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* [PATCH] configfs: Pin configfs subsystems separately from new config_items.Joel Becker2008-08-011-9/+33
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | configfs_mkdir() creates a new item by calling its parent's ->make_item/group() functions. Once that object is created, configfs_mkdir() calls try_module_get() on the new item's module. If it succeeds, the module owning the new item cannot be unloaded, and configfs is safe to reference the item. If the item and the subsystem it belongs to are part of the same module, the subsystem is also pinned. This is the common case. However, if the subsystem is made up of multiple modules, this may not pin the subsystem. Thus, it would be possible to unload the toplevel subsystem module while there is still a child item. Thus, we now try_module_get() the subsystem's module. This only really affects children of the toplevel subsystem group. Deeper children already have their parents pinned. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
* [PATCH] configfs: Fix open directory making rmdir() failLouis Rilling2008-08-011-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | When checking for user-created elements under an item to be removed by rmdir(), configfs_detach_prep() counts fake configfs_dirents created by dir_open() as user-created and fails when finding one. It is however perfectly valid to remove a directory that is open. Simply make configfs_detach_prep() skip fake configfs_dirent, like it already does for attributes, and like detach_groups() does. Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <louis.rilling@kerlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
* [PATCH] configfs: Lock new directory inodes before removing on cleanup after ↵Louis Rilling2008-08-011-19/+29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | failure Once a new configfs directory is created by configfs_attach_item() or configfs_attach_group(), a failure in the remaining initialization steps leads to removing a directory which inode the VFS may have already accessed. This commit adds the necessary inode locking to safely remove configfs directories while cleaning up after a failure. As an advantage, the locking rules of populate_groups() and detach_groups() become the same: the caller must have the group's inode mutex locked. Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <louis.rilling@kerlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
* [PATCH] configfs: Prevent userspace from creating new entries under ↵Louis Rilling2008-08-013-5/+103
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | attaching directories process 1: process 2: configfs_mkdir("A") attach_group("A") attach_item("A") d_instantiate("A") populate_groups("A") mutex_lock("A") attach_group("A/B") attach_item("A") d_instantiate("A/B") mkdir("A/B/C") do_path_lookup("A/B/C", LOOKUP_PARENT) ok lookup_create("A/B/C") mutex_lock("A/B") ok configfs_mkdir("A/B/C") ok attach_group("A/C") attach_item("A/C") d_instantiate("A/C") populate_groups("A/C") mutex_lock("A/C") attach_group("A/C/D") attach_item("A/C/D") failure mutex_unlock("A/C") detach_groups("A/C") nothing to do mkdir("A/C/E") do_path_lookup("A/C/E", LOOKUP_PARENT) ok lookup_create("A/C/E") mutex_lock("A/C") ok configfs_mkdir("A/C/E") ok detach_item("A/C") d_delete("A/C") mutex_unlock("A") detach_groups("A") mutex_lock("A/B") detach_group("A/B") detach_groups("A/B") nothing since no _default_ group detach_item("A/B") mutex_unlock("A/B") d_delete("A/B") detach_item("A") d_delete("A") Two bugs: 1/ "A/B/C" and "A/C/E" are created, but never removed while their parent are removed in the end. The same could happen with symlink() instead of mkdir(). 2/ "A" and "A/C" inodes are not locked while detach_item() is called on them, which may probably confuse VFS. This commit fixes 1/, tagging new directories with CONFIGFS_USET_CREATING before building the inode and instantiating the dentry, and validating the whole group+default groups hierarchy in a second pass by clearing CONFIGFS_USET_CREATING. mkdir(), symlink(), lookup(), and dir_open() simply return -ENOENT if called in (or linking to) a directory tagged with CONFIGFS_USET_CREATING. This does not prevent userspace from calling stat() successfuly on such directories, but this prevents userspace from adding (children to | symlinking from/to | read/write attributes of | listing the contents of) not validated items. In other words, userspace will not interact with the subsystem on a new item until the new item creation completes correctly. It was first proposed to re-use CONFIGFS_USET_IN_MKDIR instead of a new flag CONFIGFS_USET_CREATING, but this generated conflicts when checking the target of a new symlink: a valid target directory in the middle of attaching a new user-created child item could be wrongly detected as being attached. 2/ is fixed by next commit. Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <louis.rilling@kerlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
* [PATCH] configfs: Fix failing symlink() making rmdir() failLouis Rilling2008-08-013-0/+16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | On a similar pattern as mkdir() vs rmdir(), a failing symlink() may make rmdir() fail for the symlink's parent and the symlink's target as well. failing symlink() making target's rmdir() fail: process 1: process 2: symlink("A/S" -> "B") allow_link() create_link() attach to "B" links list rmdir("B") detach_prep("B") error because of new link configfs_create_link("A", "S") error (eg -ENOMEM) failing symlink() making parent's rmdir() fail: process 1: process 2: symlink("A/D/S" -> "B") allow_link() create_link() attach to "B" links list configfs_create_link("A/D", "S") make_dirent("A/D", "S") rmdir("A") detach_prep("A") detach_prep("A/D") error because of "S" create("S") error (eg -ENOMEM) We cannot use the same solution as for mkdir() vs rmdir(), since rmdir() on the target cannot wait on the i_mutex of the new symlink's parent without risking a deadlock (with other symlink() or sys_rename()). Instead we define a global mutex protecting all configfs symlinks attachment, so that rmdir() can avoid the races above. Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <louis.rilling@kerlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
* [PATCH] configfs: Fix symlink() to a removing itemLouis Rilling2008-08-012-7/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The rule for configfs symlinks is that symlinks always point to valid config_items, and prevent the target from being removed. However, configfs_symlink() only checks that it can grab a reference on the target item, without ensuring that it remains alive until the symlink is correctly attached. This patch makes configfs_symlink() fail whenever the target is being removed, using the CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING flag set by configfs_detach_prep() and protected by configfs_dirent_lock. This patch introduces a similar (weird?) behavior as with mkdir failures making rmdir fail: if symlink() races with rmdir() of the parent directory (or its youngest user-created ancestor if parent is a default group) or rmdir() of the target directory, and then fails in configfs_create(), this can make the racing rmdir() fail despite the concerned directory having no user-created entry (resp. no symlink pointing to it or one of its default groups) in the end. This behavior is fixed in later patches. Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <louis.rilling@kerlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
* [PATCH] configfs: Include linux/err.h in linux/configfs.hJoel Becker2008-08-011-1/+1
| | | | | | | | We now use PTR_ERR() in the ->make_item() and ->make_group() operations. Folks including configfs.h need err.h. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
* configfs: Allow ->make_item() and ->make_group() to return detailed errors.Joel Becker2008-07-181-10/+15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The configfs operations ->make_item() and ->make_group() currently return a new item/group. A return of NULL signifies an error. Because of this, -ENOMEM is the only return code bubbled up the stack. Multiple folks have requested the ability to return specific error codes when these operations fail. This patch adds that ability by changing the ->make_item/group() ops to return ERR_PTR() values. These errors are bubbled up appropriately. NULL returns are changed to -ENOMEM for compatibility. Also updated are the in-kernel users of configfs. This is a rework of reverted commit 11c3b79218390a139f2d474ee1e983a672d5839a. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
* Revert "configfs: Allow ->make_item() and ->make_group() to return detailed ↵Joel Becker2008-07-171-6/+7
| | | | | | | | | errors." This reverts commit 11c3b79218390a139f2d474ee1e983a672d5839a. The code will move to PTR_ERR(). Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
* configfs: call drop_link() to cleanup after create_link() failureLouis Rilling2008-07-141-1/+5
| | | | | | | | | | When allow_link() succeeds but create_link() fails, the subsystem is not informed of the failure. This patch fixes this by calling drop_link() on create_link() failures. Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@kerlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
* configfs: Allow ->make_item() and ->make_group() to return detailed errors.Joel Becker2008-07-141-7/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | The configfs operations ->make_item() and ->make_group() currently return a new item/group. A return of NULL signifies an error. Because of this, -ENOMEM is the only return code bubbled up the stack. Multiple folks have requested the ability to return specific error codes when these operations fail. This patch adds that ability by changing the ->make_item/group() ops to return an int. Also updated are the in-kernel users of configfs. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
* configfs: Fix failing mkdir() making racing rmdir() failLouis Rilling2008-07-142-10/+44
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When fixing the rename() vs rmdir() deadlock, we stopped locking default groups' inodes in configfs_detach_prep(), letting racing mkdir() in default groups proceed concurrently. This enables races like below happen, which leads to a failing mkdir() making rmdir() fail, despite the group to remove having no user-created directory under it in the end. process A: process B: /* PWD=A/B */ mkdir("C") make_item("C") attach_group("C") rmdir("A") detach_prep("A") detach_prep("B") error because of "C" return -ENOTEMPTY attach_group("C/D") error (eg -ENOMEM) return -ENOMEM This patch prevents such scenarii by making rmdir() wait as long as detach_prep() fails because a racing mkdir() is in the middle of attach_group(). To achieve this, mkdir() sets a flag CONFIGFS_USET_IN_MKDIR in parent's configfs_dirent before calling attach_group(), and clears the flag once attach_group() is done. detach_prep() fails with -EAGAIN whenever the flag is hit and returns the guilty inode's mutex so that rmdir() can wait on it. Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@kerlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
* configfs: Fix deadlock with racing rmdir() and rename()Louis Rilling2008-07-141-20/+25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes the deadlock between racing sys_rename() and configfs_rmdir(). The idea is to avoid locking i_mutexes of default groups in configfs_detach_prep(), and rely instead on the new configfs_dirent_lock to protect against configfs_dirent's linkage mutations. To ensure that an mkdir() racing with rmdir() will not create new items in a to-be-removed default group, we make configfs_new_dirent() check for the CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING flag right before linking the new dirent, and return error if the flag is set. This makes racing mkdir()/symlink()/dir_open() fail in places where errors could already happen, resp. in (attach_item()|attach_group())/create_link()/new_dirent(). configfs_depend() remains safe since it locks all the path from configfs root, and is thus mutually exclusive with rmdir(). An advantage of this is that now detach_groups() unconditionnaly takes the default groups i_mutex, which makes it more consistent with populate_groups(). Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@kerlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
* configfs: Make configfs_new_dirent() return error code instead of NULLLouis Rilling2008-07-141-4/+5
| | | | | | | | This patch makes configfs_new_dirent return negative error code instead of NULL, which will be useful in the next patch to differentiate ENOMEM from ENOENT. Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@kerlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
* configfs: Protect configfs_dirent s_links list mutationsLouis Rilling2008-07-142-4/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Symlinks to a config_item are listed under its configfs_dirent s_links, but the list mutations are not protected by any common lock. This patch uses the configfs_dirent_lock spinlock to add the necessary protection. Note: we should also protect the list_empty() test in configfs_detach_prep() but 1/ the lock should not be released immediately because nothing would prevent the list from being filled after a successful list_empty() test, making the problem tricky, 2/ this will be solved by the rmdir() vs rename() deadlock bugfix. Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@kerlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
* configfs: Introduce configfs_dirent_lockLouis Rilling2008-07-144-1/+34
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch introduces configfs_dirent_lock spinlock to protect configfs_dirent traversals against linkage mutations (add/del/move). This will allow configfs_detach_prep() to avoid locking i_mutexes. Locking rules for configfs_dirent linkage mutations are the same plus the requirement of taking configfs_dirent_lock. For configfs_dirent walking, one can either take appropriate i_mutex as before, or take configfs_dirent_lock. The spinlock could actually be a mutex, but the critical sections are either O(1) or should not be too long (default groups walking in last patch). ChangeLog: - Clarify the comment on configfs_dirent_lock usage - Move sd->s_element init before linking the new dirent - In lseek(), do not release configfs_dirent_lock before the dirent is relinked. Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@kerlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
* fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrencesHarvey Harrison2008-04-303-4/+4
| | | | | | | | __FUNCTION__ is gcc-specific, use __func__ Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* mm: bdi: add separate writeback accounting capabilityMiklos Szeredi2008-04-301-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add a new BDI capability flag: BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_WB. If this flag is set, then don't update the per-bdi writeback stats from test_set_page_writeback() and test_clear_page_writeback(). Misc cleanups: - convert bdi_cap_writeback_dirty() and friends to static inline functions - create a flag that includes all three dirty/writeback related flags, since almst all users will want to have them toghether Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Introduce path_put()Jan Blunck2008-02-151-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * Add path_put() functions for releasing a reference to the dentry and vfsmount of a struct path in the right order * Switch from path_release(nd) to path_put(&nd->path) * Rename dput_path() to path_put_conditional() [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix cifs] Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Steven French <sfrench@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Embed a struct path into struct nameidata instead of nd->{dentry,mnt}Jan Blunck2008-02-151-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is the central patch of a cleanup series. In most cases there is no good reason why someone would want to use a dentry for itself. This series reflects that fact and embeds a struct path into nameidata. Together with the other patches of this series - it enforced the correct order of getting/releasing the reference count on <dentry,vfsmount> pairs - it prepares the VFS for stacking support since it is essential to have a struct path in every place where the stack can be traversed - it reduces the overall code size: without patch series: text data bss dec hex filename 5321639 858418 715768 6895825 6938d1 vmlinux with patch series: text data bss dec hex filename 5320026 858418 715768 6894212 693284 vmlinux This patch: Switch from nd->{dentry,mnt} to nd->path.{dentry,mnt} everywhere. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix cifs] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix smack] Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* configfs: file.c fix possible recursive lockingJoonwoo Park2008-01-261-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | configfs_register_subsystem() with default_groups triggers recursive locking. it seems that mutex_lock_nested is needed. ============================================= [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] 2.6.24-rc6 #145 --------------------------------------------- swapper/1 is trying to acquire lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#3){--..}, at: [<c40c9a9e>] configfs_add_file+0x2e/0x70 but task is already holding lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#3){--..}, at: [<c40ca985>] configfs_register_subsystem+0x55/0x130 other info that might help us debug this: 1 lock held by swapper/1: #0: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#3){--..}, at: [<c40ca985>] configfs_register_subsystem+0x55/0x130 stack backtrace: Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.24-rc6 #145 [<c40053ba>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x30 [<c4005e82>] show_trace+0x12/0x20 [<c400687e>] dump_stack+0x6e/0x80 [<c404ec72>] __lock_acquire+0xe62/0x1120 [<c404efb2>] lock_acquire+0x82/0xa0 [<c43fda88>] mutex_lock_nested+0x98/0x2e0 [<c40c9a9e>] configfs_add_file+0x2e/0x70 [<c40c9b0c>] configfs_create_file+0x2c/0x40 [<c40ca639>] configfs_attach_item+0x139/0x220 [<c40ca734>] configfs_attach_group+0x14/0x140 [<c40ca7e9>] configfs_attach_group+0xc9/0x140 [<c40ca9f6>] configfs_register_subsystem+0xc6/0x130 [<c45c8186>] init_netconsole+0x2b6/0x300 [<c45a75f2>] kernel_init+0x142/0x320 [<c4004fb3>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x14 ======================= Signed-off-by: Joonwoo Park <joonwpark81@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
* configfs: dir.c fix possible recursive lockingJoonwoo Park2008-01-261-2/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | configfs_register_subsystem() with default_groups triggers recursive locking. it seems that mutex_lock_nested is needed. ============================================= [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] 2.6.24-rc6 #141 --------------------------------------------- swapper/1 is trying to acquire lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#3){--..}, at: [<c40ca76f>] configfs_attach_group+0x4f/0x190 but task is already holding lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#3){--..}, at: [<c40ca9d5>] configfs_register_subsystem+0x55/0x130 other info that might help us debug this: 1 lock held by swapper/1: #0: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#3){--..}, at: [<c40ca9d5>] configfs_register_subsystem+0x55/0x130 stack backtrace: Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.24-rc6 #141 [<c40053ba>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x30 [<c4005e82>] show_trace+0x12/0x20 [<c400687e>] dump_stack+0x6e/0x80 [<c404ec72>] __lock_acquire+0xe62/0x1120 [<c404efb2>] lock_acquire+0x82/0xa0 [<c43fdad8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x98/0x2e0 [<c40ca76f>] configfs_attach_group+0x4f/0x190 [<c40caa46>] configfs_register_subsystem+0xc6/0x130 [<c45c8186>] init_netconsole+0x2b6/0x300 [<c45a75f2>] kernel_init+0x142/0x320 [<c4004fb3>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x14 ======================= Signed-off-by: Joonwoo Park <joonwpark81@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
* Kobject: convert fs/* from kobject_unregister() to kobject_put()Greg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-251-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | There is no need for kobject_unregister() anymore, thanks to Kay's kobject cleanup changes, so replace all instances of it with kobject_put(). Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kobject: convert kernel_kset to be a kobjectGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-251-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | kernel_kset does not need to be a kset, but a much simpler kobject now that we have kobj_attributes. We also rename kernel_kset to kernel_kobj to catch all users of this symbol with a build error instead of an easy-to-ignore build warning. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kset: convert kernel_subsys to use kset_createGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-251-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | Dynamically create the kset instead of declaring it statically. We also rename kernel_subsys to kernel_kset to catch all users of this symbol with a build error instead of an easy-to-ignore build warning. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kobject: convert configfs to use kobject_createGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-251-7/+6
| | | | | | | | | | We don't need a kset here, a simple kobject will do just fine, so dynamically create the kobject and use it. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kobject: remove struct kobj_type from struct ksetGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-251-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We don't need a "default" ktype for a kset. We should set this explicitly every time for each kset. This change is needed so that we can make ksets dynamic, and cleans up one of the odd, undocumented assumption that the kset/kobject/ktype model has. This patch is based on a lot of help from Kay Sievers. Nasty bug in the block code was found by Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* r/o bind mounts: filesystem helpers for custom 'struct file'sDave Hansen2007-10-171-2/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Why do we need r/o bind mounts? This feature allows a read-only view into a read-write filesystem. In the process of doing that, it also provides infrastructure for keeping track of the number of writers to any given mount. This has a number of uses. It allows chroots to have parts of filesystems writable. It will be useful for containers in the future because users may have root inside a container, but should not be allowed to write to somefilesystems. This also replaces patches that vserver has had out of the tree for several years. It allows security enhancement by making sure that parts of your filesystem read-only (such as when you don't trust your FTP server), when you don't want to have entire new filesystems mounted, or when you want atime selectively updated. I've been using the following script to test that the feature is working as desired. It takes a directory and makes a regular bind and a r/o bind mount of it. It then performs some normal filesystem operations on the three directories, including ones that are expected to fail, like creating a file on the r/o mount. This patch: Some filesystems forego the vfs and may_open() and create their own 'struct file's. This patch creates a couple of helper functions which can be used by these filesystems, and will provide a unified place which the r/o bind mount code may patch. Also, rename an existing, static-scope init_file() to a less generic name. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* mm: bdi init hooksPeter Zijlstra2007-10-173-0/+19
| | | | | | | | | provide BDI constructor/destructor hooks [akpm@linux-foundation.org: compile fix] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* implement simple fs aopsNick Piggin2007-10-161-2/+2
| | | | | | | | Implement new aops for some of the simpler filesystems. 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>
* mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create().Paul Mundt2007-07-201-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Slab destructors were no longer supported after Christoph's c59def9f222d44bb7e2f0a559f2906191a0862d7 change. They've been BUGs for both slab and slub, and slob never supported them either. This rips out support for the dtor pointer from kmem_cache_create() completely and fixes up every single callsite in the kernel (there were about 224, not including the slab allocator definitions themselves, or the documentation references). Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
* configfs: config item dependancies.Joel Becker2007-07-112-3/+248
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sometimes other drivers depend on particular configfs items. For example, ocfs2 mounts depend on a heartbeat region item. If that region item is removed with rmdir(2), the ocfs2 mount must BUG or go readonly. Not happy. This provides two additional API calls: configfs_depend_item() and configfs_undepend_item(). A client driver can call configfs_depend_item() on an existing item to tell configfs that it is depended on. configfs will then return -EBUSY from rmdir(2) for that item. When the item is no longer depended on, the client driver calls configfs_undepend_item() on it. These API cannot be called underneath any configfs callbacks, as they will conflict. They can block and allocate. A client driver probably shouldn't calling them of its own gumption. Rather it should be providing an API that external subsystems call. How does this work? Imagine the ocfs2 mount process. When it mounts, it asks for a heart region item. This is done via a call into the heartbeat code. Inside the heartbeat code, the region item is looked up. Here, the heartbeat code calls configfs_depend_item(). If it succeeds, then heartbeat knows the region is safe to give to ocfs2. If it fails, it was being torn down anyway, and heartbeat can gracefully pass up an error. [ Fixed some bad whitespace in configfs.txt. --Mark ] Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
* configfs: accessing item hierarchy during rmdir(2)Joel Becker2007-07-111-1/+28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add a notification callback, ops->disconnect_notify(). It has the same prototype as ->drop_item(), but it will be called just before the item linkage is broken. This way, configfs users who want to do work while the object is still in the heirarchy have a chance. Client drivers will still need to config_item_put() in their ->drop_item(), if they implement it. They need do nothing in ->disconnect_notify(). They don't have to provide it if they don't care. But someone who wants to be notified before ci_parent is set to NULL can now be notified. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
* [PATCH] configsfs buffer: use mutexJohannes Berg2007-07-111-7/+8
| | | | | | | | | Seems copied from sysfs, but I don't see a reason here nor there to use a semaphore instead of a mutex. Convert. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
* configfs: Convert subsystem semaphore to mutexJoel Becker2007-07-111-8/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Convert the su_sem member of struct configfs_subsystem to a struct mutex, as that's what it is. Also convert all the users and update Documentation/configfs.txt and Documentation/configfs_example.c accordingly. [ Conflict in fs/dlm/config.c with commit 3168b0780d06ace875696f8a648d04d6089654e5 manually resolved. --Mark ] Inspired-by: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@cse.iitk.ac.in> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
* [PATCH] configfs+dlm: Rename config_group_find_obj and state semantics clearlySatyam Sharma2007-07-111-10/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Configfs being based upon sysfs code, config_group_find_obj() is probably so named because of the similar kset_find_obj() in sysfs. However, "kobject"s in sysfs become "config_item"s in configfs, so let's call it config_group_find_item() instead, for sake of uniformity, and make corresponding change in the users of this function. BTW a crucial difference between kset_find_obj and config_group_find_item is in locking expectations. kset_find_obj does its locking by itself, but config_group_find_item expects the *caller* to do the locking. The reason for this: kset's have their own locks, config_group's don't but instead rely on the subsystem mutex. And, subsystem needn't necessarily be around when config_group_find_item() is called. So let's state these locking semantics explicitly, and rectify the comment, otherwise bugs could continue to occur in future, as they did in the past (refer commit d82b8191e238 in gfs2-2.6-fixes.git). [ I also took the opportunity to fix some bad whitespace and double-empty lines. --Joel ] [ Conflict in fs/dlm/config.c with commit 3168b0780d06ace875696f8a648d04d6089654e5 manually resolved. --Mark ] Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@cse.iitk.ac.in> Cc: David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
* configfs: misc cleanupsSatyam Sharma2007-07-111-12/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1. item.c:config_item_cleanup() is a private function (only called by config_item_release() in same file). However, it is spuriously exported in include/linux/configfs.h, so remove that export and make it static in item.c. Also, it is no longer exported / interface function, so no need to give comment for this function (the comment was stating obvious thing, anyway). 2. Kernel-doc comment format does not allow empty line between end of comment and start of function (declaration line). There were several such spurious empty lines in item.c, so fix them. fs/configfs/item.c | 15 +++------------ include/linux/configfs.h | 1 - 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@cse.iitk.ac.in> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
* configfs: consistent attribute sizeJoel Becker2007-07-111-3/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The attribute store/show code currently limits attributes at PAGE_SIZE. This code comes from sysfs, where it still works that way. However, PAGE_SIZE is not constant. A 16k attribute string works on ia64 but not on x86. Really a subsystem shouldn't allow different attribute sizes based on platform. As such, limit all simple attributes to 4k. This works on all platforms, and is consistent with all current code. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
* Detach sched.h from mm.hAlexey Dobriyan2007-05-211-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | First thing mm.h does is including sched.h solely for can_do_mlock() inline function which has "current" dereference inside. By dealing with can_do_mlock() mm.h can be detached from sched.h which is good. See below, why. This patch a) removes unconditional inclusion of sched.h from mm.h b) makes can_do_mlock() normal function in mm/mlock.c c) exports can_do_mlock() to not break compilation d) adds sched.h inclusions back to files that were getting it indirectly. e) adds less bloated headers to some files (asm/signal.h, jiffies.h) that were getting them indirectly Net result is: a) mm.h users would get less code to open, read, preprocess, parse, ... if they don't need sched.h b) sched.h stops being dependency for significant number of files: on x86_64 allmodconfig touching sched.h results in recompile of 4083 files, after patch it's only 3744 (-8.3%). Cross-compile tested on all arm defconfigs, all mips defconfigs, all powerpc defconfigs, alpha alpha-up arm i386 i386-up i386-defconfig i386-allnoconfig ia64 ia64-up m68k mips parisc parisc-up powerpc powerpc-up s390 s390-up sparc sparc-up sparc64 sparc64-up um-x86_64 x86_64 x86_64-up x86_64-defconfig x86_64-allnoconfig as well as my two usual configs. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* use simple_read_from_buffer() in fs/Akinobu Mita2007-05-091-31/+2
| | | | | | | | | | Cleanup using simple_read_from_buffer() in binfmt_misc, configfs, and sysfs. Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer neededGreg Kroah-Hartman2007-05-031-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | We need to work on cleaning up the relationship between kobjects, ksets and ktypes. The removal of 'struct subsystem' is the first step of this, especially as it is not really needed at all. Thanks to Kay for fixing the bugs in this patch. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* configfs: add missing mutex_unlock()Joel Becker2007-03-141-15/+12
| | | | | | | | | | 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>
* [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations constJosef 'Jeff' Sipek2007-02-121-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch is inspired by Arjan's "Patch series to mark struct file_operations and struct inode_operations const". Compile tested with gcc & sparse. Signed-off-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>
* [PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 1Arjan van de Ven2007-02-124-5/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | Many struct inode_operations in the kernel can be "const". Marking them const moves these to the .rodata section, which avoids false sharing with potential dirty data. In addition it'll catch accidental writes at compile time to these shared resources. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] Transform kmem_cache_alloc()+memset(0) -> kmem_cache_zalloc().Robert P. J. Day2007-02-111-2/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Replace appropriate pairs of "kmem_cache_alloc()" + "memset(0)" with the corresponding "kmem_cache_zalloc()" call. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Acked-by: Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com> Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz> Cc: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* configfs: Zero terminate data in configfs attribute writes.Joel Becker2007-02-071-3/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Attributes in configfs are text files. As such, most handlers expect to be able to call functions like simple_strtoul() without checking the bounds of the buffer. Change the call to zero terminate the buffer before calling the client's ->store() method. This does reduce the attribute size from PAGE_SIZE to PAGE_SIZE-1. Also, change get_zeroed_page() to alloc_page(), as we are handling the termination. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
* [PATCH] configfs: change uses of f_{dentry, vfsmnt} to use f_pathJosef "Jeff" Sipek2006-12-082-11/+11
| | | | | | | | | Change all the uses of f_{dentry,vfsmnt} to f_path.{dentry,mnt} in the configfs filesystem. Signed-off-by: Josef "Jeff" Sipek <jsipek@cs.sunysb.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_tChristoph Lameter2006-12-072-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Replace all uses of kmem_cache_t with struct kmem_cache. The patch was generated using the following script: #!/bin/sh # # Replace one string by another in all the kernel sources. # set -e for file in `find * -name "*.c" -o -name "*.h"|xargs grep -l $1`; do quilt add $file sed -e "1,\$s/$1/$2/g" $file >/tmp/$$ mv /tmp/$$ $file quilt refresh done The script was run like this sh replace kmem_cache_t "struct kmem_cache" Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* configfs: make configfs_dirent_exists() staticAdrian Bunk2006-12-021-2/+2
| | | | | | | | This patch makes the needlessly global configfs_dirent_exists() static. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
* configfs: mutex_lock_nested() fixMark Fasheh2006-12-021-2/+3
| | | | | | | configfs_unregister_subsystem() nests a pair of inode i_mutex acquisitions, and thus needs annotation via mutex_lock_nested(). Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
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