22 Aug, 2018
1 commit
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Pull overlayfs updates from Miklos Szeredi:
"This contains two new features:- Stack file operations: this allows removal of several hacks from
the VFS, proper interaction of read-only open files with copy-up,
possibility to implement fs modifying ioctls properly, and others.- Metadata only copy-up: when file is on lower layer and only
metadata is modified (except size) then only copy up the metadata
and continue to use the data from the lower file"* tag 'ovl-update-4.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs: (66 commits)
ovl: Enable metadata only feature
ovl: Do not do metacopy only for ioctl modifying file attr
ovl: Do not do metadata only copy-up for truncate operation
ovl: add helper to force data copy-up
ovl: Check redirect on index as well
ovl: Set redirect on upper inode when it is linked
ovl: Set redirect on metacopy files upon rename
ovl: Do not set dentry type ORIGIN for broken hardlinks
ovl: Add an inode flag OVL_CONST_INO
ovl: Treat metacopy dentries as type OVL_PATH_MERGE
ovl: Check redirects for metacopy files
ovl: Move some dir related ovl_lookup_single() code in else block
ovl: Do not expose metacopy only dentry from d_real()
ovl: Open file with data except for the case of fsync
ovl: Add helper ovl_inode_realdata()
ovl: Store lower data inode in ovl_inode
ovl: Fix ovl_getattr() to get number of blocks from lower
ovl: Add helper ovl_dentry_lowerdata() to get lower data dentry
ovl: Copy up meta inode data from lowest data inode
ovl: Modify ovl_lookup() and friends to lookup metacopy dentry
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15 Aug, 2018
1 commit
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Pull documentation update from Jonathan Corbet:
"This was a moderately busy cycle for docs, with the usual collection
of small fixes and updates.We also have new ktime_get_*() docs from Arnd, some kernel-doc fixes,
a new set of Italian translations (non so se vale la pena, ma non fa
male - speriamo bene), and some extensive early memory-management
documentation improvements from Mike Rapoport"* tag 'docs-4.19' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (52 commits)
Documentation: corrections to console/console.txt
Documentation: add ioctl number entry for v4l2-subdev.h
Remove gendered language from management style documentation
scripts/kernel-doc: Escape all literal braces in regexes
docs/mm: add description of boot time memory management
docs/mm: memblock: add overview documentation
docs/mm: memblock: add kernel-doc description for memblock types
docs/mm: memblock: add kernel-doc comments for memblock_add[_node]
docs/mm: memblock: update kernel-doc comments
mm/memblock: add a name for memblock flags enumeration
docs/mm: bootmem: add overview documentation
docs/mm: bootmem: add kernel-doc description of 'struct bootmem_data'
docs/mm: bootmem: fix kernel-doc warnings
docs/mm: nobootmem: fixup kernel-doc comments
mm/bootmem: drop duplicated kernel-doc comments
Documentation: vm.txt: Adding 'nr_hugepages_mempolicy' parameter description.
doc:it_IT: translation for kernel-hacking
docs: Fix the reference labels in Locking.rst
doc: tracing: Fix a typo of trace_stat
mm: Introduce new type vm_fault_t
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14 Aug, 2018
1 commit
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Pull vfs open-related updates from Al Viro:
- "do we need fput() or put_filp()" rules are gone - it's always fput()
now. We keep track of that state where it belongs - in ->f_mode.- int *opened mess killed - in finish_open(), in ->atomic_open()
instances and in fs/namei.c code around do_last()/lookup_open()/atomic_open().- alloc_file() wrappers with saner calling conventions are introduced
(alloc_file_clone() and alloc_file_pseudo()); callers converted, with
much simplification.- while we are at it, saner calling conventions for path_init() and
link_path_walk(), simplifying things inside fs/namei.c (both on
open-related paths and elsewhere).* 'work.open3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (40 commits)
few more cleanups of link_path_walk() callers
allow link_path_walk() to take ERR_PTR()
make path_init() unconditionally paired with terminate_walk()
document alloc_file() changes
make alloc_file() static
do_shmat(): grab shp->shm_file earlier, switch to alloc_file_clone()
new helper: alloc_file_clone()
create_pipe_files(): switch the first allocation to alloc_file_pseudo()
anon_inode_getfile(): switch to alloc_file_pseudo()
hugetlb_file_setup(): switch to alloc_file_pseudo()
ocxlflash_getfile(): switch to alloc_file_pseudo()
cxl_getfile(): switch to alloc_file_pseudo()
... and switch shmem_file_setup() to alloc_file_pseudo()
__shmem_file_setup(): reorder allocations
new wrapper: alloc_file_pseudo()
kill FILE_{CREATED,OPENED}
switch atomic_open() and lookup_open() to returning 0 in all success cases
document ->atomic_open() changes
->atomic_open(): return 0 in all success cases
get rid of 'opened' in path_openat() and the helpers downstream
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23 Jul, 2018
1 commit
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We have introduce a new return type vm_fault_t for
fault, page_mkwrite and pfn_mkwrite handlers. Update
the document for the sameSigned-off-by: Souptick Joarder
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet
18 Jul, 2018
2 commits
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Opening regular files on overlayfs is now handled via ovl_open(). Remove
the now unused "open_flags" argument from d_op->d_real() and the d_real()
helper.Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi
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This reverts commit 495e642939114478a5237a7d91661ba93b76f15a.
No user of "flags" argument of d_real() remain.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi
12 Jul, 2018
1 commit
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Acked-by: Linus Torvalds
Signed-off-by: Al Viro
29 Jun, 2018
1 commit
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The poll() changes were not well thought out, and completely
unexplained. They also caused a huge performance regression, because
"->poll()" was no longer a trivial file operation that just called down
to the underlying file operations, but instead did at least two indirect
calls.Indirect calls are sadly slow now with the Spectre mitigation, but the
performance problem could at least be largely mitigated by changing the
"->get_poll_head()" operation to just have a per-file-descriptor pointer
to the poll head instead. That gets rid of one of the new indirections.But that doesn't fix the new complexity that is completely unwarranted
for the regular case. The (undocumented) reason for the poll() changes
was some alleged AIO poll race fixing, but we don't make the common case
slower and more complex for some uncommon special case, so this all
really needs way more explanations and most likely a fundamental
redesign.[ This revert is a revert of about 30 different commits, not reverted
individually because that would just be unnecessarily messy - Linus ]Cc: Al Viro
Cc: Christoph Hellwig
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds
05 Jun, 2018
1 commit
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Pull aio updates from Al Viro:
"Majority of AIO stuff this cycle. aio-fsync and aio-poll, mostly.The only thing I'm holding back for a day or so is Adam's aio ioprio -
his last-minute fixup is trivial (missing stub in !CONFIG_BLOCK case),
but let it sit in -next for decency sake..."* 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (46 commits)
aio: sanitize the limit checking in io_submit(2)
aio: fold do_io_submit() into callers
aio: shift copyin of iocb into io_submit_one()
aio_read_events_ring(): make a bit more readable
aio: all callers of aio_{read,write,fsync,poll} treat 0 and -EIOCBQUEUED the same way
aio: take list removal to (some) callers of aio_complete()
aio: add missing break for the IOCB_CMD_FDSYNC case
random: convert to ->poll_mask
timerfd: convert to ->poll_mask
eventfd: switch to ->poll_mask
pipe: convert to ->poll_mask
crypto: af_alg: convert to ->poll_mask
net/rxrpc: convert to ->poll_mask
net/iucv: convert to ->poll_mask
net/phonet: convert to ->poll_mask
net/nfc: convert to ->poll_mask
net/caif: convert to ->poll_mask
net/bluetooth: convert to ->poll_mask
net/sctp: convert to ->poll_mask
net/tipc: convert to ->poll_mask
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26 May, 2018
3 commits
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Documentation/filesystems/Locking no longer reflects current locking
semantics. i_mutex is no longer used for locking, and has been superseded
by i_rwsem. Additionally, ->iterate_shared() was not documented.Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton
Signed-off-by: Al Viro -
->get_poll_head returns the waitqueue that the poll operation is going
to sleep on. Note that this means we can only use a single waitqueue
for the poll, unlike some current drivers that use two waitqueues for
different events. But now that we have keyed wakeups and heavily use
those for poll there aren't that many good reason left to keep the
multiple waitqueues, and if there are any ->poll is still around, the
driver just won't support aio poll.Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong -
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman
05 Sep, 2017
1 commit
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Add a separate flags argument (in addition to the open flags) to control
the behavior of d_real().Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi
03 Apr, 2017
1 commit
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Following the recent merge of statx, correct the documented prototype
for the ->getattr() inode operation, and add an entry to the porting
file.Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers
Signed-off-by: David Howells
Signed-off-by: Al Viro
03 Mar, 2017
1 commit
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Add a system call to make extended file information available, including
file creation and some attribute flags where available through the
underlying filesystem.The getattr inode operation is altered to take two additional arguments: a
u32 request_mask and an unsigned int flags that indicate the
synchronisation mode. This change is propagated to the vfs_getattr*()
function.Functions like vfs_stat() are now inline wrappers around new functions
vfs_statx() and vfs_statx_fd() to reduce stack usage.========
OVERVIEW
========The idea was initially proposed as a set of xattrs that could be retrieved
with getxattr(), but the general preference proved to be for a new syscall
with an extended stat structure.A number of requests were gathered for features to be included. The
following have been included:(1) Make the fields a consistent size on all arches and make them large.
(2) Spare space, request flags and information flags are provided for
future expansion.(3) Better support for the y2038 problem [Arnd Bergmann] (tv_sec is an
__s64).(4) Creation time: The SMB protocol carries the creation time, which could
be exported by Samba, which will in turn help CIFS make use of
FS-Cache as that can be used for coherency data (stx_btime).This is also specified in NFSv4 as a recommended attribute and could
be exported by NFSD [Steve French].(5) Lightweight stat: Ask for just those details of interest, and allow a
netfs (such as NFS) to approximate anything not of interest, possibly
without going to the server [Trond Myklebust, Ulrich Drepper, Andreas
Dilger] (AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC).(6) Heavyweight stat: Force a netfs to go to the server, even if it thinks
its cached attributes are up to date [Trond Myklebust]
(AT_STATX_FORCE_SYNC).And the following have been left out for future extension:
(7) Data version number: Could be used by userspace NFS servers [Aneesh
Kumar].Can also be used to modify fill_post_wcc() in NFSD which retrieves
i_version directly, but has just called vfs_getattr(). It could get
it from the kstat struct if it used vfs_xgetattr() instead.(There's disagreement on the exact semantics of a single field, since
not all filesystems do this the same way).(8) BSD stat compatibility: Including more fields from the BSD stat such
as creation time (st_btime) and inode generation number (st_gen)
[Jeremy Allison, Bernd Schubert].(9) Inode generation number: Useful for FUSE and userspace NFS servers
[Bernd Schubert].(This was asked for but later deemed unnecessary with the
open-by-handle capability available and caused disagreement as to
whether it's a security hole or not).(10) Extra coherency data may be useful in making backups [Andreas Dilger].
(No particular data were offered, but things like last backup
timestamp, the data version number and the DOS archive bit would come
into this category).(11) Allow the filesystem to indicate what it can/cannot provide: A
filesystem can now say it doesn't support a standard stat feature if
that isn't available, so if, for instance, inode numbers or UIDs don't
exist or are fabricated locally...(This requires a separate system call - I have an fsinfo() call idea
for this).(12) Store a 16-byte volume ID in the superblock that can be returned in
struct xstat [Steve French].(Deferred to fsinfo).
(13) Include granularity fields in the time data to indicate the
granularity of each of the times (NFSv4 time_delta) [Steve French].(Deferred to fsinfo).
(14) FS_IOC_GETFLAGS value. These could be translated to BSD's st_flags.
Note that the Linux IOC flags are a mess and filesystems such as Ext4
define flags that aren't in linux/fs.h, so translation in the kernel
may be a necessity (or, possibly, we provide the filesystem type too).(Some attributes are made available in stx_attributes, but the general
feeling was that the IOC flags were to ext[234]-specific and shouldn't
be exposed through statx this way).(15) Mask of features available on file (eg: ACLs, seclabel) [Brad Boyer,
Michael Kerrisk].(Deferred, probably to fsinfo. Finding out if there's an ACL or
seclabal might require extra filesystem operations).(16) Femtosecond-resolution timestamps [Dave Chinner].
(A __reserved field has been left in the statx_timestamp struct for
this - if there proves to be a need).(17) A set multiple attributes syscall to go with this.
===============
NEW SYSTEM CALL
===============The new system call is:
int ret = statx(int dfd,
const char *filename,
unsigned int flags,
unsigned int mask,
struct statx *buffer);The dfd, filename and flags parameters indicate the file to query, in a
similar way to fstatat(). There is no equivalent of lstat() as that can be
emulated with statx() by passing AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW in flags. There is
also no equivalent of fstat() as that can be emulated by passing a NULL
filename to statx() with the fd of interest in dfd.Whether or not statx() synchronises the attributes with the backing store
can be controlled by OR'ing a value into the flags argument (this typically
only affects network filesystems):(1) AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT tells statx() to behave as stat() does in this
respect.(2) AT_STATX_FORCE_SYNC will require a network filesystem to synchronise
its attributes with the server - which might require data writeback to
occur to get the timestamps correct.(3) AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC will suppress synchronisation with the server in a
network filesystem. The resulting values should be considered
approximate.mask is a bitmask indicating the fields in struct statx that are of
interest to the caller. The user should set this to STATX_BASIC_STATS to
get the basic set returned by stat(). It should be noted that asking for
more information may entail extra I/O operations.buffer points to the destination for the data. This must be 256 bytes in
size.======================
MAIN ATTRIBUTES RECORD
======================The following structures are defined in which to return the main attribute
set:struct statx_timestamp {
__s64 tv_sec;
__s32 tv_nsec;
__s32 __reserved;
};struct statx {
__u32 stx_mask;
__u32 stx_blksize;
__u64 stx_attributes;
__u32 stx_nlink;
__u32 stx_uid;
__u32 stx_gid;
__u16 stx_mode;
__u16 __spare0[1];
__u64 stx_ino;
__u64 stx_size;
__u64 stx_blocks;
__u64 __spare1[1];
struct statx_timestamp stx_atime;
struct statx_timestamp stx_btime;
struct statx_timestamp stx_ctime;
struct statx_timestamp stx_mtime;
__u32 stx_rdev_major;
__u32 stx_rdev_minor;
__u32 stx_dev_major;
__u32 stx_dev_minor;
__u64 __spare2[14];
};The defined bits in request_mask and stx_mask are:
STATX_TYPE Want/got stx_mode & S_IFMT
STATX_MODE Want/got stx_mode & ~S_IFMT
STATX_NLINK Want/got stx_nlink
STATX_UID Want/got stx_uid
STATX_GID Want/got stx_gid
STATX_ATIME Want/got stx_atime{,_ns}
STATX_MTIME Want/got stx_mtime{,_ns}
STATX_CTIME Want/got stx_ctime{,_ns}
STATX_INO Want/got stx_ino
STATX_SIZE Want/got stx_size
STATX_BLOCKS Want/got stx_blocks
STATX_BASIC_STATS [The stuff in the normal stat struct]
STATX_BTIME Want/got stx_btime{,_ns}
STATX_ALL [All currently available stuff]stx_btime is the file creation time, stx_mask is a bitmask indicating the
data provided and __spares*[] are where as-yet undefined fields can be
placed.Time fields are structures with separate seconds and nanoseconds fields
plus a reserved field in case we want to add even finer resolution. Note
that times will be negative if before 1970; in such a case, the nanosecond
fields will also be negative if not zero.The bits defined in the stx_attributes field convey information about a
file, how it is accessed, where it is and what it does. The following
attributes map to FS_*_FL flags and are the same numerical value:STATX_ATTR_COMPRESSED File is compressed by the fs
STATX_ATTR_IMMUTABLE File is marked immutable
STATX_ATTR_APPEND File is append-only
STATX_ATTR_NODUMP File is not to be dumped
STATX_ATTR_ENCRYPTED File requires key to decrypt in fsWithin the kernel, the supported flags are listed by:
KSTAT_ATTR_FS_IOC_FLAGS
[Are any other IOC flags of sufficient general interest to be exposed
through this interface?]New flags include:
STATX_ATTR_AUTOMOUNT Object is an automount trigger
These are for the use of GUI tools that might want to mark files specially,
depending on what they are.Fields in struct statx come in a number of classes:
(0) stx_dev_*, stx_blksize.
These are local system information and are always available.
(1) stx_mode, stx_nlinks, stx_uid, stx_gid, stx_[amc]time, stx_ino,
stx_size, stx_blocks.These will be returned whether the caller asks for them or not. The
corresponding bits in stx_mask will be set to indicate whether they
actually have valid values.If the caller didn't ask for them, then they may be approximated. For
example, NFS won't waste any time updating them from the server,
unless as a byproduct of updating something requested.If the values don't actually exist for the underlying object (such as
UID or GID on a DOS file), then the bit won't be set in the stx_mask,
even if the caller asked for the value. In such a case, the returned
value will be a fabrication.Note that there are instances where the type might not be valid, for
instance Windows reparse points.(2) stx_rdev_*.
This will be set only if stx_mode indicates we're looking at a
blockdev or a chardev, otherwise will be 0.(3) stx_btime.
Similar to (1), except this will be set to 0 if it doesn't exist.
=======
TESTING
=======The following test program can be used to test the statx system call:
samples/statx/test-statx.c
Just compile and run, passing it paths to the files you want to examine.
The file is built automatically if CONFIG_SAMPLES is enabled.Here's some example output. Firstly, an NFS directory that crosses to
another FSID. Note that the AUTOMOUNT attribute is set because transiting
this directory will cause d_automount to be invoked by the VFS.[root@andromeda ~]# /tmp/test-statx -A /warthog/data
statx(/warthog/data) = 0
results=7ff
Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 1048576 directory
Device: 00:26 Inode: 1703937 Links: 125
Access: (3777/drwxrwxrwx) Uid: 0 Gid: 4041
Access: 2016-11-24 09:02:12.219699527+0000
Modify: 2016-11-17 10:44:36.225653653+0000
Change: 2016-11-17 10:44:36.225653653+0000
Attributes: 0000000000001000 (-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---m---- --------)Secondly, the result of automounting on that directory.
[root@andromeda ~]# /tmp/test-statx /warthog/data
statx(/warthog/data) = 0
results=7ff
Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 1048576 directory
Device: 00:27 Inode: 2 Links: 125
Access: (3777/drwxrwxrwx) Uid: 0 Gid: 4041
Access: 2016-11-24 09:02:12.219699527+0000
Modify: 2016-11-17 10:44:36.225653653+0000
Change: 2016-11-17 10:44:36.225653653+0000Signed-off-by: David Howells
Signed-off-by: Al Viro
18 Dec, 2016
1 commit
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Pull more vfs updates from Al Viro:
"In this pile:- autofs-namespace series
- dedupe stuff
- more struct path constification"* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (40 commits)
ocfs2: implement the VFS clone_range, copy_range, and dedupe_range features
ocfs2: charge quota for reflinked blocks
ocfs2: fix bad pointer cast
ocfs2: always unlock when completing dio writes
ocfs2: don't eat io errors during _dio_end_io_write
ocfs2: budget for extent tree splits when adding refcount flag
ocfs2: prohibit refcounted swapfiles
ocfs2: add newlines to some error messages
ocfs2: convert inode refcount test to a helper
simple_write_end(): don't zero in short copy into uptodate
exofs: don't mess with simple_write_{begin,end}
9p: saner ->write_end() on failing copy into non-uptodate page
fix gfs2_stuffed_write_end() on short copies
fix ceph_write_end()
nfs_write_end(): fix handling of short copies
vfs: refactor clone/dedupe_file_range common functions
fs: try to clone files first in vfs_copy_file_range
vfs: misc struct path constification
namespace.c: constify struct path passed to a bunch of primitives
quota: constify struct path in quota_on
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15 Dec, 2016
1 commit
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Currently we have two different structures for passing fault information
around - struct vm_fault and struct fault_env. DAX will need more
information in struct vm_fault to handle its faults so the content of
that structure would become event closer to fault_env. Furthermore it
would need to generate struct fault_env to be able to call some of the
generic functions. So at this point I don't think there's much use in
keeping these two structures separate. Just embed into struct vm_fault
all that is needed to use it for both purposes.Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1479460644-25076-2-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara
Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov
Cc: Ross Zwisler
Cc: Dan Williams
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds
03 Dec, 2016
1 commit
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For the autofs module to be able to reliably check if a dentry is a
mountpoint in a multiple namespace environment the ->d_manage() dentry
operation will need to take a path argument instead of a dentry.Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161011053352.27645.83962.stgit@pluto.themaw.net
Signed-off-by: Ian Kent
Cc: Al Viro
Cc: Eric W. Biederman
Cc: Omar Sandoval
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Al Viro
31 Oct, 2016
1 commit
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Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig
Signed-off-by: Al Viro
11 Oct, 2016
1 commit
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Pull more vfs updates from Al Viro:
">rename2() work from Miklos + current_time() from Deepa"* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
fs: Replace current_fs_time() with current_time()
fs: Replace CURRENT_TIME_SEC with current_time() for inode timestamps
fs: Replace CURRENT_TIME with current_time() for inode timestamps
fs: proc: Delete inode time initializations in proc_alloc_inode()
vfs: Add current_time() api
vfs: add note about i_op->rename changes to porting
fs: rename "rename2" i_op to "rename"
vfs: remove unused i_op->rename
fs: make remaining filesystems use .rename2
libfs: support RENAME_NOREPLACE in simple_rename()
fs: support RENAME_NOREPLACE for local filesystems
ncpfs: fix unused variable warning
08 Oct, 2016
1 commit
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All filesystems that support xattrs by now do so via xattr handlers.
They all define sb->s_xattr, and their getxattr, setxattr, and
removexattr inode operations use the generic inode operations. On
filesystems that don't support xattrs, the xattr inode operations are
all NULL, and sb->s_xattr is also NULL.This means that we can remove the getxattr, setxattr, and removexattr
inode operations and directly call the generic handlers, or better,
inline expand those handlers into fs/xattr.c.Filesystems that do not support xattrs on some inodes should clear the
IOP_XATTR i_opflags flag in those inodes. (Right now, some filesystems
have checks to disable xattrs on some inodes in the ->list, ->get, and
->set xattr handler operations instead.) The IOP_XATTR flag is
automatically cleared in inodes of filesystems that don't have xattr
support.In orangefs, symlinks do have a setxattr iop but no getxattr iop. Add a
check for symlinks to orangefs_inode_getxattr to preserve the current,
weird behavior; that check may not be necessary though.Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher
Signed-off-by: Al Viro
27 Sep, 2016
2 commits
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Generated patch:
sed -i "s/\.rename2\t/\.rename\t\t/" `git grep -wl rename2`
sed -i "s/\brename2\b/rename/g" `git grep -wl rename2`Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi
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No in-tree uses remain.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi
01 Aug, 2016
1 commit
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro
29 Jul, 2016
2 commits
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Pull libnvdimm updates from Dan Williams:
- Replace pcommit with ADR / directed-flushing.
The pcommit instruction, which has not shipped on any product, is
deprecated. Instead, the requirement is that platforms implement
either ADR, or provide one or more flush addresses per nvdimm.ADR (Asynchronous DRAM Refresh) flushes data in posted write buffers
to the memory controller on a power-fail event.Flush addresses are defined in ACPI 6.x as an NVDIMM Firmware
Interface Table (NFIT) sub-structure: "Flush Hint Address Structure".
A flush hint is an mmio address that when written and fenced assures
that all previous posted writes targeting a given dimm have been
flushed to media.- On-demand ARS (address range scrub).
Linux uses the results of the ACPI ARS commands to track bad blocks
in pmem devices. When latent errors are detected we re-scrub the
media to refresh the bad block list, userspace can also request a
re-scrub at any time.- Support for the Microsoft DSM (device specific method) command
format.- Support for EDK2/OVMF virtual disk device memory ranges.
- Various fixes and cleanups across the subsystem.
* tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm: (41 commits)
libnvdimm-btt: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "__nd_device_register"
nfit: do an ARS scrub on hitting a latent media error
nfit: move to nfit/ sub-directory
nfit, libnvdimm: allow an ARS scrub to be triggered on demand
libnvdimm: register nvdimm_bus devices with an nd_bus driver
pmem: clarify a debug print in pmem_clear_poison
x86/insn: remove pcommit
Revert "KVM: x86: add pcommit support"
nfit, tools/testing/nvdimm/: unify shutdown paths
libnvdimm: move ->module to struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor
nfit: cleanup acpi_nfit_init calling convention
nfit: fix _FIT evaluation memory leak + use after free
tools/testing/nvdimm: add manufacturing_{date|location} dimm properties
tools/testing/nvdimm: add virtual ramdisk range
acpi, nfit: treat virtual ramdisk SPA as pmem region
pmem: kill __pmem address space
pmem: kill wmb_pmem()
libnvdimm, pmem: use nvdimm_flush() for namespace I/O writes
fs/dax: remove wmb_pmem()
libnvdimm, pmem: flush posted-write queues on shutdown
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Pull vfs updates from Al Viro:
"Assorted cleanups and fixes.Probably the most interesting part long-term is ->d_init() - that will
have a bunch of followups in (at least) ceph and lustre, but we'll
need to sort the barrier-related rules before it can get used for
really non-trivial stuff.Another fun thing is the merge of ->d_iput() callers (dentry_iput()
and dentry_unlink_inode()) and a bunch of ->d_compare() ones (all
except the one in __d_lookup_lru())"* 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (26 commits)
fs/dcache.c: avoid soft-lockup in dput()
vfs: new d_init method
vfs: Update lookup_dcache() comment
bdev: get rid of ->bd_inodes
Remove last traces of ->sync_page
new helper: d_same_name()
dentry_cmp(): use lockless_dereference() instead of smp_read_barrier_depends()
vfs: clean up documentation
vfs: document ->d_real()
vfs: merge .d_select_inode() into .d_real()
unify dentry_iput() and dentry_unlink_inode()
binfmt_misc: ->s_root is not going anywhere
drop redundant ->owner initializations
ufs: get rid of redundant checks
orangefs: constify inode_operations
missed comment updates from ->direct_IO() prototype change
file_inode(f)->i_mapping is f->f_mapping
trim fsnotify hooks a bit
9p: new helper - v9fs_parent_fid()
debugfs: ->d_parent is never NULL or negative
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27 Jul, 2016
2 commits
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The idea borrowed from Peter's patch from patchset on speculative page
faults[1]:Instead of passing around the endless list of function arguments,
replace the lot with a single structure so we can change context without
endless function signature changes.The changes are mostly mechanical with exception of faultaround code:
filemap_map_pages() got reworked a bit.This patch is preparation for the next one.
[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141020222841.302891540@infradead.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1466021202-61880-9-git-send-email-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel)
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds -
We have allowed migration for only LRU pages until now and it was enough
to make high-order pages. But recently, embedded system(e.g., webOS,
android) uses lots of non-movable pages(e.g., zram, GPU memory) so we
have seen several reports about troubles of small high-order allocation.
For fixing the problem, there were several efforts (e,g,. enhance
compaction algorithm, SLUB fallback to 0-order page, reserved memory,
vmalloc and so on) but if there are lots of non-movable pages in system,
their solutions are void in the long run.So, this patch is to support facility to change non-movable pages with
movable. For the feature, this patch introduces functions related to
migration to address_space_operations as well as some page flags.If a driver want to make own pages movable, it should define three
functions which are function pointers of struct
address_space_operations.1. bool (*isolate_page) (struct page *page, isolate_mode_t mode);
What VM expects on isolate_page function of driver is to return *true*
if driver isolates page successfully. On returing true, VM marks the
page as PG_isolated so concurrent isolation in several CPUs skip the
page for isolation. If a driver cannot isolate the page, it should
return *false*.Once page is successfully isolated, VM uses page.lru fields so driver
shouldn't expect to preserve values in that fields.2. int (*migratepage) (struct address_space *mapping,
struct page *newpage, struct page *oldpage, enum migrate_mode);After isolation, VM calls migratepage of driver with isolated page. The
function of migratepage is to move content of the old page to new page
and set up fields of struct page newpage. Keep in mind that you should
indicate to the VM the oldpage is no longer movable via
__ClearPageMovable() under page_lock if you migrated the oldpage
successfully and returns 0. If driver cannot migrate the page at the
moment, driver can return -EAGAIN. On -EAGAIN, VM will retry page
migration in a short time because VM interprets -EAGAIN as "temporal
migration failure". On returning any error except -EAGAIN, VM will give
up the page migration without retrying in this time.Driver shouldn't touch page.lru field VM using in the functions.
3. void (*putback_page)(struct page *);
If migration fails on isolated page, VM should return the isolated page
to the driver so VM calls driver's putback_page with migration failed
page. In this function, driver should put the isolated page back to the
own data structure.4. non-lru movable page flags
There are two page flags for supporting non-lru movable page.
* PG_movable
Driver should use the below function to make page movable under
page_lock.void __SetPageMovable(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping)
It needs argument of address_space for registering migration family
functions which will be called by VM. Exactly speaking, PG_movable is
not a real flag of struct page. Rather than, VM reuses page->mapping's
lower bits to represent it.#define PAGE_MAPPING_MOVABLE 0x2
page->mapping = page->mapping | PAGE_MAPPING_MOVABLE;so driver shouldn't access page->mapping directly. Instead, driver
should use page_mapping which mask off the low two bits of page->mapping
so it can get right struct address_space.For testing of non-lru movable page, VM supports __PageMovable function.
However, it doesn't guarantee to identify non-lru movable page because
page->mapping field is unified with other variables in struct page. As
well, if driver releases the page after isolation by VM, page->mapping
doesn't have stable value although it has PAGE_MAPPING_MOVABLE (Look at
__ClearPageMovable). But __PageMovable is cheap to catch whether page
is LRU or non-lru movable once the page has been isolated. Because LRU
pages never can have PAGE_MAPPING_MOVABLE in page->mapping. It is also
good for just peeking to test non-lru movable pages before more
expensive checking with lock_page in pfn scanning to select victim.For guaranteeing non-lru movable page, VM provides PageMovable function.
Unlike __PageMovable, PageMovable functions validates page->mapping and
mapping->a_ops->isolate_page under lock_page. The lock_page prevents
sudden destroying of page->mapping.Driver using __SetPageMovable should clear the flag via
__ClearMovablePage under page_lock before the releasing the page.* PG_isolated
To prevent concurrent isolation among several CPUs, VM marks isolated
page as PG_isolated under lock_page. So if a CPU encounters PG_isolated
non-lru movable page, it can skip it. Driver doesn't need to manipulate
the flag because VM will set/clear it automatically. Keep in mind that
if driver sees PG_isolated page, it means the page have been isolated by
VM so it shouldn't touch page.lru field. PG_isolated is alias with
PG_reclaim flag so driver shouldn't use the flag for own purpose.[opensource.ganesh@gmail.com: mm/compaction: remove local variable is_lru]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160618014841.GA7422@leo-test
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1464736881-24886-3-git-send-email-minchan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Gioh Kim
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim
Signed-off-by: Ganesh Mahendran
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky
Cc: Rik van Riel
Cc: Joonsoo Kim
Cc: Mel Gorman
Cc: Hugh Dickins
Cc: Rafael Aquini
Cc: Jonathan Corbet
Cc: John Einar Reitan
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds
25 Jul, 2016
1 commit
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Allow filesystem to initialize dentry at allocation time.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi
Signed-off-by: Al Viro
13 Jul, 2016
1 commit
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The __pmem address space was meant to annotate codepaths that touch
persistent memory and need to coordinate a call to wmb_pmem(). Now that
wmb_pmem() is gone, there is little need to keep this annotation.Cc: Christoph Hellwig
Cc: Ross Zwisler
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams
01 Jul, 2016
2 commits
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Commit 7eaceaccab5f removed ->sync_page, but a few mentions of it still
existed in documentation and comments,Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox
Signed-off-by: Al Viro
30 Jun, 2016
2 commits
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Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi
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Add missing documentation for the d_op->d_real() method and d_real()
helper.Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi
02 May, 2016
1 commit
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Including blkdev_direct_IO and dax_do_io. It has to be ki_pos to actually
work, so eliminate the superflous argument.Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig
Signed-off-by: Al Viro
31 Dec, 2015
1 commit
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro
09 Dec, 2015
1 commit
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new method: ->get_link(); replacement of ->follow_link(). The differences
are:
* inode and dentry are passed separately
* might be called both in RCU and non-RCU mode;
the former is indicated by passing it a NULL dentry.
* when called that way it isn't allowed to block
and should return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD) if it needs to be called
in non-RCU mode.It's a flagday change - the old method is gone, all in-tree instances
converted. Conversion isn't hard; said that, so far very few instances
do not immediately bail out when called in RCU mode. That'll change
in the next commits.Signed-off-by: Al Viro
21 Aug, 2015
1 commit
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Update the annotation for the kaddr pointer returned by direct_access()
so that it is a __pmem pointer. This is consistent with the PMEM driver
and with how this direct_access() pointer is used in the DAX code.Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams
11 May, 2015
2 commits
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only one instance looks at that argument at all; that sole
exception wants inode rather than dentry.Signed-off-by: Al Viro
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its only use is getting passed to nd_jump_link(), which can obtain
it from current->nameidataSigned-off-by: Al Viro