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2011-09-10Avoid dereferencing a 'request_queue' after last close.NeilBrown
On the last close of an 'md' device which as been stopped, the device is destroyed and in particular the request_queue is freed. The free is done in a separate thread so it might happen a short time later. __blkdev_put calls bdev_inode_switch_bdi *after* ->release has been called. Since commit f758eeabeb96f878c860e8f110f94ec8820822a9 bdev_inode_switch_bdi will dereference the 'old' bdi, which lives inside a request_queue, to get a spin lock. This causes the last close on an md device to sometime take a spin_lock which lives in freed memory - which results in an oops. So move the called to bdev_inode_switch_bdi before the call to ->release. Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Acked-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-08-01fix block device fallout from ->fsync() changesRafael J. Wysocki
blkdev_fsync() needs to write pages in pagecache... Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-08-01block: initialise bd_super in bdget()Lachlan McIlroy
bd_super is currently reset to NULL in kill_block_super() so we rely on previous users of the block_device object to initialise this value for the next user. This quirk was exposed on RHEL5 when a third party filesystem did not always use kill_block_super() and therefore bd_super wasn't being reset when a block_device object was recycled within the cache. This may not be a problem upstream but makes sense to be defensive. Signed-off-by: Lachlan McIlroy <lmcilroy@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-07-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/writeback * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/writeback: (27 commits) mm: properly reflect task dirty limits in dirty_exceeded logic writeback: don't busy retry writeback on new/freeing inodes writeback: scale IO chunk size up to half device bandwidth writeback: trace global_dirty_state writeback: introduce max-pause and pass-good dirty limits writeback: introduce smoothed global dirty limit writeback: consolidate variable names in balance_dirty_pages() writeback: show bdi write bandwidth in debugfs writeback: bdi write bandwidth estimation writeback: account per-bdi accumulated written pages writeback: make writeback_control.nr_to_write straight writeback: skip tmpfs early in balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr() writeback: trace event writeback_queue_io writeback: trace event writeback_single_inode writeback: remove .nonblocking and .encountered_congestion writeback: remove writeback_control.more_io writeback: skip balance_dirty_pages() for in-memory fs writeback: add bdi_dirty_limit() kernel-doc writeback: avoid extra sync work at enqueue time writeback: elevate queue_io() into wb_writeback() ... Fix up trivial conflicts in fs/fs-writeback.c and mm/filemap.c
2011-07-25Merge branch 'for-3.1/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-3.1/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (24 commits) block: strict rq_affinity backing-dev: use synchronize_rcu_expedited instead of synchronize_rcu block: fix patch import error in max_discard_sectors check block: reorder request_queue to remove 64 bit alignment padding CFQ: add think time check for group CFQ: add think time check for service tree CFQ: move think time check variables to a separate struct fixlet: Remove fs_excl from struct task. cfq: Remove special treatment for metadata rqs. block: document blk_plug list access block: avoid building too big plug list compat_ioctl: fix make headers_check regression block: eliminate potential for infinite loop in blkdev_issue_discard compat_ioctl: fix warning caused by qemu block: flush MEDIA_CHANGE from drivers on close(2) blk-throttle: Make total_nr_queued unsigned block: Add __attribute__((format(printf...) and fix fallout fs/partitions/check.c: make local symbols static block:remove some spare spaces in genhd.c block:fix the comment error in blkdev.h ...
2011-07-20fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlersJosef Bacik
Btrfs needs to be able to control how filemap_write_and_wait_range() is called in fsync to make it less of a painful operation, so push down taking i_mutex and the calling of filemap_write_and_wait() down into the ->fsync() handlers. Some file systems can drop taking the i_mutex altogether it seems, like ext3 and ocfs2. For correctness sake I just pushed everything down in all cases to make sure that we keep the current behavior the same for everybody, and then each individual fs maintainer can make up their mind about what to do from there. Thanks, Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-07-20fs: handle SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA properly in all fs's that define their own llseekJosef Bacik
This converts everybody to handle SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA properly. In some cases we just return -EINVAL, in others we do the normal generic thing, and in others we're simply making sure that the properly due-dilligence is done. For example in NFS/CIFS we need to make sure the file size is update properly for the SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA case, but since it calls the generic llseek stuff itself that is all we have to do. Thanks, Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-07-01block: flush MEDIA_CHANGE from drivers on close(2)Tejun Heo
Currently, only open(2) is defined as the 'clearing' point. It has two roles - first, it's an acknowledgement from userland indicating that the event has been received and kernel can clear pending states and proceed to generate more events. Secondly, it's passed on to device drivers as a hint indicating that a synchronization point has been reached and it might want to take a deeper look at the device. The latter currently is only used by sr which uses two different mechanisms - GET_EVENT_MEDIA_STATUS_NOTIFICATION and TEST_UNIT_READY to discover events, where the former is lighter weight and safe to be used repeatedly but may not provide full coverage. Among other things, GET_EVENT can't detect media removal while TUR can. This patch makes close(2) - blkdev_put() - indicate clearing hint for MEDIA_CHANGE to drivers. disk_check_events() is renamed to disk_flush_events() and updated to take @mask for events to flush which is or'd to ev->clearing and will be passed to the driver on the next ->check_events() invocation. This change makes sr generate MEDIA_CHANGE when media is ejected from userland - e.g. with eject(1). Note: Given the current usage, it seems @clearing hint is needlessly complex. disk_clear_events() can simply clear all events and the hint can be boolean @flush. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-06-13block: use the passed in @bdev when claiming if partno is zeroTejun Heo
6b4517a791 (block: implement bd_claiming and claiming block) introduced claiming block to support O_EXCL blkdev opens properly. bd_start_claiming() looks up the part 0 bdev and starts claiming block. The function assumed that there is only one part 0 bdev and always used bdget_disk(disk, 0) to look it up; unfortunately, this isn't true for some drivers (floppy) which use multiple block devices to denote different operating parameters for the same physical device. There can be multiple part 0 bdev's for the same device number. This incorrect assumption caused the wrong bdev to be used during claiming leading to unbalanced bd_holders as reported in the following bug. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28522 This patch updates bd_start_claiming() such that it uses the bdev specified as argument if its partno is zero. Note that this means that different bdev's can be used for the same device and O_EXCL check can be effectively bypassed. It has always been broken that way and floppy is fortunately on its way out. Leave that breakage alone. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Alex Villacis Lasso <avillaci@ceibo.fiec.espol.edu.ec> Tested-by: Alex Villacis Lasso <avillaci@ceibo.fiec.espol.edu.ec> Cc: stable@kernel.org # >= v2.6.36 Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-06-08writeback: split inode_wb_list_lock into bdi_writeback.list_lockChristoph Hellwig
Split the global inode_wb_list_lock into a per-bdi_writeback list_lock, as it's currently the most contended lock in the system for metadata heavy workloads. It won't help for single-filesystem workloads for which we'll need the I/O-less balance_dirty_pages, but at least we can dedicate a cpu to spinning on each bdi now for larger systems. Based on earlier patches from Nick Piggin and Dave Chinner. It reduces lock contentions to 1/4 in this test case: 10 HDD JBOD, 100 dd on each disk, XFS, 6GB ram lock_stat version 0.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- class name con-bounces contentions waittime-min waittime-max waittime-total acq-bounces acquisitions holdtime-min holdtime-max holdtime-total ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vanilla 2.6.39-rc3: inode_wb_list_lock: 42590 44433 0.12 147.74 144127.35 252274 886792 0.08 121.34 917211.23 ------------------ inode_wb_list_lock 2 [<ffffffff81165da5>] bdev_inode_switch_bdi+0x29/0x85 inode_wb_list_lock 34 [<ffffffff8115bd0b>] inode_wb_list_del+0x22/0x49 inode_wb_list_lock 12893 [<ffffffff8115bb53>] __mark_inode_dirty+0x170/0x1d0 inode_wb_list_lock 10702 [<ffffffff8115afef>] writeback_single_inode+0x16d/0x20a ------------------ inode_wb_list_lock 2 [<ffffffff81165da5>] bdev_inode_switch_bdi+0x29/0x85 inode_wb_list_lock 19 [<ffffffff8115bd0b>] inode_wb_list_del+0x22/0x49 inode_wb_list_lock 5550 [<ffffffff8115bb53>] __mark_inode_dirty+0x170/0x1d0 inode_wb_list_lock 8511 [<ffffffff8115b4ad>] writeback_sb_inodes+0x10f/0x157 2.6.39-rc3 + patch: &(&wb->list_lock)->rlock: 11383 11657 0.14 151.69 40429.51 90825 527918 0.11 145.90 556843.37 ------------------------ &(&wb->list_lock)->rlock 10 [<ffffffff8115b189>] inode_wb_list_del+0x5f/0x86 &(&wb->list_lock)->rlock 1493 [<ffffffff8115b1ed>] writeback_inodes_wb+0x3d/0x150 &(&wb->list_lock)->rlock 3652 [<ffffffff8115a8e9>] writeback_sb_inodes+0x123/0x16f &(&wb->list_lock)->rlock 1412 [<ffffffff8115a38e>] writeback_single_inode+0x17f/0x223 ------------------------ &(&wb->list_lock)->rlock 3 [<ffffffff8110b5af>] bdi_lock_two+0x46/0x4b &(&wb->list_lock)->rlock 6 [<ffffffff8115b189>] inode_wb_list_del+0x5f/0x86 &(&wb->list_lock)->rlock 2061 [<ffffffff8115af97>] __mark_inode_dirty+0x173/0x1cf &(&wb->list_lock)->rlock 2629 [<ffffffff8115a8e9>] writeback_sb_inodes+0x123/0x16f hughd@google.com: fix recursive lock when bdi_lock_two() is called with new the same as old akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanup bdev_inode_switch_bdi() comment Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
2011-06-01block: blkdev_get() should access ->bd_disk only after successTejun Heo
d4dc210f69 (block: don't block events on excl write for non-optical devices) added dereferencing of bdev->bd_disk to test GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE; however, bdev->bd_disk can be %NULL if open failed which can lead to an oops. Test the flag after testing open was successful, not before. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Tested-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-05-23block: move bd_set_size() above rescan_partitions() in __blkdev_get()Tejun Heo
02e352287a4 (block: rescan partitions on invalidated devices on -ENOMEDIA too) relocated partition rescan above explicit bd_set_size() to simplify condition check. As rescan_partitions() does its own bdev size setting, this doesn't break anything; however, rescan_partitions() prints out the following messages when adjusting bdev size, which can be confusing. sda: detected capacity change from 0 to 146815737856 sdb: detected capacity change from 0 to 146815737856 This patch restores the original order and remove the warning messages. stable: Please apply together with 02e352287a4 (block: rescan partitions on invalidated devices on -ENOMEDIA too). Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@gmail.com> Tested-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@gmail.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Stable note: 2.6.39 only. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-04-21block: don't block events on excl write for non-optical devicesTejun Heo
Disk event code automatically blocks events on excl write. This is primarily to avoid issuing polling commands while burning is in progress. This behavior doesn't fit other types of devices with removeable media where polling commands don't have adverse side effects and door locking usually doesn't exist. This patch introduces new genhd flag which controls the auto-blocking behavior and uses it to enable auto-blocking only on optical devices. Note for stable: 2.6.38 and later only Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-04-21block: rescan partitions on invalidated devices on -ENOMEDIA tooTejun Heo
__blkdev_get() doesn't rescan partitions if disk->fops->open() fails, which leads to ghost partition devices lingering after medimum removal is known to both the kernel and userland. The behavior also creates a subtle inconsistency where O_NONBLOCK open, which doesn't fail even if there's no medium, clears the ghots partitions, which is exploited to work around the problem from userland. Fix it by updating __blkdev_get() to issue partition rescan after -ENOMEDIA too. This was reported in the following bz. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13029 Note for stable: 2.6.38 and later only Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: David Zeuthen <zeuthen@gmail.com> Reported-by: Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Reported-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Tested-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-03-31Fix common misspellingsLucas De Marchi
Fixes generated by 'codespell' and manually reviewed. Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
2011-03-24Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: fs: simplify iget & friends fs: pull inode->i_lock up out of writeback_single_inode fs: rename inode_lock to inode_hash_lock fs: move i_wb_list out from under inode_lock fs: move i_sb_list out from under inode_lock fs: remove inode_lock from iput_final and prune_icache fs: Lock the inode LRU list separately fs: factor inode disposal fs: protect inode->i_state with inode->i_lock autofs4: Do not potentially dereference NULL pointer returned by fget() in autofs_dev_ioctl_setpipefd() autofs4 - remove autofs4_lock autofs4 - fix d_manage() return on rcu-walk autofs4 - fix autofs4_expire_indirect() traversal autofs4 - fix dentry leak in autofs4_expire_direct() autofs4 - reinstate last used update on access vfs - check non-mountpoint dentry might block in __follow_mount_rcu()
2011-03-24fs: move i_wb_list out from under inode_lockDave Chinner
Protect the inode writeback list with a new global lock inode_wb_list_lock and use it to protect the list manipulations and traversals. This lock replaces the inode_lock as the inodes on the list can be validity checked while holding the inode->i_lock and hence the inode_lock is no longer needed to protect the list. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-03-24fs: protect inode->i_state with inode->i_lockDave Chinner
Protect inode state transitions and validity checks with the inode->i_lock. This enables us to make inode state transitions independently of the inode_lock and is the first step to peeling away the inode_lock from the code. This requires that __iget() is done atomically with i_state checks during list traversals so that we don't race with another thread marking the inode I_FREEING between the state check and grabbing the reference. Also remove the unlock_new_inode() memory barrier optimisation required to avoid taking the inode_lock when clearing I_NEW. Simplify the code by simply taking the inode->i_lock around the state change and wakeup. Because the wakeup is no longer tricky, remove the wake_up_inode() function and open code the wakeup where necessary. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-03-19block: NULL dereference on error path in __blkdev_get()Dan Carpenter
"disk" is always NULL when we goto out. There was a check for this before, but it was removed in 69e02c59a7d9 "block: Don't check events while open is in progress". Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@carl>
2011-03-10Merge branch 'for-2.6.39/stack-plug' into for-2.6.39/coreJens Axboe
Conflicts: block/blk-core.c block/blk-flush.c drivers/md/raid1.c drivers/md/raid10.c drivers/md/raid5.c fs/nilfs2/btnode.c fs/nilfs2/mdt.c Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-03-10block: remove per-queue pluggingJens Axboe
Code has been converted over to the new explicit on-stack plugging, and delay users have been converted to use the new API for that. So lets kill off the old plugging along with aops->sync_page(). Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-03-09block: Don't check events while open is in progressTejun Heo
Not all block drivers clear events immediately after reporting. Some do so in ->revalidate_disk() or other steps during ->open(). There is a slim chance event poll may happen between the clearing event check from check_disk_change() and the actual clearing of the events which would result in spurious events. Block event checks while block device open is in progress. There is no need to kick explicit event check afterwards as events are always checked during open. -v2: The original patch could have called disk_unblock_events() with an already released or %NULL @disk causing oops. Fixed by making sure references are put after disk_unblock_events() is called. It also makes the error path of __blkdev_get() a bit simpler. This problem was reported by Jens. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
2011-03-09block: Don't check events on close unless it was blockedTejun Heo
The block event mechanism currently always checks events when the device is being closed regardless of the open mode. The intention was to allow detection of EJECT_REQUEST when a device is closed whether disk event polling is enabled or not. This is unnecessary as, for devices of interest, events are checked from either userland or kernel and in the former case ->check_events() is performed on open of each poll attempt anyway. Furthermore, this unconditional event check on close makes the code susceptible to event loop if the block driver doesn't clear reported events correctly - an event triggers userland to open and close the device which in turn causes another event, rinse and repeat. Check events on close only if it was blocked by excl write open. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
2011-03-09block: Don't implicitly trigger event check on disk_unblock_events()Tejun Heo
Currently, disk_unblock_events() implicitly kick event check if the block count reaches zero. This behavior is not described in the comment and hinders with future changes. Make the unblocker explicitly check events by calling disk_check_events() as necessary. This patch doesn't cause any behavior difference. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
2011-02-28fs/block_dev.c: fix new kernel-doc warningRandy Dunlap
Fix new kernel-doc warning in fs/block_dev.c: Warning(fs/block_dev.c:937): No description found for parameter 'kill_dirty' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-02-25Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/mdLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md: md: Fix - again - partition detection when array becomes active Fix over-zealous flush_disk when changing device size. md: avoid spinlock problem in blk_throtl_exit md: correctly handle probe of an 'mdp' device. md: don't set_capacity before array is active. md: Fix raid1->raid0 takeover
2011-02-24block: bd_link_disk_holder() should hold on to holder_dirTejun Heo
The new implementation of bd_link_disk_holder() added by 49731baa41d (block: restore multiple bd_link_disk_holder() support) didn't get an extra reference for the holder_dir kobject of the slave bdev; however, bdev kills holder_dir on removal, not release, so if the slave bdev is removed while there are holder links, the holder_dir will be destroyed while there still are holder links, which leads to oops later when bd_unlink_disk_order() tries to remove those links. Make bd_link_disk_holder() grab an extra reference for the slave's holder_dir and put it in bd_unlink_disk_holder(). Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: "Hawrylewicz Czarnowski, Przemyslaw" <przemyslaw.hawrylewicz.czarnowski@intel.com> Tested-by: "Hawrylewicz Czarnowski, Przemyslaw" <przemyslaw.hawrylewicz.czarnowski@intel.com> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-02-24Fix over-zealous flush_disk when changing device size.NeilBrown
There are two cases when we call flush_disk. In one, the device has disappeared (check_disk_change) so any data will hold becomes irrelevant. In the oter, the device has changed size (check_disk_size_change) so data we hold may be irrelevant. In both cases it makes sense to discard any 'clean' buffers, so they will be read back from the device if needed. In the former case it makes sense to discard 'dirty' buffers as there will never be anywhere safe to write the data. In the second case it *does*not* make sense to discard dirty buffers as that will lead to file system corruption when you simply enlarge the containing devices. flush_disk calls __invalidate_devices. __invalidate_device calls both invalidate_inodes and invalidate_bdev. invalidate_inodes *does* discard I_DIRTY inodes and this does lead to fs corruption. invalidate_bev *does*not* discard dirty pages, but I don't really care about that at present. So this patch adds a flag to __invalidate_device (calling it __invalidate_device2) to indicate whether dirty buffers should be killed, and this is passed to invalidate_inodes which can choose to skip dirty inodes. flusk_disk then passes true from check_disk_change and false from check_disk_size_change. dm avoids tripping over this problem by calling i_size_write directly rathher than using check_disk_size_change. md does use check_disk_size_change and so is affected. This regression was introduced by commit 608aeef17a which causes check_disk_size_change to call flush_disk, so it is suitable for any kernel since 2.6.27. Cc: stable@kernel.org Acked-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Cc: Andrew Patterson <andrew.patterson@hp.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-02-16block: revert block_dev read-only checkChuck Ebbert
This reverts commit 75f1dc0d076d ("block: check bdev_read_only() from blkdev_get()"). That commit added stricter checking to make sure devices that were being used read-only were actually opened in that mode. It turns out that the change breaks a bunch of kernel code that opens block devices. Affected systems include dm, md, and the loop device. Because strict checking for read-only opens of block devices was not done before this, the code that opens the devices was opening them read-write even if they were being used read-only. Auditing all that code will take time, and new userspace packages for dm, mdadm, etc. will also be required. Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-01-14block: restore multiple bd_link_disk_holder() supportTejun Heo
Commit e09b457b (block: simplify holder symlink handling) incorrectly assumed that there is only one link at maximum. dm may use multiple links and expects block layer to track reference count for each link, which is different from and unrelated to the exclusive device holder identified by @holder when the device is opened. Remove the single holder assumption and automatic removal of the link and revive the per-link reference count tracking. The code essentially behaves the same as before commit e09b457b sans the unnecessary kobject reference count dancing. While at it, note that this facility should not be used by anyone else than the current ones. Sysfs symlinks shouldn't be abused like this and the whole thing doesn't belong in the block layer at all. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com> Cc: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-01-13Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (43 commits) block: ensure that completion error gets properly traced blktrace: add missing probe argument to block_bio_complete block cfq: don't use atomic_t for cfq_group block cfq: don't use atomic_t for cfq_queue block: trace event block fix unassigned field block: add internal hd part table references block: fix accounting bug on cross partition merges kref: add kref_test_and_get bio-integrity: mark kintegrityd_wq highpri and CPU intensive block: make kblockd_workqueue smarter Revert "sd: implement sd_check_events()" block: Clean up exit_io_context() source code. Fix compile warnings due to missing removal of a 'ret' variable fs/block: type signature of major_to_index(int) to major_to_index(unsigned) block: convert !IS_ERR(p) && p to !IS_ERR_NOR_NULL(p) cfq-iosched: don't check cfqg in choose_service_tree() fs/splice: Pull buf->ops->confirm() from splice_from_pipe actors cdrom: export cdrom_check_events() sd: implement sd_check_events() sr: implement sr_check_events() ...
2011-01-12pass default dentry_operations to mount_pseudo()Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-01-07fs: icache RCU free inodesNick Piggin
RCU free the struct inode. This will allow: - Subsequent store-free path walking patch. The inode must be consulted for permissions when walking, so an RCU inode reference is a must. - sb_inode_list_lock to be moved inside i_lock because sb list walkers who want to take i_lock no longer need to take sb_inode_list_lock to walk the list in the first place. This will simplify and optimize locking. - Could remove some nested trylock loops in dcache code - Could potentially simplify things a bit in VM land. Do not need to take the page lock to follow page->mapping. The downsides of this is the performance cost of using RCU. In a simple creat/unlink microbenchmark, performance drops by about 10% due to inability to reuse cache-hot slab objects. As iterations increase and RCU freeing starts kicking over, this increases to about 20%. In cases where inode lifetimes are longer (ie. many inodes may be allocated during the average life span of a single inode), a lot of this cache reuse is not applicable, so the regression caused by this patch is smaller. The cache-hot regression could largely be avoided by using SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU, however this adds some complexity to list walking and store-free path walking, so I prefer to implement this at a later date, if it is shown to be a win in real situations. I haven't found a regression in any non-micro benchmark so I doubt it will be a problem. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
2010-12-16implement in-kernel gendisk events handlingTejun Heo
Currently, media presence polling for removeable block devices is done from userland. There are several issues with this. * Polling is done by periodically opening the device. For SCSI devices, the command sequence generated by such action involves a few different commands including TEST_UNIT_READY. This behavior, while perfectly legal, is different from Windows which only issues single command, GET_EVENT_STATUS_NOTIFICATION. Unfortunately, some ATAPI devices lock up after being periodically queried such command sequences. * There is no reliable and unintrusive way for a userland program to tell whether the target device is safe for media presence polling. For example, polling for media presence during an on-going burning session can make it fail. The polling program can avoid this by opening the device with O_EXCL but then it risks making a valid exclusive user of the device fail w/ -EBUSY. * Userland polling is unnecessarily heavy and in-kernel implementation is lighter and better coordinated (workqueue, timer slack). This patch implements framework for in-kernel disk event handling, which includes media presence polling. * bdops->check_events() is added, which supercedes ->media_changed(). It should check whether there's any pending event and return if so. Currently, two events are defined - DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE and DISK_EVENT_EJECT_REQUEST. ->check_events() is guaranteed not to be called parallelly. * gendisk->events and ->async_events are added. These should be initialized by block driver before passing the device to add_disk(). The former contains the mask of all supported events and the latter the mask of all events which the device can report without polling. /sys/block/*/events[_async] export these to userland. * Kernel parameter block.events_dfl_poll_msecs controls the system polling interval (default is 0 which means disable) and /sys/block/*/events_poll_msecs control polling intervals for individual devices (default is -1 meaning use system setting). Note that if a device can report all supported events asynchronously and its polling interval isn't explicitly set, the device won't be polled regardless of the system polling interval. * If a device is opened exclusively with write access, event checking is automatically disabled until all write exclusive accesses are released. * There are event 'clearing' events. For example, both of currently defined events are cleared after the device has been successfully opened. This information is passed to ->check_events() callback using @clearing argument as a hint. * Event checking is always performed from system_nrt_wq and timer slack is set to 25% for polling. * Nothing changes for drivers which implement ->media_changed() but not ->check_events(). Going forward, all drivers will be converted to ->check_events() and ->media_change() will be dropped. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2010-11-17BKL: remove extraneous #include <smp_lock.h>Arnd Bergmann
The big kernel lock has been removed from all these files at some point, leaving only the #include. Remove this too as a cleanup. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-11-13block: clean up blkdev_get() wrappers and their usersTejun Heo
After recent blkdev_get() modifications, open_by_devnum() and open_bdev_exclusive() are simple wrappers around blkdev_get(). Replace them with blkdev_get_by_dev() and blkdev_get_by_path(). blkdev_get_by_dev() is identical to open_by_devnum(). blkdev_get_by_path() is slightly different in that it doesn't automatically add %FMODE_EXCL to @mode. All users are converted. Most conversions are mechanical and don't introduce any behavior difference. There are several exceptions. * btrfs now sets FMODE_EXCL in btrfs_device->mode, so there's no reason to OR it explicitly on blkdev_put(). * gfs2, nilfs2 and the generic mount_bdev() now set FMODE_EXCL in sb->s_mode. * With the above changes, sb->s_mode now always should contain FMODE_EXCL. WARN_ON_ONCE() added to kill_block_super() to detect errors. The new blkdev_get_*() functions are with proper docbook comments. While at it, add function description to blkdev_get() too. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Cc: Joern Engel <joern@lazybastard.org> Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: KONISHI Ryusuke <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: reiserfs-devel@vger.kernel.org Cc: xfs-masters@oss.sgi.com Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2010-11-13block: check bdev_read_only() from blkdev_get()Tejun Heo
bdev read-only status can be queried using bdev_read_only() and may change while the device is being opened. Enforce it by checking it from blkdev_get() after open succeeds. This makes bdev_read_only() check in open_bdev_exclusive() and fsg_lun_open() unnecessary. Drop them. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
2010-11-13block: reorganize claim/release implementationTejun Heo
With claim/release rolled into blkdev_get/put(), there's no reason to keep bd_abort/finish_claim(), __bd_claim() and bd_release() as separate functions. It only makes the code difficult to follow. Collapse them into blkdev_get/put(). This will ease future changes around claim/release. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2010-11-13block: make blkdev_get/put() handle exclusive accessTejun Heo
Over time, block layer has accumulated a set of APIs dealing with bdev open, close, claim and release. * blkdev_get/put() are the primary open and close functions. * bd_claim/release() deal with exclusive open. * open/close_bdev_exclusive() are combination of open and claim and the other way around, respectively. * bd_link/unlink_disk_holder() to create and remove holder/slave symlinks. * open_by_devnum() wraps bdget() + blkdev_get(). The interface is a bit confusing and the decoupling of open and claim makes it impossible to properly guarantee exclusive access as in-kernel open + claim sequence can disturb the existing exclusive open even before the block layer knows the current open if for another exclusive access. Reorganize the interface such that, * blkdev_get() is extended to include exclusive access management. @holder argument is added and, if is @FMODE_EXCL specified, it will gain exclusive access atomically w.r.t. other exclusive accesses. * blkdev_put() is similarly extended. It now takes @mode argument and if @FMODE_EXCL is set, it releases an exclusive access. Also, when the last exclusive claim is released, the holder/slave symlinks are removed automatically. * bd_claim/release() and close_bdev_exclusive() are no longer necessary and either made static or removed. * bd_link_disk_holder() remains the same but bd_unlink_disk_holder() is no longer necessary and removed. * open_bdev_exclusive() becomes a simple wrapper around lookup_bdev() and blkdev_get(). It also has an unexpected extra bdev_read_only() test which probably should be moved into blkdev_get(). * open_by_devnum() is modified to take @holder argument and pass it to blkdev_get(). Most of bdev open/close operations are unified into blkdev_get/put() and most exclusive accesses are tested atomically at the open time (as it should). This cleans up code and removes some, both valid and invalid, but unnecessary all the same, corner cases. open_bdev_exclusive() and open_by_devnum() can use further cleanup - rename to blkdev_get_by_path() and blkdev_get_by_devt() and drop special features. Well, let's leave them for another day. Most conversions are straight-forward. drbd conversion is a bit more involved as there was some reordering, but the logic should stay the same. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Acked-by: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com> Cc: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@dilger.ca> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com> Cc: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Cc: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com Cc: drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com Cc: Leo Chen <leochen@broadcom.com> Cc: Scott Branden <sbranden@broadcom.com> Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Cc: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org> Cc: reiserfs-devel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2010-11-13block: simplify holder symlink handlingTejun Heo
Code to manage symlinks in /sys/block/*/{holders|slaves} are overly complex with multiple holder considerations, redundant extra references to all involved kobjects, unused generic kobject holder support and unnecessary mixup with bd_claim/release functionalities. Strip it down to what's necessary (single gendisk holder) and make it use a separate interface. This is a step for cleaning up bd_claim/release. This patch makes dm-table slightly more complex but it will be simplified again with further changes. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com
2010-10-29convert get_sb_pseudo() usersAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2010-10-25fs: inode split IO and LRU listsNick Piggin
The use of the same inode list structure (inode->i_list) for two different list constructs with different lifecycles and purposes makes it impossible to separate the locking of the different operations. Therefore, to enable the separation of the locking of the writeback and reclaim lists, split the inode->i_list into two separate lists dedicated to their specific tracking functions. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2010-10-25fs: switch bdev inode bdi's correctlyDave Chinner
bdev inodes can remain dirty even after their last close. Hence the BDI associated with the bdev->inode gets modified duringthe last close to point to the default BDI. However, the bdev inode still needs to be moved to the dirty lists of the new BDI, otherwise it will corrupt the writeback list is was left on. Add a new function bdev_inode_switch_bdi() to move all the bdi state from the old bdi to the new one safely. This is only a temporary measure until the bdev inode<->bdi lifecycle problems are sorted out. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2010-10-25new helper: ihold()Al Viro
Clones an existing reference to inode; caller must already hold one. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2010-09-16block: remove BLKDEV_IFL_WAITChristoph Hellwig
All the blkdev_issue_* helpers can only sanely be used for synchronous caller. To issue cache flushes or barriers asynchronously the caller needs to set up a bio by itself with a completion callback to move the asynchronous state machine ahead. So drop the BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT flag that is always specified when calling blkdev_issue_* and also remove the now unused flags argument to blkdev_issue_flush and blkdev_issue_zeroout. For blkdev_issue_discard we need to keep it for the secure discard flag, which gains a more descriptive name and loses the bitops vs flag confusion. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2010-08-11blkdev: cgroup whitelist permission fixChris Wright
The cgroup device whitelist code gets confused when trying to grant permission to a disk partition that is not currently open. Part of blkdev_open() includes __blkdev_get() on the whole disk. Basically, the only ways to reliably allow a cgroup access to a partition on a block device when using the whitelist are to 1) also give it access to the whole block device or 2) make sure the partition is already open in a different context. The patch avoids the cgroup check for the whole disk case when opening a partition. Addresses https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=589662 Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Tested-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Reported-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-10Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (149 commits) block: make sure that REQ_* types are seen even with CONFIG_BLOCK=n xen-blkfront: fix missing out label blkdev: fix blkdev_issue_zeroout return value block: update request stacking methods to support discards block: fix missing export of blk_types.h writeback: fix bad _bh spinlock nesting drbd: revert "delay probes", feature is being re-implemented differently drbd: Initialize all members of sync_conf to their defaults [Bugz 315] drbd: Disable delay probes for the upcomming release writeback: cleanup bdi_register writeback: add new tracepoints writeback: remove unnecessary init_timer call writeback: optimize periodic bdi thread wakeups writeback: prevent unnecessary bdi threads wakeups writeback: move bdi threads exiting logic to the forker thread writeback: restructure bdi forker loop a little writeback: move last_active to bdi writeback: do not remove bdi from bdi_list writeback: simplify bdi code a little writeback: do not lose wake-ups in bdi threads ... Fixed up pretty trivial conflicts in drivers/block/virtio_blk.c and drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c as per Jens.
2010-08-10Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (96 commits) no need for list_for_each_entry_safe()/resetting with superblock list Fix sget() race with failing mount vfs: don't hold s_umount over close_bdev_exclusive() call sysv: do not mark superblock dirty on remount sysv: do not mark superblock dirty on mount btrfs: remove junk sb_dirt change BFS: clean up the superblock usage AFFS: wait for sb synchronization when needed AFFS: clean up dirty flag usage cifs: truncate fallout mbcache: fix shrinker function return value mbcache: Remove unused features add f_flags to struct statfs(64) pass a struct path to vfs_statfs update VFS documentation for method changes. All filesystems that need invalidate_inode_buffers() are doing that explicitly convert remaining ->clear_inode() to ->evict_inode() Make ->drop_inode() just return whether inode needs to be dropped fs/inode.c:clear_inode() is gone fs/inode.c:evict() doesn't care about delete vs. non-delete paths now ... Fix up trivial conflicts in fs/nilfs2/super.c
2010-08-09convert remaining ->clear_inode() to ->evict_inode()Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2010-08-09get rid of block_write_begin_newtruncChristoph Hellwig
Move the call to vmtruncate to get rid of accessive blocks to the callers in preparation of the new truncate sequence and rename the non-truncating version to block_write_begin. While we're at it also remove several unused arguments to block_write_begin. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>