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2012-03-28Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs Pull ext3, UDF, and quota fixes from Jan Kara: "A couple of ext3 & UDF fixes and also one improvement in quota locking." * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs: ext3: fix start and len arguments handling in ext3_trim_fs() udf: Fix deadlock in udf_release_file() udf: Fix file entry logicalBlocksRecorded udf: Fix handling of i_blocks quota: Make quota code not call tty layer with dqptr_sem held udf: Init/maintain file entry checkpoint field ext3: Update ctime in ext3_splice_branch() only when needed ext3: Don't call dquot_free_block() if we don't update anything udf: Remove unnecessary OOM messages
2012-03-21Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs Pull vfs pile 1 from Al Viro: "This is _not_ all; in particular, Miklos' and Jan's stuff is not there yet." * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (64 commits) ext4: initialization of ext4_li_mtx needs to be done earlier debugfs-related mode_t whack-a-mole hfsplus: add an ioctl to bless files hfsplus: change finder_info to u32 hfsplus: initialise userflags qnx4: new helper - try_extent() qnx4: get rid of qnx4_bread/qnx4_getblk take removal of PF_FORKNOEXEC to flush_old_exec() trim includes in inode.c um: uml_dup_mmap() relies on ->mmap_sem being held, but activate_mm() doesn't hold it um: embed ->stub_pages[] into mmu_context gadgetfs: list_for_each_safe() misuse ocfs2: fix leaks on failure exits in module_init ecryptfs: make register_filesystem() the last potential failure exit ntfs: forgets to unregister sysctls on register_filesystem() failure logfs: missing cleanup on register_filesystem() failure jfs: mising cleanup on register_filesystem() failure make configfs_pin_fs() return root dentry on success configfs: configfs_create_dir() has parent dentry in dentry->d_parent configfs: sanitize configfs_create() ...
2012-03-21switch open-coded instances of d_make_root() to new helperAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-03-21vfs: check i_nlink limits in vfs_{mkdir,rename_dir,link}Al Viro
New field of struct super_block - ->s_max_links. Maximal allowed value of ->i_nlink or 0; in the latter case all checks still need to be done in ->link/->mkdir/->rename instances. Note that this limit applies both to directoris and to non-directories. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-03-20udf: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()Cong Wang
Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
2012-03-10udf: Fix deadlock in udf_release_file()Jan Kara
udf_release_file() can be called from munmap() path with mmap_sem held. Thus we cannot take i_mutex there because that ranks above mmap_sem. Luckily, i_mutex is not needed in udf_release_file() anymore since protection by i_data_sem is enough to protect from races with write and truncate. Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Reviewed-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-02-29udf: Fix deadlock in udf_release_file()Jan Kara
udf_release_file() can be called from munmap() path with mmap_sem held. Thus we cannot take i_mutex there because that ranks above mmap_sem. Luckily, i_mutex is not needed in udf_release_file() anymore since protection by i_data_sem is enough to protect from races with write and truncate. CC: stable@vger.kernel.org (2.6.38 & later) Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Reviewed-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2012-02-29udf: Fix file entry logicalBlocksRecordedSteve Nickel
ECMA 1.67 requires setting logicalBlocksRecorded to zero if the file has no extents. This should be checked in udf_update_inode(). udf_fill_inode() will then take care of itself. Signed-off-by: Steven P. Nickel <snickel@focusinfo.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2012-02-29udf: Fix handling of i_blocksJan Kara
Commit 36350462 removed unused quota support from UDF. As an unfortunate sideeffect it also removed updates of i_blocks so all files had i_block == 0. Fix the problem by returning updates of file space back to UDF allocation and freeing functions. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2012-02-29udf: Init/maintain file entry checkpoint fieldSteve Nickel
In accordance with ECMA 1.67 Part 4, 14.9.15, the checkpoint field should be initialized to 1 at creation. (Zero is *not* a valid value.) Signed-off-by: Steven P. Nickel <snickel@focusinfo.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2012-02-29udf: Remove unnecessary OOM messagesJoe Perches
Per call site OOM messages are unnecessary. k.alloc and v.alloc failures use dump_stack(). Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2012-01-09Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs: ext2/3/4: delete unneeded includes of module.h ext{3,4}: Fix potential race when setversion ioctl updates inode udf: Mark LVID buffer as uptodate before marking it dirty ext3: Don't warn from writepage when readonly inode is spotted after error jbd: Remove j_barrier mutex reiserfs: Force inode evictions before umount to avoid crash reiserfs: Fix quota mount option parsing udf: Treat symlink component of type 2 as / udf: Fix deadlock when converting file from in-ICB one to normal one udf: Cleanup calling convention of inode_getblk() ext2: Fix error handling on inode bitmap corruption ext3: Fix error handling on inode bitmap corruption ext3: replace ll_rw_block with other functions ext3: NULL dereference in ext3_evict_inode() jbd: clear revoked flag on buffers before a new transaction started ext3: call ext3_mark_recovery_complete() when recovery is really needed
2012-01-09udf: Mark LVID buffer as uptodate before marking it dirtyJan Kara
When we hit EIO while writing LVID, the buffer uptodate bit is cleared. This then results in an anoying warning from mark_buffer_dirty() when we write the buffer again. So just set uptodate flag unconditionally. Reviewed-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2012-01-09udf: Treat symlink component of type 2 as /Jan Kara
Currently, we ignore symlink component of type 2. But mkisofs and other OS' seem to treat it as / so do the same for compatibility. Reported-by: "Gábor S." <otnaccess@hotmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2012-01-09udf: Fix deadlock when converting file from in-ICB one to normal oneJan Kara
During BKL removal in 2.6.38, conversion of files from in-ICB format to normal format got broken. We call ->writepage with i_data_sem held but udf_get_block() also acquires i_data_sem thus creating A-A deadlock. We fix the problem by dropping i_data_sem before calling ->writepage() which is safe since i_mutex still protects us against any changes in the file. Also fix pagelock - i_data_sem lock inversion in udf_expand_file_adinicb() by dropping i_data_sem before calling find_or_create_page(). CC: stable@kernel.org Reported-by: Matthias Matiak <netzpython@mail-on.us> Tested-by: Matthias Matiak <netzpython@mail-on.us> Reviewed-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2012-01-09udf: Cleanup calling convention of inode_getblk()Jan Kara
inode_getblk() always returned NULL and passed results in its parameters. Make the function return something useful - found block number. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2012-01-07vfs: switch ->show_options() to struct dentry *Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-04udf: propagate umode_tAl Viro
note re mount options: fmask and dmask are explicitly truncated to 12bit, UDF_INVALID_MODE just needs to be guaranteed to differ from any such value. And umask is used only in &= with umode_t, so we ignore other bits anyway. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-04switch ->mknod() to umode_tAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-04switch ->create() to umode_tAl Viro
vfs_create() ignores everything outside of 16bit subset of its mode argument; switching it to umode_t is obviously equivalent and it's the only caller of the method Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-04switch vfs_mkdir() and ->mkdir() to umode_tAl Viro
vfs_mkdir() gets int, but immediately drops everything that might not fit into umode_t and that's the only caller of ->mkdir()... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-04vfs: fix the stupidity with i_dentry in inode destructorsAl Viro
Seeing that just about every destructor got that INIT_LIST_HEAD() copied into it, there is no point whatsoever keeping this INIT_LIST_HEAD in inode_init_once(); the cost of taking it into inode_init_always() will be negligible for pipes and sockets and negative for everything else. Not to mention the removal of boilerplate code from ->destroy_inode() instances... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-11-02Merge branch 'for-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hch/vfs-queue * 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hch/vfs-queue: vfs: add d_prune dentry operation vfs: protect i_nlink filesystems: add set_nlink() filesystems: add missing nlink wrappers logfs: remove unnecessary nlink setting ocfs2: remove unnecessary nlink setting jfs: remove unnecessary nlink setting hypfs: remove unnecessary nlink setting vfs: ignore error on forced remount readlinkat: ensure we return ENOENT for the empty pathname for normal lookups vfs: fix dentry leak in simple_fill_super()
2011-11-02Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs: udf: Cleanup metadata flags handling udf: Skip mirror metadata FE loading when metadata FE is ok ext3: Allow quota file use root reservation udf: Remove web reference from UDF MAINTAINERS entry quota: Drop path reference on error exit from quotactl udf: Neaten udf_debug uses udf: Neaten logging output, use vsprintf extension %pV udf: Convert printks to pr_<level> udf: Rename udf_warning to udf_warn udf: Rename udf_error to udf_err udf: Promote some debugging messages to udf_error ext3: Remove the obsolete broken EXT3_IOC32_WAIT_FOR_READONLY. udf: Add readpages support for udf. ext3/balloc.c: local functions should be static ext2: fix the outdated comment in ext2_nfs_get_inode() ext3: remove deprecated oldalloc fs/ext3/balloc.c: delete useless initialization fs/ext2/balloc.c: delete useless initialization ext3: fix message in ext3_remount for rw-remount case ext3: Remove i_mutex from ext3_sync_file() Fix up trivial (printf format cleanup) conflicts in fs/udf/udfdecl.h
2011-11-02filesystems: add set_nlink()Miklos Szeredi
Replace remaining direct i_nlink updates with a new set_nlink() updater function. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Tested-by: Toshiyuki Okajima <toshi.okajima@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
2011-11-02filesystems: add missing nlink wrappersMiklos Szeredi
Replace direct i_nlink updates with the respective updater function (inc_nlink, drop_nlink, clear_nlink, inode_dec_link_count). Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
2011-11-01treewide: use __printf not __attribute__((format(printf,...)))Joe Perches
Standardize the style for compiler based printf format verification. Standardized the location of __printf too. Done via script and a little typing. $ grep -rPl --include=*.[ch] -w "__attribute__" * | \ grep -vP "^(tools|scripts|include/linux/compiler-gcc.h)" | \ xargs perl -n -i -e 'local $/; while (<>) { s/\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(\s*format\s*\(\s*printf\s*,\s*(.+)\s*,\s*(.+)\s*\)\s*\)\s*\)/__printf($1, $2)/g ; print; }' [akpm@linux-foundation.org: revert arch bits] Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-10-31udf: Cleanup metadata flags handlingJan Kara
Use simple ->s_flags variable instead of u8 variable for each flag. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2011-10-31udf: Skip mirror metadata FE loading when metadata FE is okNamjae Jeon
It is not necessary to load mirror metadata FE when metadata FE is OK. So try to read it only the first time udf_get_pblock_meta25() fails to map the block from metadata FE. Signed-off-by: Ashish Sangwan <ashishsangwan2@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2011-10-31udf: Neaten udf_debug usesJoe Perches
Just whitespace and argument alignment. Introduce some checkpatch warnings that deserve to be ignored. Reviewed-by: NamJae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2011-10-31udf: Neaten logging output, use vsprintf extension %pVJoe Perches
Use %pV and remove a static buffer to save some text space and fix possible issues when several processes call error reporting function in parallel. Also change error level from KERN_CRIT to KERN_ERR. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2011-10-31udf: Convert printks to pr_<level>Joe Perches
Use the current logging styles. Convert a few printks that should have been udf_warn and udf_err. Coalesce formats. Add #define pr_fmt. Move an #include "udfdecls.h" above other includes in udftime.c so pr_fmt works correctly. Strip prefixes from conversions as appropriate. Reorder logging definitions in udfdecl.h Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2011-10-10udf: Rename udf_warning to udf_warnJoe Perches
Rename udf_warning to udf_warn for consistency with normal logging uses of pr_warn. Rename function udf_warning to _udf_warn. Remove __func__ from uses and move __func__ to a new udf_warn macro that calls _udf_warn. Add \n's to uses of udf_warn, remove \n from _udf_warn. Coalesce formats. Reviewed-by: NamJae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2011-10-10udf: Rename udf_error to udf_errJoe Perches
Rename udf_error to udf_err for consistency with normal logging uses of pr_err. Rename function udf_err to _udf_err. Remove __func__ from uses and move __func__ to a new udf_err macro that calls _udf_err. Some of the udf_error uses had \n terminations, some did not so standardize \n's to udf_err uses, remove \n from _udf_err function. Coalesce udf_err formats. One message prefixed with udf_read_super is now prefixed with udf_fill_super. Reviewed-by: NamJae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2011-10-10udf: Promote some debugging messages to udf_errorJoe Perches
If there is a problem with a scratched disc or loader, it's valuable to know which error occurred. Convert some debug messages to udf_error, neaten those messages too. Add the calculated tag checksum and the read checksum to error message. Make udf_error a public function and move the logging prototypes together. Original-patch-by: NamJae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NamJae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2011-10-05udf: Add readpages support for udf.Namjae Jeon
Use mpage_readpages() instead of multiple calls to udf_readpage() to reduce the CPU utilization and make performance higher. Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2011-07-20switch udf_ioctl() to inode_permission()Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-05-28udf: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash from rmdir, dir renameSage Weil
udf does not have problems with references to unlinked directories. CC: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-05-26vfs: push dentry_unhash on rename_dir into file systemsSage Weil
Only a few file systems need this. Start by pushing it down into each rename method (except gfs2 and xfs) so that it can be dealt with on a per-fs basis. Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-05-26vfs: push dentry_unhash on rmdir into file systemsSage Weil
Only a few file systems need this. Start by pushing it down into each fs rmdir method (except gfs2 and xfs) so it can be dealt with on a per-fs basis. This does not change behavior for any in-tree file systems. Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-03-24Merge branch 'for-2.6.39/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-2.6.39/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (65 commits) Documentation/iostats.txt: bit-size reference etc. cfq-iosched: removing unnecessary think time checking cfq-iosched: Don't clear queue stats when preempt. blk-throttle: Reset group slice when limits are changed blk-cgroup: Only give unaccounted_time under debug cfq-iosched: Don't set active queue in preempt block: fix non-atomic access to genhd inflight structures block: attempt to merge with existing requests on plug flush block: NULL dereference on error path in __blkdev_get() cfq-iosched: Don't update group weights when on service tree fs: assign sb->s_bdi to default_backing_dev_info if the bdi is going away block: Require subsystems to explicitly allocate bio_set integrity mempool jbd2: finish conversion from WRITE_SYNC_PLUG to WRITE_SYNC and explicit plugging jbd: finish conversion from WRITE_SYNC_PLUG to WRITE_SYNC and explicit plugging fs: make fsync_buffers_list() plug mm: make generic_writepages() use plugging blk-cgroup: Add unaccounted time to timeslice_used. block: fixup plugging stubs for !CONFIG_BLOCK block: remove obsolete comments for blkdev_issue_zeroout. blktrace: Use rq->cmd_flags directly in blk_add_trace_rq. ... Fix up conflicts in fs/{aio.c,super.c}
2011-03-24udf: use little-endian bitopsAkinobu Mita
As a preparation for removing ext2 non-atomic bit operations from asm/bitops.h. This converts ext2 non-atomic bit operations to little-endian bit operations. Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-03-18Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-udf-2.6 * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-udf-2.6: UDF: Fix compiler warning udf: Convert UDF to new truncate calling sequence
2011-03-14exportfs: Return the minimum required handle sizeAneesh Kumar K.V
The exportfs encode handle function should return the minimum required handle size. This helps user to find out the handle size by passing 0 handle size in the first step and then redoing to the call again with the returned handle size value. Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-03-10block: remove per-queue pluggingJens Axboe
Code has been converted over to the new explicit on-stack plugging, and delay users have been converted to use the new API for that. So lets kill off the old plugging along with aops->sync_page(). Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-03-03udf: fix i_nlink limitAl Viro
(256 << sizeof(x)) - 1 is not the maximal possible value of x... In reality, the maximal allowed value for UDF FileLinkCount is 65535. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-02-23UDF: Fix compiler warningDirk Behme
Fix compiler warning fs/udf/balloc.c: In function 'udf_bitmap_new_block': fs/udf/balloc.c:273: warning: passing argument 1 of '_find_next_bit_le' from incompatible pointer type fs/udf/balloc.c:285: warning: passing argument 1 of '_find_next_bit_le' from incompatible pointer type fs/udf/balloc.c:311: warning: passing argument 1 of '_find_next_bit_le' from incompatible pointer type fs/udf/balloc.c:325: warning: passing argument 1 of '_find_next_bit_le' from incompatible pointer type The main fix is to add a cast in ext2_find_next_bit(). As all other usage locations of udf_find_next_one_bit() directly use bh->b_data (which is a char *), the useless (char *) cast in line 311 can be removed, too. Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com> Signed-off-by: George G. Davis <gdavis@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2011-02-23udf: Convert UDF to new truncate calling sequenceJan Kara
Use new truncation sequence in UDF and fix up error handling in the code. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2011-01-11Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-udf-2.6 * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-udf-2.6: UDF: Close small mem leak in udf_find_entry() udf: Fix directory corruption after extent merging udf: Protect udf_file_aio_write from possible races udf: Remove unnecessary bkl usages udf: Use of s_alloc_mutex to serialize udf_relocate_blocks() execution udf: Replace bkl with the UDF_I(inode)->i_data_sem for protect udf_inode_info struct udf: Remove BKL from free space counting functions udf: Call udf_add_free_space() for more blocks at once in udf_free_blocks() udf: Remove BKL from udf_put_super() and udf_remount_fs() udf: Protect default inode credentials by rwlock udf: Protect all modifications of LVID with s_alloc_mutex udf: Move handling of uniqueID into a helper function and protect it by a s_alloc_mutex udf: Remove BKL from udf_update_inode udf: Convert UDF_SB(sb)->s_flags to use bitops fs/udf: Add printf format/argument verification fs/udf: Use vzalloc (Evil merge: this also removes the BKL dependency from the Kconfig file)
2011-01-07fs: icache RCU free inodesNick Piggin
RCU free the struct inode. This will allow: - Subsequent store-free path walking patch. The inode must be consulted for permissions when walking, so an RCU inode reference is a must. - sb_inode_list_lock to be moved inside i_lock because sb list walkers who want to take i_lock no longer need to take sb_inode_list_lock to walk the list in the first place. This will simplify and optimize locking. - Could remove some nested trylock loops in dcache code - Could potentially simplify things a bit in VM land. Do not need to take the page lock to follow page->mapping. The downsides of this is the performance cost of using RCU. In a simple creat/unlink microbenchmark, performance drops by about 10% due to inability to reuse cache-hot slab objects. As iterations increase and RCU freeing starts kicking over, this increases to about 20%. In cases where inode lifetimes are longer (ie. many inodes may be allocated during the average life span of a single inode), a lot of this cache reuse is not applicable, so the regression caused by this patch is smaller. The cache-hot regression could largely be avoided by using SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU, however this adds some complexity to list walking and store-free path walking, so I prefer to implement this at a later date, if it is shown to be a win in real situations. I haven't found a regression in any non-micro benchmark so I doubt it will be a problem. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>