kernel/linux.git/include/linux/buffer_head.h, branch linux-2.6.35.y

fs: introduce new truncate sequence

2010-05-28T02:15:33+00:00

Introduce a new truncate calling sequence into fs/mm subsystems. Rather than setattr > vmtruncate > truncate, have filesystems call their truncate sequence from ->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 ->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 Acked-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin Signed-off-by: Al Viro

drop unused dentry argument to ->fsync

2010-05-28T02:05:02+00:00

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Al Viro

Add block_write_full_page_endio for passing endio handler

2009-04-16T14:47:49+00:00

block_write_full_page doesn't allow the caller to control what happens when the IO is over. This adds a new call named block_write_full_page_endio so the buffer head end_io handler can be provided by the caller. This will be used by the ext3 data=guarded mode to do i_size updates in a workqueue based end_io handler. end_buffer_async_write is also exported so it can be called to do the dirty work of managing page writeback for the higher level end_io handler. Signed-off-by: Chris Mason Acked-by: Theodore Tso Acked-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

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

2009-04-03T04:09:10+00:00

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: Remove two unneeded exports and make two symbols static in fs/mpage.c Cleanup after commit 585d3bc06f4ca57f975a5a1f698f65a45ea66225 Trim includes of fdtable.h Don't crap into descriptor table in binfmt_som Trim includes in binfmt_elf Don't mess with descriptor table in load_elf_binary() Get rid of indirect include of fs_struct.h New helper - current_umask() check_unsafe_exec() doesn't care about signal handlers sharing New locking/refcounting for fs_struct Take fs_struct handling to new file (fs/fs_struct.c) Get rid of bumping fs_struct refcount in pivot_root(2) Kill unsharing fs_struct in __set_personality()

mm: page_mkwrite change prototype to match fault

2009-04-01T15:59:14+00:00

Change the page_mkwrite prototype to take a struct vm_fault, and return VM_FAULT_xxx flags. There should be no functional change. This makes it possible to return much more detailed error information to the VM (and also can provide more information eg. virtual_address to the driver, which might be important in some special cases). This is required for a subsequent fix. And will also make it easier to merge page_mkwrite() with fault() in future. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin Cc: Chris Mason Cc: Trond Myklebust Cc: Miklos Szeredi Cc: Steven Whitehouse Cc: Mark Fasheh Cc: Joel Becker Cc: Artem Bityutskiy Cc: Felix Blyakher Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Cleanup after commit 585d3bc06f4ca57f975a5a1f698f65a45ea66225

2009-04-01T11:07:16+00:00

fsync_bdev() export and a bunch of stubs for !CONFIG_BLOCK case had been left behind Signed-off-by: Al Viro

fs: move bdev code out of buffer.c

2009-03-27T18:44:03+00:00

Move some block device related code out from buffer.c and put it in block_dev.c. I'm trying to move non-buffer_head code out of buffer.c Signed-off-by: Al Viro

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

block: Supress Buffer I/O errors when SCSI REQ_QUIET flag set

2008-12-29T07:28:44+00:00

Allow the scsi request REQ_QUIET flag to be propagated to the buffer file system layer. The basic ideas is to pass the flag from the scsi request to the bio (block IO) and then to the buffer layer. The buffer layer can then suppress needless printks. This patch declutters the kernel log by removed the 40-50 (per lun) buffer io error messages seen during a boot in my multipath setup . It is a good chance any real errors will be missed in the "noise" it the logs without this patch. During boot I see blocks of messages like " __ratelimit: 211 callbacks suppressed Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242879 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242879 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242847 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 1 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242878 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242879 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242879 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242879 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242879 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242872 " in my logs. My disk environment is multipath fiber channel using the SCSI_DH_RDAC code and multipathd. This topology includes an "active" and "ghost" path for each lun. IO's to the "ghost" path will never complete and the SCSI layer, via the scsi device handler rdac code, quick returns the IOs to theses paths and sets the REQ_QUIET scsi flag to suppress the scsi layer messages. I am wanting to extend the QUIET behavior to include the buffer file system layer to deal with these errors as well. I have been running this patch for a while now on several boxes without issue. A few runs of bonnie++ show no noticeable difference in performance in my setup. Thanks for John Stultz for the quiet_error finalization. Submitted-by: Keith Mannthey Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

fs: buffer lock use lock bitops

2008-10-20T15:52:32+00:00

trylock_buffer and unlock_buffer open and close a critical section. Hence, we can use the lock bitops to get the desired memory ordering. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds