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2007-03-16[PATCH] ufs: prepare write + change blocks on the flyEvgeniy Dushistov
This fixes "change blocks numbers on the fly" in case when "prepare write page" is in the call chain, in this case some buffers may be not uptodate and not mapped, we should care to map them and load from disk. This patch was tested with: - ufs regressions simple tests - fsx-linux - ltp(20060306) - untar and build kernel Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-16[PATCH] ufs2: more correct work with timeEvgeniy Dushistov
This patch corrects work with time in UFS2 case. 1) According to UFS2 disk layout modification/access and so on "time" should be hold in two variables one 64bit for seconds and another 32bit for nanoseconds, at now for some unknown reason we suppose that "inode time" holds in three variables 32bit for seconds, 32bit for milliseconds and 32bit for nanoseconds. 2) We set amount of nanoseconds in "VFS inode" to 0 during read, instead of getting values from "on disk inode"(this should close http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7991). Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@mail.ru> Cc: Bjoern Jacke <bjoern@j3e.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-15[PATCH] sysfs: reinstate exclusion between method calls and attribute ↵Alan Stern
unregistration This patch (as869) reinstates the mutual exclusion between sysfs attribute method calls and attribute unregistration. The previously-reported deadlocks have been fixed, and this exclusion is by far the simplest way to avoid races during driver unbinding. The check for orphaned read-buffers has been moved down slightly, so that the remainder of a partially-read buffer will still be available to userspace even after the attribute has been unregistered. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-15[PATCH] sysfs and driver core: add callback helper, used by SCSI and S390Alan Stern
This patch (as868) adds a helper routine for device drivers that need to set up a callback to perform some action in a different process's context. This is intended for use by attribute methods that want to unregister themselves or their parent device. Attribute method calls are mutually exclusive with unregistration, so such actions cannot be taken directly. Two attribute methods are converted to use the new helper routine: one for SCSI device deletion and one for System/390 ccwgroup devices. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-14Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfasheh/ocfs2 * 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfasheh/ocfs2: ocfs2_dlm: Add missing locks in dlm_empty_lockres ocfs2_dlm: Missing get/put lockres in dlm_run_purge_lockres configfs: add missing mutex_unlock() ocfs2: add some missing address space callbacks ocfs2: Concurrent access of o2hb_region->hr_task was not locked ocfs2: Proper cleanup in case of error in ocfs2_register_hb_callbacks()
2007-03-14[PATCH] cifs endianness annotationsAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-14[PATCH] include of asm/pgtable.h in nfsfh is bogusAl Viro
not needed and actually breaks build on frv, while we are at it Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-14[PATCH] sanitize security_getprocattr() APIAl Viro
have it return the buffer it had allocated Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-14ocfs2_dlm: Add missing locks in dlm_empty_lockresSunil Mushran
__dlm_lockres_unused() expects the caller to take the lockres spinlock. Signed-off-by: Sunil Mushran <sunil.mushran@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
2007-03-14ocfs2_dlm: Missing get/put lockres in dlm_run_purge_lockresSunil Mushran
In some circumstances, this was causing us to reference freed memory. Signed-off-by: Sunil Mushran <sunil.mushran@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
2007-03-14configfs: add missing mutex_unlock()Joel Becker
d_alloc() failure in configfs_register_subsystem() would fail to unlock the mutex taken above. Reorganize the exit path to ensure the unlock happens. Reported-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
2007-03-14ocfs2: add some missing address space callbacksJoel Becker
Under load, OCFS2 would crash in invalidate_inode_pages2_range() because invalidate_complete_page2() was unable to invalidate a page. It would appear that JBD is holding on to the page. ext3 has a specific ->releasepage() handler to cover this case. Steal ext3's ->releasepage(), ->invalidatepage(), and ->migratepage(), as they appear completely appropriate for OCFS2. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
2007-03-14ocfs2: Concurrent access of o2hb_region->hr_task was not lockedJoel Becker
This means that a build-up and a teardown could race which would result in a double-kthread_stop(). Protect the setting and clearing of hr_task with o2hb_live_lock, as it's not a common thing and not performance critical. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
2007-03-14ocfs2: Proper cleanup in case of error in ocfs2_register_hb_callbacks()Joel Becker
If ocfs2_register_hb_callbacks() succeeds on its first callback but fails its second, it doesn't release the first on the way out. Fix that. While we're at it, o2hb_unregister_callback() never returns anything but 0, so let's make it void. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
2007-03-09Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6: [JFFS2] print a message when marking bad block [JFFS2] Check for all-zero node headers [MTD] [OneNAND] Classify the page data and oob buffer [MTD] [OneNAND] Exit the loop when transferring/filling of the oob is finished [MTD] [OneNAND] add Nokia Copyright and a credit [MTD] [OneNAND] Fix typo & wrong comments [MTD] [OneNAND] Use oob buffer instead of main one in oob functions [MTD] Correct partition failed erase address [JFFS2] Use yield() between GC passes in background thread. [MTD] [NAND] Correct misspelled preprocessor variable. [MTD] [MAPS] dilnetpc: Fix printk warning [MTD] [NOR] Fix oops in cfi_amdstd_sync [MTD] ESB2 check for closed ROM window [JFFS2] Fix writebuffer recovery in the first page of a block [MTD] [NAND] make oobavail public
2007-03-09[JFFS2] print a message when marking bad blockArtem Bityutskiy
New bad eraseblock is an event which is important enough to be printed about. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
2007-03-09[JFFS2] Check for all-zero node headersDavid Woodhouse
Due to a poor choice of CRC32 seed, a node header which is all zeroes would pass the CRC32 check. Explicitly check for this case, and treat it as we do a CRC failure. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
2007-03-08[PATCH] ecryptfs: nested locking annotationPeter Zijlstra
ecryptfs uses a lock_parent() function, which I hope really locks the parents and is not abused Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> 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>
2007-03-08[PATCH] check_partition(): fix error checksuzuki
Fix inverted check introduced in 57881dd9df40b76dc7fc6a0d13fd75f337accb32 "Fix check_partition routines". Signed-off-by: Suzuki K P <suzuki@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-08[PATCH] Add epoll compat_ code to fs/compat.cDavide Libenzi
IA64 and ARM-OABI are currently using their own version of epoll compat_ code. An architecture needs epoll_event translation if alignof(u64) in 32 bit mode is different from alignof(u64) in 64 bit mode. If an architecture needs epoll_event translation, it must define struct compat_epoll_event in asm/compat.h and set CONFIG_HAVE_COMPAT_EPOLL_EVENT and use compat_sys_epoll_ctl and compat_sys_epoll_wait. All 64 bit architecture should use compat_sys_epoll_pwait. [sfr: restructure and move to fs/compat.c, remove MIPS version of compat_sys_epoll_pwait, use __put_user_unaligned] Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-08[PATCH] uml: hostfs: make hostfs= option work as a jail, as intended.Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso
When a given host directory is specified to be mounted both in hostfs=path1 and with mount option -o path2, we should give access to path1/path2, but this does not happen. Fix that in the simpler way. Also, root_ino can be the empty string, since we use %s/%s as format. Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Acked-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-08[PATCH] uml: hostfs: fix double freePaolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso
Fix double free in the error path - when name is assigned into root_inode we do not own it any more and we must not kfree() it - see patch for details. Thanks to William Stearns for the initial report. CC: William Stearns <wstearns@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Acked-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-08[JFFS2] Use yield() between GC passes in background thread.David Woodhouse
The garbage collection thread is strictly an optimisation. Everything it does would also be done just-in-time in the context of something in userspace trying to access the file system. Sometimes, however, it's a pessimisation. Especially during early boot when it's checksumming nodes and scanning inodes which are shortly going to be pulled in by read_inode anyway. We end up building the rbtree of node coverage twice for the same inode. By switching to yield() instead of cond_resched() in the main loop, we observe boot times on the OLPC system going down from about 100 seconds to 60. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
2007-03-08[JFFS2] Fix writebuffer recovery in the first page of a blockVitaly Wool
For the case when nand_write_page fail with -EIO for the first page in an eraseblock, jffs2_wbuf_recover ends up producing a BUG in jffs2_block_refile as jeb->first_node is not yet set up (it's set up later in jffs2_wbuf_recover). This BUG is not really a bug; it's just jffs2_wbuf_recover calling jffs2_block_refile with the wrong second parameter. This patch takes care of this situation. Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <vwool@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
2007-03-07[GFS2] Fix bz 229873, alternate test: assertion ↵Steven Whitehouse
"!ip->i_inode.i_mapping->nrpages" failed The following removes an incorrect assertion from the GFS2 glops code. This fixes Red Hat bz 229873. Thanks to Abhijith Das for testing the patch and confirming the fix. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Cc: Abhijith Das <adas@redhat.com>
2007-03-07[GFS2] build fixakpm@linux-foundation.org
fs/gfs2/glock.c:2198: error: 'THIS_MODULE' undeclared here (not in a function) Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-07[GFS2] go_drop_bh is never used, so remove itSteven Whitehouse
The ->go_drop_bh function is never used, so this removes it and the single caller, Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-03-07[GFS2] Remove unused variableSteven Whitehouse
Remove an unused variable. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-03-07[GFS2] Fix bz 229831, lookup returns wrong inodeSteven Whitehouse
The following patch fixes Red Hat bz 229831. Without this patch its possible for the wrong inode to be returned in certain cases. It is a pretty unusual event, so that its taken some time to track down. Thanks and due to Josef Whiter who did a lot of the testing required to thrack this down and fix it. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-03-07[GFS2] Fix bz 230143, incorrect flushing of rgrpsSteven Whitehouse
The below patch fixes a problem where we were not flushing rgrps correctly. It only occurred in the specific case that a callback was received for an rgrp which was dirty and when a journal log flush had not already resulted in the rgrp being flushed anyway. This fixes Red Hat bz 230143, Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-03-07[GFS2] pass formal ino in do_filldir_mainWendy Cheng
ok, the following is the minimum changes to get NFSD going before we settle down this issue .. would appreciate this in the tree so other NFS related works can get done in parallel. Signed-off-by: S. Wendy Cheng <wcheng@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-03-07[DLM] fs/dlm/user.c should #include "user.h"Adrian Bunk
Every file should include the headers containing the prototypes for it's global functions. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-03-07[GFS2] fix hangup when multiple processes are trying to write to the same fileJosef Whiter
This fixes a problem I encountered while running bonnie++. When you have one thread that opens a file and starts to write to it, and then another thread that tries to open and write to the same file, the second thread will loop forever trying to grab the inode lock for that inode. Basically we come in through generic_buffered_file_write, which calls gfs2_prepare_write, which then attempts to grab the glock. Because we don't own the lock, gfs2_prepare_write gets GLR_TRYFAILED, which returns AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE to generic_buffered_file_write. At this point generic_buffered_file_write loops around again and immediately retries the prepare_write. This means that the second process never gets off of the processor in order to allow the process that holds the lock to finish its work and let go of the lock. This patch makes gfs2_glock_nq schedule() if it gets back a GLR_TRYFAILED, which resolves this problem. Signed-off-by: Josef Whiter <jwhiter@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-03-07[GFS2] NFS filehandle checkWendy Cheng
File handle checking error found in '07 NFS connectathon. The fh_type and fh_len are not necessarily identical. Some of the client machines could fail mount with stale filehandle without this patch. Signed-off-by: S. Wendy Cheng <wcheng@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-03-07[GFS2] add newline to printk messageRichard Fearn
Patch for the 2.6.20 stable tree that adds a missing newline to one of the printk messages in fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c. Signed-off-by: Richard Fearn <richardfearn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-03-07[GFS2] fix locking mistakeJosef Whiter
This patch fixes a locking mistake in the quota code, we do a mutex_lock instead of a mutex_unlock. Signed-off-by: Josef Whiter <jwhiter@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-03-06[PATCH] suspend regression: sysfs deadlockHugh Dickins
Suspend deadlocks when trying to unregister /sys/block/sr0. This comes from Oliver's commit 94bebf4d1b8e7719f0f3944c037a21cfd99a4af7 "Driver core: fix race in sysfs between sysfs_remove_file() and read()/write()". sysfs_write_file downs buffer->sem while calling flush_write_buffer, and flushing that particular write buffer entails downing buffer->sem in orphan_all_buffers, resulting in the obvious self-deadlock. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6: [CIFS] cifs_prepare_write was incorrectly rereading page in some cases [CIFS] Fix set file size to zero when doing chmod to Samba 3.0.26pre [CIFS] Remove some unused functions/declarations [CIFS] New file for previous commit [CIFS] cifs export operations [CIFS] small piece missing from previous patch [CIFS] Fix locking problem around some cifs uses of i_size write
2007-03-06Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc: sdhci: release irq during suspend sdhci: make isr tolerant of read errors mmc: require explicit support for high-speed ncpfs: make sure server connection survives a kill
2007-03-06[PATCH] fs: nobh_truncate_page() fixDave Kleikamp
This fixes a regression caused by 22c8ca78f20724676b6006232bf06cc3e9299539. nobh_prepare_write() no longer marks the page uptodate, so nobh_truncate_page() needs to do it. Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06[PATCH] Fix 2.6.21 rfcomm lockupsMark Lord
Any attempt to open/use a bluetooth rfcomm device locks up scheduling completely on my machine. Interrupts (ping, alt-sysrq) seem to be alive, but nothing else. This was working fine in 2.6.20, broken now in 2.6.21-rc2-git* Reverting this change (below) fixes it: | author Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> | Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:58:57 +0000 (23:58 +0100) | committer David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:42:41 +0000 (11:42 -0800) | commit c1a3313698895d8ad4760f98642007bf236af2e8 | tree 337a876f727061362b6a169f8759849c105b8f7a tree | snapshot | parent f5ffd4620aba9e55656483ae1ef5c79ba81f5403 commit | diff | | [Bluetooth] Make use of device_move() for RFCOMM TTY devices | | In the case of bound RFCOMM TTY devices the parent is not available | before its usage. So when opening a RFCOMM TTY device, move it to | the corresponding ACL device as a child. When closing the device, | move it back to the virtual device tree. | Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> The simplest fix for this bug is to prevent sysfs_move_dir() from self-deadlocking when (old_parent == new_parent). This patch prevents total system lockup when using rfcomm devices. Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com> Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-06ncpfs: make sure server connection survives a killPierre Ossman
Use internal buffers instead of the ones supplied by the caller so that a caller can be interrupted without having to abort the entire ncp connection. Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <ossman@cendio.se> Acked-by: Petr Vandrovec <petr@vandrovec.name>
2007-03-06[CIFS] cifs_prepare_write was incorrectly rereading page in some casesSteve French
Noticed by Shaggy. Signed-off-by: Shaggy <shaggy@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
2007-03-05[PATCH] ecryptfs: handle AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE betterDmitriy Monakhov
- In fact we don't have to fail if AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE was returned from prepare_write or commit_write. It is beter to retry attempt where it is possible. - Rearange ecryptfs_get_lower_page() error handling logic, make it more clean. Signed-off-by: Dmitriy Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org> Acked-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>
2007-03-05[PATCH] ecryptfs: lower root result must be adirectoryDmitriy Monakhov
- Currently after path_lookup succeed we dot't have any guarantie what it is DIR. This must be explicitly demanded. - path_lookup can't return negative dentry, So inode check is useless. Signed-off-by: Dmitriy Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org> Acked-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>
2007-03-05[PATCH] shmem and simple const super_operationsHugh Dickins
shmem's super_operations were missed from the recent const-ification; and simple_fill_super()'s, which can share with get_sb_pseudo()'s. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Acked-by: Josef 'Jeff' Sipek <jsipek@cs.sunysb.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-05[PATCH] ecryptfs: check xattr operation support fixDmitriy Monakhov
- ecryptfs_write_inode_size_to_metadata() error code was ignored. - i_op->setxattr() must be supported by lower fs because used below. Signed-off-by: Monakhov Dmitriy <dmonakhov@openvz.org> Acked-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>
2007-03-01[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>