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2007-03-01[PATCH] ext[34]: EA block reference count racing fixMingming Cao
There are race issues around ext[34] xattr block release code. ext[34]_xattr_release_block() checks the reference count of xattr block (h_refcount) and frees that xattr block if it is the last one reference it. Unlike ext2, the check of this counter is unprotected by any lock. ext[34]_xattr_release_block() will free the mb_cache entry before freeing that xattr block. There is a small window between the check for the re h_refcount ==1 and the call to mb_cache_entry_free(). During this small window another inode might find this xattr block from the mbcache and reuse it, racing a refcount updates. The xattr block will later be freed by the first inode without notice other inode is still use it. Later if that block is reallocated as a datablock for other file, then more serious problem might happen. We need put a lock around places checking the refount as well to avoid racing issue. Another place need this kind of protection is in ext3_xattr_block_set(), where it will modify the xattr block content in- the-fly if the refcount is 1 (means it's the only inode reference it). This will also fix another issue: the xattr block may not get freed at all if no lock is to protect the refcount check at the release time. It is possible that the last two inodes could release the shared xattr block at the same time. But both of them think they are not the last one so only decreased the h_refcount without freeing xattr block at all. We need to call lock_buffer() after ext3_journal_get_write_access() to avoid deadlock (because the later will call lock_buffer()/unlock_buffer () as well). Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com> Cc: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-01[PATCH] eCryptfs: no path_release() after path_lookup() errorMichael Halcrow
Dmitriy Monakhov wrote: > if path_lookup() return non zero code we don't have to worry about > 'nd' parameter, but ecryptfs_read_super does path_release(&nd) after > path_lookup has failed, and dentry counter becomes negative Do not do a path_release after a path_lookup error. Signed-off-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> Cc: Dmitriy Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-01[PATCH] eCryptfs: remove unnecessary flush_dcache_page()Michael Halcrow
Remove unnecessary flush_dcache_page() call. Thanks to Dmitriy Monakhov for pointing this out. Signed-off-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> Cc: Dmitriy Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-01[PATCH] eCryptfs: set O_LARGEFILE when opening lower fileMichael Halcrow
O_LARGEFILE should be set here when opening the lower file. Signed-off-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> Cc: Dmitriy Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-01[PATCH] eCryptfs: resolve lower page unlocking problemMichael Halcrow
eCryptfs lower file handling code has several issues: - Retval from prepare_write()/commit_write() wasn't checked to equality to AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE. - In some places page wasn't unmapped and unlocked after error. Signed-off-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shaggy/jfs-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shaggy/jfs-2.6: JFS: Get rid of "may be used uninitialized" warnings
2007-02-26Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: Revert "Driver core: let request_module() send a /sys/modules/kmod/-uevent" Driver core: fix error by cleanup up symlinks properly make kernel/kmod.c:kmod_mk static power management: fix struct layout and docs power management: no valid states w/o pm_ops Driver core: more fallout from class_device changes for pcmcia sysfs: move struct sysfs_dirent to private header driver core: refcounting fix Driver core: remove class_device_rename
2007-02-23sysfs: allow attributes to be added to groupsAlan Stern
This patch (as860) adds two new sysfs routines: sysfs_add_file_to_group() and sysfs_remove_file_from_group(). A later patch adds code that uses the new routines. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Cc: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-02-23sysfs: move struct sysfs_dirent to private headerAdam J. Richter
struct sysfs_dirent is private to the fs/sysfs/ subtree. It is not even referenced as an opaque structure outside of that subtree. The following patch moves the declaration from include/linux/sysfs.h to fs/sysfs/sysfs.h, making it clearer that nothing else in the kernel dereferences it. I have been running this patch for years. Please integrate and forward upstream if there are no objections. From: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-02-21Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6: [CIFS] One line missing from previous commit [CIFS] mtime bounces from local to remote when cifs nocmtime i_flags overwritten [CIFS] fix &&/& typo in cifs_setattr()
2007-02-20[PATCH] lockdep: annotate BLKPG_DEL_PARTITIONPeter Zijlstra
>============================================= >[ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] >2.6.19-1.2909.fc7 #1 >--------------------------------------------- >anaconda/587 is trying to acquire lock: > (&bdev->bd_mutex){--..}, at: [<c05fb380>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24 > >but task is already holding lock: > (&bdev->bd_mutex){--..}, at: [<c05fb380>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24 > >other info that might help us debug this: >1 lock held by anaconda/587: > #0: (&bdev->bd_mutex){--..}, at: [<c05fb380>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24 > >stack backtrace: > [<c0405812>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x2f > [<c0405db2>] show_trace+0x12/0x14 > [<c0405e36>] dump_stack+0x16/0x18 > [<c043bd84>] __lock_acquire+0x116/0xa09 > [<c043c960>] lock_acquire+0x56/0x6f > [<c05fb1fa>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xe5/0x24a > [<c05fb380>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24 > [<c04d82fb>] blkdev_ioctl+0x600/0x76d > [<c04946b1>] block_ioctl+0x1b/0x1f > [<c047ed5a>] do_ioctl+0x22/0x68 > [<c047eff2>] vfs_ioctl+0x252/0x265 > [<c047f04e>] sys_ioctl+0x49/0x63 > [<c0404070>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb Annotate BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION's bd_mutex locking and add a little comment clarifying the bd_mutex locking, because I confused myself and initially thought the lock order was wrong too. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-20[PATCH] Missing __user in pointer referenced within copy_from_userGlauber de Oliveira Costa
Pointers to user data should be marked with a __user hint. This one is missing. Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-20[PATCH] affs: implement ->drop_inodeChristoph Hellwig
affs wants to truncate the inode when the last user goes away, currently it does that through a potentially racy i_count check in ->put_inode. But we already have a method that's called just after the we dropped the last reference, ->drop_inode. This patch implements affs_drop_inode to take advantage of this. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-20[PATCH] autofs4: check for directory re-create in lookupIan Kent
This problem was identified and fixed some time ago by Jeff Moyer but it fell through the cracks somehow. It is possible that a user space application could remove and re-create a directory during a request. To avoid returning a failure from lookup incorrectly when our current dentry is unhashed we need to check if another positive, hashed dentry matching this one exists and if so return it instead of a fail. Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-20[PATCH] autofs4: fix another race between mount and expireIan Kent
Jeff Moyer has identified a race between mount and expire. What happens is that during an expire the situation can arise that a directory is removed and another lookup is done before the expire issues a completion status to the kernel module. In this case, since the the lookup gets a new dentry, it doesn't know that there is an expire in progress and when it posts its mount request, matches the existing expire request and waits for its completion. ENOENT is then returned to user space from lookup (as the dentry passed in is now unhashed) without having performed the mount request. The solution used here is to keep track of dentrys in this unhashed state and reuse them, if possible, in order to preserve the flags. Additionally, this infrastructure will provide the framework for the reintroduction of caching of mount fails removed earlier in development. Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Acked-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-20[PATCH] autofs4: header file updateIan Kent
The current header file definitions for autofs version 5 have caused a couple of problems for application builds downstream. This fixes the problem by separating the definitions. Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-20[PATCH] fs: fix nobh data leakNick Piggin
nobh_prepare_write leaks data similarly to how simple_prepare_write did. Fix by not marking the page uptodate until nobh_commit_write time. Again, this could break weird use-cases, but none appear to exist in the tree. We can safely remove the set_page_dirty, because as the comment says, nobh_commit_write does set_page_dirty. If a filesystem wants to allocate backing store for a page dirtied via mmap, page_mkwrite is the suggested approach. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-20[PATCH] fs: fix libfs data leakNick Piggin
simple_prepare_write leaks uninitialised kernel data. This happens because the it leaves an uninitialised "hole" over the part of the page that the write is expected to go to. This is fine, but it then marks the page uptodate, which means a concurrent read can come in and copy the uninitialised memory into userspace before it written to. Fix it by simply marking it uptodate in simple_commit_write instead, after the hole has been filled in. This could theoretically break an fs that uses simple_prepare_write and not simple_commit_write, and that relies on the incorrect simple_prepare_write behaviour. Luckily, none of those exists in the tree. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-20[PATCH] ext[234]: update documentationAneesh Kumar K.V
Signed-off-by: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-20[PATCH] FAT: DIO-write fallback to normal bufferedOGAWA Hirofumi
If the DIO write on FAT is expanding the size, it will be fail by -EINVAL, because FAT can't handle it now. This patch fallback it to the normal buffered-write and would return success. Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> 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>
2007-02-20[PATCH] fs: fix __block_write_full_page error case buffer submissionNick Piggin
Andrew noticed that unlocking the page before submitting all buffers for writeout could cause problems if the IO completes before we've finished messing around with the page buffers, and they subsequently get freed. Even if there were no bug, it is a good idea to bring the error case into line with the common case here. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-20[PATCH] rework reserved major handlingAndrew Morton
Several people have reported failures in dynamic major device number handling due to the recent changes in there to avoid handing out the local/experimental majors. Rolf reports that this is due to a gcc-4.1.0 bug. The patch refactors that code a lot in an attempt to provoke the compiler into behaving. Cc: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-20[PATCH] xfs warning fixAndrew Morton
fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c:903: warning: 'noinline' attribute ignored Cc: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-19[PATCH] Fix a free-wrong-pointer bug in nfs/acl server.Greg Banks
Due to type confusion, when an nfsacl verison 2 'ACCESS' request finishes and tries to clean up, it calls fh_put on entiredly the wrong thing and this can cause an oops. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-19[PATCH] fs/stack.c: Copy i_nlink after all other attributes are copiedErez Zadok
A user-specified get_nlinks may depend on other inode attributes. Cc: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu> Signed-off-by: Josef 'Jeff' Sipek <jsipek@cs.sunysb.edu> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-19Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6: (49 commits) [MTD] [NAND] S3C2412 fix hw ecc [MTD] [NAND] Work around false compiler warning in CAFÉ driver [JFFS2] printk warning fixes [MTD] [MAPS] ichxrom warning fix [MTD] [MAPS] amd76xrom warning fix [MTD] [MAPS] esb2rom warning fixes [MTD] [MAPS] ck804xrom warning fix [MTD] [MAPS] netsc520 warning fix [MTD] [MAPS] sc520cdp warning fix [MTD] [ONENAND] onenand_base warning fix [MTD] [NAND] eXcite nand flash driver [MTD] Improve heuristic for detecting wrong-endian RedBoot partition table [MTD] Fix RedBoot partition parsing regression harder. [MTD] [NAND] S3C2410: Hardware ECC correction code [JFFS2] Use MTD_OOB_AUTO to automatically place cleanmarker on NAND [MTD] Clarify OOB-operation interface comments [MTD] remove unused ecctype,eccsize fields from struct mtd_info [MTD] [NOR] Intel: remove ugly PROGREGION macros [MTD] [NOR] STAA: use writesize instead off eccsize to represent ECC block [MTD] OneNAND: Invalidate bufferRAM after erase ...
2007-02-19Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ericvh/v9fs * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ericvh/v9fs: 9p: implement optional loose read cache 9p: Use kthread_stop instead of sending a SIGKILL.
2007-02-19Merge branch 'audit.b37' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current * 'audit.b37' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current: [PATCH] AUDIT_FD_PAIR [PATCH] audit config lockdown [PATCH] minor update to rule add/delete messages (ver 2)
2007-02-19Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivialLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: (25 commits) Documentation/kernel-docs.txt update. arch/cris: typo in KERN_INFO Storage class should be before const qualifier kernel/printk.c: comment fix update I/O sched Kconfig help texts - CFQ is now default, not AS. Remove duplicate listing of Cris arch from README kbuild: more doc. cleanups doc: make doc. for maxcpus= more visible drivers/net/eexpress.c: remove duplicate comment add a help text for BLK_DEV_GENERIC correct a dead URL in the IP_MULTICAST help text fix the BAYCOM_SER_HDX help text fix SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC help text trivial documentation patch for platform.txt Fix typos concerning hierarchy Fix comment typo "spin_lock_irqrestore". Fix misspellings of "agressive". drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c: trivial typo patch Correct trivial typo in log2.h. Remove useless FIND_FIRST_BIT() macro from cardbus.c. ...
2007-02-19Merge branch 'kill-jffs' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6 * 'kill-jffs' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6: Remove JFFS (version 1), as scheduled.
2007-02-19Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6: PCI: Make PCI device numa-node attribute visible in sysfs PCI: add systems for automatic breadth-first device sorting PCI: PCI devices get assigned redundant IRQs PCI: Make CARDBUS_MEM_SIZE and CARDBUS_IO_SIZE boot options PCI: pci.txt fix __devexit() usage PCI/sysfs/kobject kernel-doc fixes
2007-02-18[JFFS2] printk warning fixesAndrew Morton
fs/jffs2/wbuf.c: In function 'jffs2_check_oob_empty': fs/jffs2/wbuf.c:993: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 3 has type 'size_t' fs/jffs2/wbuf.c:993: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 4 has type 'size_t' fs/jffs2/wbuf.c: In function 'jffs2_check_nand_cleanmarker': fs/jffs2/wbuf.c:1036: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 3 has type 'size_t' fs/jffs2/wbuf.c:1036: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 4 has type 'size_t' fs/jffs2/wbuf.c: In function 'jffs2_write_nand_cleanmarker': fs/jffs2/wbuf.c:1062: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 3 has type 'size_t' fs/jffs2/wbuf.c:1062: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 4 has type 'size_t' Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
2007-02-189p: implement optional loose read cacheEric Van Hensbergen
While cacheing is generally frowned upon in the 9p world, it has its place -- particularly in situations where the remote file system is exclusive and/or read-only. The vacfs views of venti content addressable store are a real-world instance of such a situation. To facilitate higher performance for these workloads (and eventually use the fscache patches), we have enabled a "loose" cache mode which does not attempt to maintain any form of consistency on the page-cache or dcache. This results in over two orders of magnitude performance improvement for cacheable block reads in the Bonnie benchmark. The more aggressive use of the dcache also seems to improve metadata operational performance. Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
2007-02-189p: Use kthread_stop instead of sending a SIGKILL.Eric W. Biederman
Since the kthread api does not bump the reference count on processes that tracked it is not safe allow user space to kill the threads, as I still retain a pointer to the task_struct. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
2007-02-17[PATCH] AUDIT_FD_PAIRAl Viro
Provide an audit record of the descriptor pair returned by pipe() and socketpair(). Rewritten from the original posted to linux-audit by John D. Ramsdell <ramsdell@mitre.org> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2007-02-17Remove JFFS (version 1), as scheduled.Jeff Garzik
Unmaintained for years, few if any users. Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-02-17Storage class should be before const qualifierTobias Klauser
The C99 specification states in section 6.11.5: The placement of a storage-class specifier other than at the beginning of the declaration specifiers in a declaration is an obsolescent feature. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2007-02-17Fix typos concerning hierarchyUwe Kleine-König
heirarchical, hierachical -> hierarchical heirarchy, hierachy -> hierarchy Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <zeisberg@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2007-02-17Fix misspellings of "agressive".Robert P. J. Day
Fix the various misspellings of "agressive", as well as a couple other things on the same lines while we're there. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2007-02-17Replace remaining references to "driverfs" with "sysfs".Robert P. J. Day
Globally, s/driverfs/sysfs/g. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2007-02-17[CIFS] One line missing from previous commitSteve French
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
2007-02-17[CIFS] mtime bounces from local to remote when cifs nocmtime i_flags overwrittenSteve French
atime flag was also overwritten. Noticed by Shirish when he was debugging an atime problem. Should help performance a bit too. cifs should be getting time stamps from the server (that was the original intent too) Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
2007-02-16PCI/sysfs/kobject kernel-doc fixesRandy Dunlap
Fix kernel-doc warnings in PCI, sysfs, and kobject files. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-02-16debugfs: Remove misleading comments.Cornelia Huck
Just mention which error will be returned if debugfs is disabled. Callers should be able to figure out themselves what they need to check. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-02-16debugfs: implement symbolic linksPeter Oberparleiter
debugfs: implement symbolic links Implement a new function debugfs_create_symlink() which can be used to create symbolic links in debugfs. This function can be useful for people moving functionality from /proc to debugfs (e.g. the gcov-kernel patch). Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <peter.oberparleiter@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-02-16Driver: remove redundant kobject_unregister checksMariusz Kozlowski
Here is a patch that removes all redundant kobject_unregister argument checks. Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-02-16[PATCH] ecryptfs: fix forgotten format specifierThomas Hisch
Add format specifier %d for uid in ecryptfs_printk Signed-off-by: Thomas Hisch <t.hisch@gmail.com> Cc: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-16[PATCH] eCryptfs: Reduce stack usage in ecryptfs_generate_key_packet_set()Michael Halcrow
eCryptfs is gobbling a lot of stack in ecryptfs_generate_key_packet_set() because it allocates a temporary memory-hungry ecryptfs_key_record struct. This patch introduces a new kmem_cache for that struct and converts ecryptfs_generate_key_packet_set() to use it. Signed-off-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-16[PATCH] knfsd: nfsd4: fix handling of directories without default ACLsJ. Bruce Fields
When setting an ACL that lacks inheritable ACEs on a directory, we should set a default ACL of zero length, not a default ACL with all bits denied. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-16[PATCH] knfsd: nfsd4: acls: avoid unnecessary deniesJ. Bruce Fields
We're inserting deny's between some ACEs in order to enforce posix draft acl semantics which prevent permissions from accumulating across entries in an acl. That's fine, but we're doing that by inserting a deny after *every* allow, which is overkill. We shouldn't be adding them in places where they actually make no difference. Also replaced some helper functions for creating acl entries; I prefer just assigning directly to the struct fields--it takes a few more lines, but the field names provide some documentation that I think makes the result easier understand. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>