access to inodes in snapshotsRyusuke Konishi
Snapshots of nilfs are read-only. After super block instances (sb) will be unified, nilfs will need to check write access by a way other than implicit test with IS_RDONLY(inode). This is because IS_RDONLY() refers to MS_RDONLY bit of inode->i_sb->s_flags and it will become inaccurate after the unification of sb. To prepare for the issue, this uses i_op->permission to deny write access to inodes in snapshots. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: use checkpoint tree for mount check of snapshotsRyusuke Konishi
This rewrites nilfs_checkpoint_is_mounted() function so that it decides whether a checkpoint is mounted by whether the corresponding root object is found in checkpoint tree. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: move inode count and block count into root objectRyusuke Konishi
This moves sbi->s_inodes_count and sbi->s_blocks_count into nilfs_root object. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: use root object to get ifileRyusuke Konishi
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 <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: make snapshots in checkpoint tree exportableRyusuke Konishi
The previous export operations cannot handle multiple versions of a filesystem if they belong to the same sb instance. This adds a new type of file handle and extends export operations so that they can get the inode specified by a checkpoint number as well as an inode number and a generation number. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: set pointer to root object in inodesRyusuke Konishi
This puts a pointer to nilfs_root object in the private part of on-memory inode, and makes nilfs_iget function pick up the inode with the same root object. Non-root inodes inherit its nilfs_root object from parent inode. That of the root inode is allocated through nilfs_attach_checkpoint() function. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: add checkpoint tree to nilfs objectRyusuke Konishi
To hold multiple versions of a filesystem in one sb instance, a new on-memory structure is necessary to handle one or more checkpoints. This adds a red-black tree of checkpoints to nilfs object, and adds lookup and create functions for them. Each checkpoint is represented by "nilfs_root" structure, and this structure has rb_node to configure the rb-tree. The nilfs_root object is identified with a checkpoint number. For each snapshot, a nilfs_root object is allocated and the checkpoint number of snapshot is assigned to it. For a regular mount (i.e. current mode mount), NILFS_CPTREE_CURRENT_CNO constant is assigned to the corresponding nilfs_root object. Each nilfs_root object has an ifile inode and some counters. These items will displace those of nilfs_sb_info structure in successive patches. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: remove own inode hash used for GCRyusuke Konishi
This uses inode hash function that vfs provides instead of the own hash table for caching gc inodes. This finally removes the own inode hash from nilfs. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: separate initializer of metadata file inodeRyusuke Konishi
This separates a part of initialization code of metadata file inode, and makes it available from the nilfs iget function that a later patch will add to. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: use iget5_locked to get inodeRyusuke Konishi
This uses iget5_locked instead of iget_locked so that gc cache can look up inodes with an inode number and an optional checkpoint number. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: keep zero value in i_cno except for gc-inodesRyusuke Konishi
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 <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: allow nilfs_dirty_inode to mark metadata file inodes dirtyRyusuke Konishi
This allows sop->dirty_inode callback function (nilfs_dirty_inode) to handle metadata file inodes. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: allow nilfs_destroy_inode to destroy metadata file inodesRyusuke Konishi
The current nilfs_destroy_inode() doesn't handle metadata file inodes including gc inodes (dummy inodes used for garbage collection). This allows nilfs_destroy_inode() to destroy inodes of metadata files. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23nilfs2: accept future revisionsRyusuke Konishi
Compatibility of nilfs partitions is now managed with three feature sets. This changes old compatibility check with revision number so that it can accept future revisions. Note that we can stop support of experimental versions of nilfs that doesn't know the feature sets by incrementing NILFS_CURRENT_REV. We don't have to do it soon, but it would be a possible option whenever the need arises. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-10-23Merge branch 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (46 commits) xen-blkfront: disable barrier/flush write support Added blk-lib.c and blk-barrier.c was renamed to blk-flush.c block: remove BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT aic7xxx_old: removed unused 'req' variable block: remove the BH_Eopnotsupp flag block: remove the BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER flag block: remove the WRITE_BARRIER flag swap: do not send discards as barriers fat: do not send discards as barriers ext4: do not send discards as barriers jbd2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage jbd2: Modify ASYNC_COMMIT code to not rely on queue draining on barrier jbd: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage nilfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage reiserfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage gfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage btrfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage xfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage block: pass gfp_mask and flags to sb_issue_discard dm: convey that all flushes are processed as empty ...
2010-10-19Merge branch 'v2.6.36-rc8' into for-2.6.37/barrierJens Axboe
Conflicts: block/blk-core.c drivers/block/loop.c mm/swapfile.c Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2010-10-04BKL: Remove BKL from NILFS2Jan Blunck
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 <jblunck@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
2010-10-04BKL: Explicitly add BKL around get_sb/fill_superJan Blunck
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 <jblunck@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
2010-09-16block: remove BLKDEV_IFL_WAITChristoph Hellwig
All the blkdev_issue_* helpers can only sanely be used for synchronous caller. To issue cache flushes or barriers asynchronously the caller needs to set up a bio by itself with a completion callback to move the asynchronous state machine ahead. So drop the BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT flag that is always specified when calling blkdev_issue_* and also remove the now unused flags argument to blkdev_issue_flush and blkdev_issue_zeroout. For blkdev_issue_discard we need to keep it for the secure discard flag, which gains a more descriptive name and loses the bitops vs flag confusion. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2010-09-10nilfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usageChristoph Hellwig
Switch to the WRITE_FLUSH_FUA flag for log writes, remove the EOPNOTSUPP detection for barriers and stop setting the barrier flag for discards. tj: nilfs is now fixed to wait for discard completion. Updated this patch accordingly and dropped warning about it. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Acked-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2010-08-30nilfs2: fix leak of shadow dat inode in error path of load_nilfsRyusuke Konishi
If load_nilfs() gets an error while doing recovery, it will fail to free the shadow inode of dat (nilfs->ns_gc_dat). This fixes the leak issue. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-08-22Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ryusuke/nilfs2 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ryusuke/nilfs2: nilfs2: wait for discard to finish
2010-08-18Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: fs: brlock vfsmount_lock fs: scale files_lock lglock: introduce special lglock and brlock spin locks tty: fix fu_list abuse fs: cleanup files_lock locking fs: remove extra lookup in __lookup_hash fs: fs_struct rwlock to spinlock apparmor: use task path helpers fs: dentry allocation consolidation fs: fix do_lookup false negative mbcache: Limit the maximum number of cache entries hostfs ->follow_link() braino hostfs: dumb (and usually harmless) tpyo - strncpy instead of strlcpy remove SWRITE* I/O types kill BH_Ordered flag vfs: update ctime when changing the file's permission by setfacl cramfs: only unlock new inodes fix reiserfs_evict_inode end_writeback second call
2010-08-18nilfs2: wait for discard to finishRyusuke Konishi
nilfs_discard_segment() doesn't wait for completion of discard requests. This specifies BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT flag when calling blkdev_issue_discard() in order to fix the sync failure. Reported-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
2010-08-18kill BH_Ordered flagChristoph Hellwig
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 <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2010-08-16nilfs2: fix false warning saying one of two super blocks is brokenRyusuke Konishi
After applying commit b2ac86e1, the following message got appeared after unclean shutdown: > NILFS warning: broken superblock. using spare superblock. This turns out to be a false message due to the change which updates two super blocks alternately. The secondary super block now can be selected if it's newer than the primary one. This kills the false warning by suppressing it if another super block is not actually broken. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2010-08-16nilfs2: fix list corruption after ifile creation failureRyusuke Konishi
If nilfs_attach_checkpoint() gets a memory allocation failure during creation of ifile, it will return without removing nilfs_sb_info struct from ns_supers list. When a concurrently mounted snapshot is unmounted or another new snapshot is mounted after that, this causes kernel oops as below: > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) > IP: [<f83662ff>] nilfs_find_sbinfo+0x74/0xa4 [nilfs2] > *pde = 00000000 > Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP <snip> > Call Trace: > [<f835dc29>] ? nilfs_get_sb+0x165/0x532 [nilfs2] > [<c1173c87>] ? ida_get_new_above+0x16d/0x187 > [<c109a7f8>] ? alloc_vfsmnt+0x7e/0x10a > [<c1070790>] ? kstrdup+0x2c/0x40 > [<c1089041>] ? vfs_kern_mount+0x96/0x14e > [<c108913d>] ? do_kern_mount+0x32/0xbd > [<c109b331>] ? do_mount+0x642/0x6a1 > [<c101a415>] ? do_page_fault+0x0/0x2d1 > [<c1099c00>] ? copy_mount_options+0x80/0xe2 > [<c10705d8>] ? strndup_user+0x48/0x67 > [<c109b3f1>] ? sys_mount+0x61/0x90 > [<c10027cc>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x22 This fixes the problem. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Tested-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: stable@kernel.org
2010-08-10Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (149 commits) block: make sure that REQ_* types are seen even with CONFIG_BLOCK=n xen-blkfront: fix missing out label blkdev: fix blkdev_issue_zeroout return value block: update request stacking methods to support discards block: fix missing export of blk_types.h writeback: fix bad _bh spinlock nesting drbd: revert "delay probes", feature is being re-implemented differently drbd: Initialize all members of sync_conf to their defaults [Bugz 315] drbd: Disable delay probes for the upcomming release writeback: cleanup bdi_register writeback: add new tracepoints writeback: remove unnecessary init_timer call writeback: optimize periodic bdi thread wakeups writeback: prevent unnecessary bdi threads wakeups writeback: move bdi threads exiting logic to the forker thread writeback: restructure bdi forker loop a little writeback: move last_active to bdi writeback: do not remove bdi from bdi_list writeback: simplify bdi code a little writeback: do not lose wake-ups in bdi threads ... Fixed up pretty trivial conflicts in drivers/block/virtio_blk.c and drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c as per Jens.