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2005-07-07[PATCH] namespace: rename _mntput to mntput_no_expireMiklos Szeredi
This patch renames _mntput() to something a little more descriptive: mntput_no_expire(). Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] namespace: rename mnt_fslink to mnt_expireMiklos Szeredi
This patch renames vfsmount->mnt_fslink to something a little more descriptive: vfsmount->mnt_expire. Signed-off-by: Mike Waychison <michael.waychison@sun.com> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] dcookies.c: use proper refcounting functionsMiklos Szeredi
Dcookies shouldn't play with the internals of dentry and vfsmnt refcounting. It defeats grepping, and is prone to break if implementation details change. In addition the function doesn't even seem to be performance critical: it calls kmem_cache_alloc(). Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] set mnt_namespace in the correct placeMiklos Szeredi
This patch sets ->mnt_namespace where it's actually added to the namespace. Previously mnt_namespace was set in do_kern_mount() even if the filesystem was never added to any process's namespace (most kernel-internal filesystems). This discrepancy doesn't actually cause any problems, but it's cleaner if mnt_namespace is NULL for these non exported filesystems. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] namespace.c: fix mnt_namespace zeroing for expired mountsMiklos Szeredi
This patch clears mnt_namespace in an expired mount. If mnt_namespace is not cleared, it's possible to attach a new mount to the already detached mount, because check_mnt() can return true. The effect is a resource leak, since the resulting tree will never be freed. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] namespace.c: fix expiring of detached mountMiklos Szeredi
This patch fixes a bug noticed by Al Viro: However, we still have a problem here - just what would happen if vfsmount is detached while we were grabbing namespace semaphore? Refcount alone is not useful here - we might be held by whoever had detached the vfsmount. IOW, we should check that it's still attached (i.e. that mnt->mnt_parent != mnt). If it's not - just leave it alone, do mntput() and let whoever holds it deal with the sucker. No need to put it back on lists. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Cc: <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] namespace.c: split mark_mounts_for_expiry()Miklos Szeredi
This patch splits the mark_mounts_for_expiry() function. It's too complex and too deeply nested, even without the bugfix in the following patch. Otherwise code is completely the same. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Cc: <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] namespace.c: cleanup in mark_mounts_for_expiry()Miklos Szeredi
This patch simplifies mark_mounts_for_expiry() by using detach_mnt() instead of duplicating everything it does. It should be an equivalent transformation except for righting the dput/mntput order. Al Viro said: "Looks sane". Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Cc: <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] namespace.c: fix race in mark_mounts_for_expiry()Miklos Szeredi
This patch fixes a race found by Ram in mark_mounts_for_expiry() in fs/namespace.c. The bug can only be triggered with simultaneous exiting of a process having a private namespace, and expiry of a mount from within that namespace. It's practically impossible to trigger, and I haven't even tried. But still, a bug is a bug. The race happens when put_namespace() is called by another task, while mark_mounts_for_expiry() is between atomic_read() and get_namespace(). In that case get_namespace() will be called on an already dead namespace with unforeseeable results. The solution was suggested by Al Viro, with his own words: Instead of screwing with atomic_read() in there, why don't we simply do the following: a) atomic_dec_and_lock() in put_namespace() b) __put_namespace() called without dropping lock c) the first thing done by __put_namespace would be struct vfsmount *root = namespace->root; namespace->root = NULL; spin_unlock(...); .... umount_tree(root); ... d) check in mark_... would be simply namespace && namespace->root. And we are all set; no screwing around with atomic_read(), no magic at all. Dying namespace gets NULL ->root. All changes of ->root happen under spinlock. If under a spinlock we see non-NULL ->mnt_namespace, it won't be freed until we drop the lock (we will set ->mnt_namespace to NULL under that lock before we get to freeing namespace). If under a spinlock we see non-NULL ->mnt_namespace and ->mnt_namespace->root, we can grab a reference to namespace and be sure that it won't go away. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] namespace.c: fix mnt_namespace clearingMiklos Szeredi
This patch clears mnt_namespace on unmount. Not clearing mnt_namespace has two effects: 1) It is possible to attach a new mount to a detached mount, because check_mnt() returns true. This means, that when no other references to the detached mount remain, it still can't be freed. This causes a resource leak, and possibly un-removable modules. 2) If mnt_namespace is dereferenced (only in mark_mounts_for_expiry()) after the namspace has been freed, it can cause an Oops, memory corruption, etc. 1) has been tested before and after the patch, 2) is only speculation. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] coverity: fs/locks.c flp null checkKAMBAROV, ZAUR
We're dereferencing `flp' and then we're testing it for NULLness. Either the compiler accidentally saved us or the existing null-pointer checdk is redundant. This defect was found automatically by Coverity Prevent, a static analysis tool. Signed-off-by: Zaur Kambarov <zkambarov@coverity.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] autofs4: mistake in debug printIan Kent
Fix debugging printk. Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] ext3 xattr: Don't write to the in-inode xattr space of reserved inodesAndreas Gruenbacher
We are not using the in-inode space for xattrs in reserved inodes because mkfs.ext3 doesn't initialize it properly. For those inodes, we set i_extra_isize to 0. Make sure that we also don't overwrite the i_extra_isize field when writing out the inode in that case. This is for cleanliness only, and doesn't fix an actual bug. Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] mostly_read data sectionChristoph Lameter
Add a new section called ".data.read_mostly" for data items that are read frequently and rarely written to like cpumaps etc. If these maps are placed in the .data section then these frequenly read items may end up in cachelines with data is is frequently updated. In that case all processors in an SMP system must needlessly reload the cachelines again and again containing elements of those frequently used variables. The ability to share these cachelines will allow each cpu in an SMP system to keep local copies of those shared cachelines thereby optimizing performance. Signed-off-by: Alok N Kataria <alokk@calsoftinc.com> Signed-off-by: Shobhit Dayal <shobhit@calsoftinc.com> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <christoph@scalex86.org> Signed-off-by: Shai Fultheim <shai@scalex86.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] acl kconfig cleanupAndreas Gruenbacher
Original patch from Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] page_uptodate locking scalabilityNick Piggin
Use a bit spin lock in the first buffer of the page to synchronise asynch IO buffer completions, instead of the global page_uptodate_lock, which is showing some scalabilty problems. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] uml: restore hppfs supportPaolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso
Some time ago a trivial patch broke HPPFS (one var became a pointer, not all uses were updated). It wasn't fixed at that time because not very used, now it's been requested so I've fixed this, and it has been tested positively (at least partially). Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] move ioprio syscalls into syscalls.hAnton Blanchard
- Make ioprio syscalls return long, like set/getpriority syscalls. - Move function prototypes into syscalls.h so we can pick them up in the 32/64bit compat code. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-07[PATCH] export generic_drop_inode() to modulesMark Fasheh
OCFS2 wants to mark an inode which has been orphaned by another node so that during final iput it takes the correct path through the VFS and can pass through the OCFS2 delete_inode callback. Since i_nlink can get out of date with other nodes, the best way I see to accomplish this is by clearing i_nlink on those inodes at drop_inode time. Other than this small amount of work, nothing different needs to happen, so I think it would be cleanest to be able to just call generic_drop_inode at the end of the OCFS2 drop_inode callback. Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-30[PATCH] fatfs sectioning fixAndrew Morton
Fixup for the recent slab leak fix Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-30[PATCH] reiserfs: handle_attrs() fixAndrew Morton
Fix a use-uninitialised bug. Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-30[PATCH] freevxfs: minor cleanupsPekka Enberg
This patch addresses the following minor issues: - Typo in printk - Redundant casts - Use C99 struct initializers instead of memset - Parenthesis around return value - Use inline instead of __inline__ Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-30[PATCH] freevxfs: remove 2.4 compatabilityPekka Enberg
This patch removes 2.4 compatability header from freevxfs. Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-30[PATCH] freevxfs: fix buffer_head leakPekka Enberg
- fix a buffer_head leak in vxfs_getfsh() - s/SLAB_KERNEL/GFP_KERNEL/ - check sb_bread() return value - drop pointless buffer-mapped() test. Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-30[PATCH] udf_find_entry() cleanupChristoph Hellwig
udf_find_entry can never be called with a NULL argument, so we shouldn't check for it. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-30[PATCH] fat: fix slab cache leakPekka J Enberg
This patch plugs a slab cache leak in fat module initialization. Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Acked-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-29[PATCH] reiserfs: enable attrs by default if safJeff Mahoney
The following patch enables attrs by default if the reiserfs_attrs_cleared bit is set in the superblock. This allows chattr-type attrs to be used without any further action by the user. Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-29[PATCH] reiserfs: Check if attrs are enabled for attr ioctlsJeff Mahoney
ReiserFS currently will allow the user to set/get attrs for files regardless if they are enabled. The patch checks to see if they are enabled, and returns -NOTTY if they are not. ext[23] doesn't need this check because attrs are always enabled. Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-28[PATCH] ext3: reduce allocate-with-reservation lock latenciesMingming Cao
Currently in ext3 block reservation code, the global filesystem reservation tree lock (rsv_block) is hold during the process of searching for a space to make a new reservation window, including while scaning the block bitmap to verify if the avalible window has a free block. Holding the lock during bitmap scan is unnecessary and could possibly cause scalability issue and latency issues. This patch tries to address this by dropping the lock before scan the bitmap. Before that we need to reserve the open window in case someone else is targetting at the same window. Question was should we reserve the whole free reservable space or just the window size we need. Reserve the whole free reservable space will possibly force other threads which intended to do block allocation nearby move to another block group(cause bad layout). In this patch, we just reserve the desired size before drop the lock and scan the block bitmap. This patch fixed a ext3 reservation latency issue seen on a cvs check out test. Patch is tested with many fsx, tiobench, dbench and untar a kernel test. Signed-Off-By: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-28[PATCH] coverity: fs/ext3/super.c: match_int return checkKAMBAROV, ZAUR
The return value of "match_int" is checked 27 out of 28 times In lib/parser.c 142 /** 143 * match_int: - scan a decimal representation of an integer from a substring_t 144 * @s: substring_t to be scanned 145 * @result: resulting integer on success 146 * 147 * Description: Attempts to parse the &substring_t @s as a decimal integer. On 148 * success, sets @result to the integer represented by the string and returns 0. 149 * Returns either -ENOMEM or -EINVAL on failure. 150 */ 151 int match_int(substring_t *s, int *result) 152 { 153 return match_number(s, result, 0); 154 } Signed-off-by: Zaur Kambarov <zkambarov@coverity.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-28[PATCH] coverity: fs/udf/namei.c null checkKAMBAROV, ZAUR
"dir" was dereferenced before null check Signed-off-by: Zaur Kambarov <zkambarov@coverity.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-28[PATCH] aio-retry-fix: fix aio retry work queueingSébastien Dugu
In the case of buffered AIO, in the aio retry path (aio_run_iocb), when the retry method returns EIOCBRETRY the kicked iocb is added to the context run list but is never queued onto the work queue. The request therefore is never completed. This patch fixes that by adding the appropriate call to aio_queue_work in aio_run_aiocb so that subsequent retries will be handled by the aio worker thread. Signed-off-by: Sébastien Dugué <sebastien.dugue@bull.net> Acked-by: Benjamin LaHaise <benjamin.c.lahaise@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-28[PATCH] really remove xattr_acl.hChristoph Hellwig
Looks like it sneaked back with the NFS ACL merge.. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-28[PATCH] rename wakeup_bdflush to wakeup_pdflushPekka J Enberg
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-28[PATCH] fix semaphore handling in __unregister_chrdev_regionWen-chien Jesse Sung
This up() should be down() instead. Signed-off-by: Wen-chien Jesse Sung <jesse@cola.voip.idv.tw> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-27[PATCH] Update cfq io scheduler to time sliced designJens Axboe
This updates the CFQ io scheduler to the new time sliced design (cfq v3). It provides full process fairness, while giving excellent aggregate system throughput even for many competing processes. It supports io priorities, either inherited from the cpu nice value or set directly with the ioprio_get/set syscalls. The latter closely mimic set/getpriority. This import is based on my latest from -mm. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-26[PATCH] jffs2 build fixAndrew Morton
Missed conversion in the swsusp cleanup. Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-25Merge Christoph's freeze cleanup patchLinus Torvalds
2005-06-25[PATCH] Cleanup patch for process freezingChristoph Lameter
1. Establish a simple API for process freezing defined in linux/include/sched.h: frozen(process) Check for frozen process freezing(process) Check if a process is being frozen freeze(process) Tell a process to freeze (go to refrigerator) thaw_process(process) Restart process frozen_process(process) Process is frozen now 2. Remove all references to PF_FREEZE and PF_FROZEN from all kernel sources except sched.h 3. Fix numerous locations where try_to_freeze is manually done by a driver 4. Remove the argument that is no longer necessary from two function calls. 5. Some whitespace cleanup 6. Clear potential race in refrigerator (provides an open window of PF_FREEZE cleared before setting PF_FROZEN, recalc_sigpending does not check PF_FROZEN). This patch does not address the problem of freeze_processes() violating the rule that a task may only modify its own flags by setting PF_FREEZE. This is not clean in an SMP environment. freeze(process) is therefore not SMP safe! Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-25[PATCH] list_for_each_entry: fs-dquot.cDomen Puncer
Make code more readable with list_for_each_entry_safe. Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> Signed-off-by: Maximilian Attems <janitor@sternwelten.at> Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-25[PATCH] fs/ncpfs/: remove unused #ifdef USE_OLD_SLOW_DIRECTORY_LISTING codeAdrian Bunk
This patch removes some unused #ifdef USE_OLD_SLOW_DIRECTORY_LISTING code. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-25[PATCH] fs/jffs/: cleanupsAdrian Bunk
This patch contains the following cleanups: - make needlessly global functions static - provide some debugging helper functions only for appropriate values of CONFIG_JFFS_FS_VERBOSE Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-25[PATCH] small partitions/msdos cleanupsAdrian Bunk
This patch makes the following changes to the msdos partition code: - remove CONFIG_NEC98_PARTITION leftovers - make parse_bsd static This patch was already ACK'ed by Andries Brouwer. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-25[PATCH] kdump: Parse elf32 headers and export through /proc/vmcoreVivek Goyal
o Adds support for parsing core ELF32 headers. o I am expecting ELF32 support to go away down the line. This patch has been introduced for testing purposes as gdb can not parse ELF64 headers for i386. When a decent user space solution is available, ELF32 support can go away. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-25[PATCH] kdump: Access dump file in elf format (/proc/vmcore)Vivek Goyal
From: "Vivek Goyal" <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> o Support for /proc/vmcore interface. This interface exports elf core image either in ELF32 or ELF64 format, depending on the format in which elf headers have been stored by crashed kernel. o Added support for CONFIG_VMCORE config option. o Removed the dependency on /proc/kcore. From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> This patch has been refactored to more closely match the prevailing style in the affected files. And to clearly indicate the dependency between /proc/kcore and proc/vmcore.c From: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <hari@in.ibm.com> This patch contains the code that provides an ELF format interface to the previous kernel's memory post kexec reboot. Signed off by Hariprasad Nellitheertha <hari@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-25[PATCH] reiserfs: do not ignore i/io error on readpageQu Fuping
Reiserfs's readpage does not notice i/o errors. This patch makes reiserfs_readpage to return -EIO when i/o error appears. This patch makes reiserfs to not ignore I/O error on readpage. Signed-off-by: Qu Fuping <fs@ercist.iscas.ac.cn> Signed-off-by: Vladimir V. Saveliev <vs@namesys.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-25[PATCH] fix fsync(dir) return value for ram-based filesystemsHugh Dickins
Any filesystem which is using simple_dir_operations will retunr -EINVAL for fsync() on a directory. Make it return zero instead. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] fs/qnx4/*: fix sparse warningsAlexey Dobriyan
This patch fixes sparse warnings in the qnx4fs (and might even make qnx4fs work on big-endian boxes) Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> Signed-off-by: Anders Larsen <al@alarsen.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] make various thing staticAdrian Bunk
Another rollup of patches which give various symbols static scope Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-06-24[PATCH] xip: reduce code duplicationCarsten Otte
This patch reworks filemap_xip.c with the goal to reduce code duplication from mm/filemap.c. It applies agains 2.6.12-rc6-mm1. Instead of implementing the aio functions, this one implements the synchronous read/write functions only. For readv and writev, the generic fallback is used. For aio, we rely on the application doing the fallback. Since our "synchronous" function does memcpy immediately anyway, there is no performance difference between using the fallbacks or implementing each operation. Signed-off-by: Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>