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2007-07-11sysfs: kill attribute file orphaningTejun Heo
Now that sysfs_dirent can be disconnected from kobject on deletion, there is no need to orphan each attribute files. All [bin_]attribute nodes are automatically orphaned when the parent node is deleted. Kill attribute file orphaning. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnectTejun Heo
sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnect Opening a sysfs node references its associated kobject, so userland can arbitrarily prolong lifetime of a kobject which complicates lifetime rules in drivers. This patch implements active reference and makes the association between kobject and sysfs immediately breakable. Now each sysfs_dirent has two reference counts - s_count and s_active. s_count is a regular reference count which guarantees that the containing sysfs_dirent is accessible. As long as s_count reference is held, all sysfs internal fields in sysfs_dirent are accessible including s_parent and s_name. The newly added s_active is active reference count. This is acquired by invoking sysfs_get_active() and it's the caller's responsibility to ensure sysfs_dirent itself is accessible (should be holding s_count one way or the other). Dereferencing sysfs_dirent to access objects out of sysfs proper requires active reference. This includes access to the associated kobjects, attributes and ops. The active references can be drained and denied by calling sysfs_deactivate(). All active sysfs_dirents must be deactivated after deletion but before the default reference is dropped. This enables immediate disconnect of sysfs nodes. Once a sysfs_dirent is deleted, it won't access any entity external to sysfs proper. Because attr/bin_attr ops access both the node itself and its parent for kobject, they need to hold active references to both. sysfs_get/put_active_two() helpers are provided to help grabbing both references. Parent's is acquired first and released last. Unlike other operations, mmapped area lingers on after mmap() is finished and the module implement implementing it and kobj need to stay referenced till all the mapped pages are gone. This is accomplished by holding one set of active references to the bin_attr and its parent if there have been any mmap during lifetime of an openfile. The references are dropped when the openfile is released. This change makes sysfs lifetime rules independent from both kobject's and module's. It not only fixes several race conditions caused by sysfs not holding onto the proper module when referencing kobject, but also helps fixing and simplifying lifetime management in driver model and drivers by taking sysfs out of the equation. Please read the following message for more info. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293 Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: implement bin_bufferTejun Heo
Implement bin_buffer which contains a mutex and pointer to PAGE_SIZE buffer to properly synchronize accesses to per-openfile buffer and prepare for immediate-kobj-disconnect. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: reimplement symlink using sysfs_dirent treeTejun Heo
sysfs symlink is implemented by referencing dentry and kobject from sysfs_dirent - symlink entry references kobject, dentry is used to walk the tree. This complicates object lifetimes rules and is dangerous - for example, there is no way to tell to which module the target of a symlink belongs and referencing that kobject can make it linger after the module is gone. This patch reimplements symlink using only sysfs_dirent tree. sd for a symlink points and holds reference to the target sysfs_dirent and all walking is done using sysfs_dirent tree. Simpler and safer. Please read the following message for more info. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293 Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: implement kobj_sysfs_assoc_lockTejun Heo
kobj->dentry can go away anytime unless the user controls when the associated sysfs node is deleted. This patch implements kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock which protects kobj->dentry. This will be used to maintain kobj based API when converting sysfs to use sysfs_dirent tree instead of dentry/kobject. Note that this lock belongs to kobject/driver-model not sysfs. Once sysfs is converted to not use kobject in its interface, this can be removed from sysfs. This is in preparation of object reference simplification. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: make sysfs_dirent->s_element a unionTejun Heo
Make sd->s_element a union of sysfs_elem_{dir|symlink|attr|bin_attr} and rename it to s_elem. This is to achieve... * some level of type checking : changing symlink to point to sysfs_dirent instead of kobject is much safer and less painful now. * easier / standardized dereferencing * allow sysfs_elem_* to contain more than one entry Where possible, pointer is obtained by directly deferencing from sd instead of going through other entities. This reduces dependencies to dentry, inode and kobject. to_attr() and to_bin_attr() are unused now and removed. This is in preparation of object reference simplification. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: add sysfs_dirent->s_nameTejun Heo
Add s_name to sysfs_dirent. This is to further reduce dependency to the associated dentry. Name is copied for directories and symlinks but not for attributes. Where possible, name dereferences are converted to use sd->s_name. sysfs_symlink->link_name and sysfs_get_name() are unused now and removed. This change allows symlink to be implemented using sysfs_dirent tree proper, which is the last remaining dentry-dependent sysfs walk. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: add sysfs_dirent->s_parentTejun Heo
Add sysfs_dirent->s_parent. With this patch, each sd points to and holds a reference to its parent. This allows walking sysfs tree without referencing sd->s_dentry which can go away anytime if the user doesn't control when it's deleted. sd->s_parent is initialized and parent is referenced in sysfs_attach_dirent(). Reference to parent is released when the sd is released, so as long as reference to a sd is held, s_parent can be followed. dentry walk in sysfs_readdir() is convereted to s_parent walk. This will be used to reimplement symlink such that it uses only sysfs_dirent tree. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: consolidate sysfs_dirent creation functionsTejun Heo
Currently there are four functions to create sysfs_dirent - __sysfs_new_dirent(), sysfs_new_dirent(), __sysfs_make_dirent() and sysfs_make_dirent(). Other than sysfs_make_dirent(), no function has two users if calls to implement other functions are excluded. This patch consolidates sysfs_dirent creation functions into the following two. * sysfs_new_dirent() : allocate and initialize * sysfs_attach_dirent() : attach to sysfs_dirent hierarchy and/or associate with dentry This simplifies interface and gives callers more flexibility. This is in preparation of object reference simplification. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: flatten and fix sysfs_rename_dir() error handlingTejun Heo
Error handling in sysfs_rename_dir() was broken. * When lookup_one_len() fails, 0 is returned. * If parent inode check fails, returns with inode mutex and rename rwsem held. This patch fixes the above bugs and flattens error handling such that it's more readable and easier to modify. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: flatten cleanup paths in sysfs_add_link() and create_dir()Tejun Heo
Flatten cleanup paths in sysfs_add_link() and create_dir() to improve readability and ease further changes to these functions. This is in preparation of object reference simplification. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: fix error handling in binattr write()Tejun Heo
Error handling in fs/sysfs/bin.c:write() was wrong because size_t count is used to receive return value from flush_write() which is negative on failure. This patch updates write() such that int variable is used instead. read() is updated the same way for consistency. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: make sysfs_put() ignore NULL sdTejun Heo
Make sysfs_put() ignore NULL sd instead of oopsing. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: allocate inode number using idaTejun Heo
sysfs used simple incrementing allocator which is not guaranteed to be unique. This patch makes sysfs use ida to give each sd a unique and packed inode number. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: move release_sysfs_dirent() to dir.cTejun Heo
There is no reason this function should be inlined and soon to follow sysfs object reference simplification will make it heavier. Move it to dir.c. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11debugfs: add rename for debugfs filesJan Kara
Implement debugfs_rename() to allow renaming files/directories in debugfs. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-10Make common helpers for seq_files that work with list_headsPavel Emelianov
Many places in kernel use seq_file API to iterate over a regular list_head. The code for such iteration is identical in all the places, so it's worth introducing a common helpers. This makes code about 300 lines smaller: The first version of this patch made the helper functions static inline in the seq_file.h header. This patch moves them to the fs/seq_file.c as Andrew proposed. The vmlinux .text section sizes are as follows: 2.6.22-rc1-mm1: 0x001794d5 with the previous version: 0x00179505 with this patch: 0x00179135 The config file used was make allnoconfig with the "y" inclusion of all the possible options to make the files modified by the patch compile plus drivers I have on the test node. This patch: Many places in kernel use seq_file API to iterate over a regular list_head. The code for such iteration is identical in all the places, so it's worth introducing a common helpers. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@openvz.org> 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>
2007-07-10Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6: [S390] vmlogrdr function annotation. [S390] s390: rename CPU_IDLE to S390_CPU_IDLE [S390] cio: Remove prototype for non-existing function cmf_reset(). [S390] zcrypt: fix request timeout handling [S390] system call optimization. [S390] dasd: Avoid compile warnings on !CONFIG_DASD_PROFILE [S390] Remove volatile from atomic_t [S390] Program check in diag 210 under 31 bit [S390] Bogomips calculation for 64 bit. [S390] smp: Merge smp_count_cpus() and smp_get_save_areas(). [S390] zcore: Fix __user annotation. [S390] fixed cdl-format detection. [S390] sclp: Test facility list before executing a service call. [S390] sclp: introduce some new interfaces. [S390] Fixed comment typo. [S390] vmcp cleanup
2007-07-10Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmwLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw: (57 commits) [GFS2] Accept old format NFS filehandles [GFS2] Small fixes to logging code [DLM] dump more lock values [GFS2] Remove i_mode passing from NFS File Handle [GFS2] Obtaining no_formal_ino from directory entry [GFS2] git-gfs2-nmw-build-fix [GFS2] System won't suspend with GFS2 file system mounted [GFS2] remounting w/o acl option leaves acls enabled [GFS2] inode size inconsistency [DLM] Telnet to port 21064 can stop all lockspaces [GFS2] Fix gfs2_block_truncate_page err return [GFS2] Addendum to the journaled file/unmount patch [GFS2] Simplify multiple glock aquisition [GFS2] assertion failure after writing to journaled file, umount [GFS2] Use zero_user_page() in stuffed_readpage() [GFS2] Remove bogus '\0' in rgrp.c [GFS2] Journaled file write/unstuff bug [DLM] don't require FS flag on all nodes [GFS2] Fix deallocation issues [GFS2] return conflicts for GETLK ...
2007-07-10Merge branch 'splice-2.6.23' of git://git.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'splice-2.6.23' of git://git.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block: pipe: add documentation and comments pipe: change the ->pin() operation to ->confirm() Remove remnants of sendfile() xip sendfile removal splice: completely document external interface with kerneldoc sendfile: remove bad_sendfile() from bad_file_ops shmem: convert to using splice instead of sendfile() relay: use splice_to_pipe() instead of open-coding the pipe loop pipe: allow passing around of ops private pointer splice: divorce the splice structure/function definitions from the pipe header splice: relay support sendfile: convert nfsd to splice_direct_to_actor() sendfile: convert nfs to using splice_read() loop: convert to using splice_direct_to_actor() instead of sendfile() splice: add void cookie to the actor data sendfile: kill generic_file_sendfile() sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() sys_sendfile: switch to using ->splice_read, if available vmsplice: add vmsplice-to-user support splice: abstract out actor data
2007-07-10[GFS2] Accept old format NFS filehandlesSteven Whitehouse
On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 10:06 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > -#define GFS2_LARGE_FH_SIZE 10 > > - > > -struct gfs2_fh_obj { > > - struct gfs2_inum_host this; > > - u32 imode; > > -}; > > +#define GFS2_LARGE_FH_SIZE 8 > > Because gfs2_decode_fh only accepts file handles with GFS2_LARGE_FH_SIZE > or GFS2_LARGE_FH_SIZE you don't accept filehandles sent out by and older > gfs version anymore. Stale filehandles because of a new kernel version > are a big no-no, so please add back code to handle the old filehandles > on the decode side. > This should fix that problem I think since its only relating to end of the fh we can just ignore that field in order to accept the older format. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: Wendy Cheng <wcheng@redhat.com>
2007-07-10[S390] fixed cdl-format detection.Stefan Haberland
CDL formated DASDs are now detected correctly even if no VOL1 label is on the disk. This prevents possible loss of data. Signed-off-by: Stefan Haberland <stefan.haberland@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2007-07-10pipe: add documentation and commentsJens Axboe
As per Andrew Mortons request, here's a set of documentation for the generic pipe_buf_operations hooks, the pipe, and pipe_buffer structures. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10pipe: change the ->pin() operation to ->confirm()Jens Axboe
The name 'pin' was badly chosen, it doesn't pin a pipe buffer in the most commonly used sense in the kernel. So change the name to 'confirm', after debating this issue with Hugh Dickins a bit. A good return from ->confirm() means that the buffer is really there, and that the contents are good. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10Remove remnants of sendfile()Jens Axboe
There are now zero users of .sendfile() in the kernel, so kill it from the file_operations structure and in do_sendfile(). Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10xip sendfile removalCarsten Otte
This patch removes xip_file_sendfile, the sendfile implementation for xip without replacement. Those customers that use xip on s390 are not using sendfile() as far as we know, and so far s390 is the only platform this could potentially be used on so far. Having sendfile is not a popular feature for execute in place file systems, however we have a working implementation of splice_read() based on fs/splice.c if anyone asks for it. At this point in time, it does not seem preferable to merge splice_read() for xip because it causes extra maintenence effort due to code duplication and it requires struct page behind the xip memory segment. We'd like to get rid of that in favor of supporting flash based embedded platforms (Monta Vista work) soon. Signed-off-by: Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10splice: completely document external interface with kerneldocJens Axboe
Also add fs/splice.c as a kerneldoc target with a smaller blurb that should be expanded to better explain the overview of splice. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10sendfile: remove bad_sendfile() from bad_file_opsJens Axboe
do_sendfile() prefers splice over sendfile, so it should not trigger (directly, at least). Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10pipe: allow passing around of ops private pointerJens Axboe
relay needs this for proper consumption handling, and the network receive support needs it as well to lookup the sk_buff on pipe release. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10splice: divorce the splice structure/function definitions from the pipe headerJens Axboe
We need to move even more stuff into the header so that folks can use the splice_to_pipe() implementation instead of open-coding a lot of pipe knowledge (see relay implementation), so move to our own header file finally. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10sendfile: convert nfsd to splice_direct_to_actor()Jens Axboe
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10sendfile: convert nfs to using splice_read()Jens Axboe
Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile()Jens Axboe
They can use generic_file_splice_read() instead. Since sys_sendfile() now prefers that, there should be no change in behaviour. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10sys_sendfile: switch to using ->splice_read, if availableJens Axboe
This patch makes sendfile prefer to use ->splice_read(), if it's available in the file_operations structure. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10vmsplice: add vmsplice-to-user supportJens Axboe
A bit of a cheat, it actually just copies the data to userspace. But this makes the interface nice and symmetric and enables people to build on splice, with room for future improvement in performance. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10splice: abstract out actor dataJens Axboe
For direct splicing (or private splicing), the output may not be a file. So abstract out the handling into a specified actor function and put the data in the splice_desc structure earlier, so we can build on top of that. This is the first step in better splice handling for drivers, and also for implementing vmsplice _to_ user memory. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10unexport bio_{,un}map_userAdrian Bunk
bio_{,un}map_user no longer have any modular users. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-09Merge 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: Update print_hex_dump() syntax JFS: use print_hex_dump() rather than private dump_mem() function JFS: Whitespace cleanup and remove some dead code
2007-07-09sched: scheduler debugging, coreIngo Molnar
scheduler debugging core: implement /proc/sched_debug and /proc/<PID>/sched files for scheduler debugging. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2007-07-09sched: update delay-accounting to use CFS's precise statsBalbir Singh
update delay-accounting to use CFS's precise stats. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2007-07-09sched: make use of precise accounting for /proc task statsIngo Molnar
make use of CFS's precise accounting to drive /proc/<pid>/stat statistics. this code was co-authored by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com> Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>
2007-07-09sched: remove the SleepAVG fieldIngo Molnar
remove the SleepAVG field from /proc/<pid>/status, as with the removal of the sleep-average code this value no longer makes sense. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2007-07-09[GFS2] Small fixes to logging codeSteven Whitehouse
This reverts part of an earlier patch which tried to reclaim gfs2_bufdata structures too early and resulted in a "use after free" case (this bit from me). Also a change to not write out log headers unless we really need to (in the case of flushing nothing we don't need a header) from Bob. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com>
2007-07-09[DLM] dump more lock valuesDavid Teigland
Add two more output fields (lkb_flags and rsb nodeid) to the new debugfs file that dumps one lock per line. Also, dump all locks instead of just mastered locks. Accordingly, use a suffix of _locks instead of _master. Signed-off-by: David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-07-09[GFS2] Remove i_mode passing from NFS File HandleWendy Cheng
GFS2 has been passing i_mode within NFS File Handle. Other than the wrong assumption that there is always room for this extra 16 bit value, the current gfs2_get_dentry doesn't really need the i_mode to work correctly. Note that GFS2 NFS code does go thru the same lookup code path as direct file access route (where the mode is obtained from name lookup) but gfs2_get_dentry() is coded for different purpose. It is not used during lookup time. It is part of the file access procedure call. When the call is invoked, if on-disk inode is not in-memory, it has to be read-in. This makes i_mode passing a useless overhead. Signed-off-by: S. Wendy Cheng <wcheng@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-07-09[GFS2] Obtaining no_formal_ino from directory entryWendy Cheng
GFS2 lookup code doesn't ask for inode shared glock. This implies during in-memory inode creation for existing file, GFS2 will not disk-read in the inode contents. This leaves no_formal_ino un-initialized during lookup time. The un-initialized no_formal_ino is subsequently encoded into file handle. Clients will get ESTALE error whenever it tries to access these files. Signed-off-by: S. Wendy Cheng <wcheng@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-07-09[GFS2] git-gfs2-nmw-build-fixakpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-07-09[GFS2] System won't suspend with GFS2 file system mountedAbhijith Das
The kernel threads in gfs2, namely gfs2_scand, gfs2_logd, gfs2_quotad, gfs2_glockd, gfs2_recoverd weren't doing anything when the suspend mechanism was trying to freeze them. I put in calls to refrigerator() in the loops for all the daemons and suspend works as expected. Signed-off-by: Abhijith Das <adas@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-07-09[GFS2] remounting w/o acl option leaves acls enabledBob Peterson
This patch is for bugzilla bug #245663. This crosswrites a fix from gfs1 (bz #210369) so that the mount options are reset properly upon remount. This was tested on system trin-10. Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2007-07-09[GFS2] inode size inconsistencyWendy Cheng
This should have been part of the NFS patch #1 but somehow I missed it when packaging the patches. It is not a critical issue as the others (I hope). RHEL 5.1 31.el5 kernel runs fine without this change. Our truncate code is chopped into two parts, one for vfs inode changes (in vmtruncate()) and one of gfs inode (in gfs2_truncatei()). These two operatons are, unfortunately, not atomic. So it could happens that vmtruncate() succeeds (inode->i_size is changed) but gfs2_truncatei fails (say kernel temporarily out of memory). This would leave gfs inode i_di.di_size out of sync with vfs inode i_size. It will later confuse gfs2_commit_write() if a write is issued. Last time I checked, it will cause file corruption. Signed-off-by: S. Wendy Cheng <wcheng@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>