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<title>md: check return code of read_sb_page</title>
<updated>2010-10-07T01:02:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vasiliy Kulikov</name>
<email>segooon@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2010-10-01T21:18:12+00:00</published>
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Function read_sb_page may return ERR_PTR(...). Check for it.

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov &lt;segooon@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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Function read_sb_page may return ERR_PTR(...). Check for it.

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov &lt;segooon@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<title>md: resolve confusion of MD_CHANGE_CLEAN</title>
<updated>2010-08-30T08:06:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2010-08-30T07:33:34+00:00</published>
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MD_CHANGE_CLEAN is used for two different purposes and this leads to
confusion.
One of the purposes is largely mirrored by MD_CHANGE_PENDING which is
not used for anything else, so have MD_CHANGE_PENDING take over that
purpose fully.

The two purposes are:
 1/ tell md_update_sb that an update is needed and that it is just a
   clean/dirty transition.
 2/ tell user-space that an transition from clean to dirty is pending
    (something wants to write), and tell te kernel (by clearin the
    flag) that the transition is OK.

The first purpose remains wit MD_CHANGE_CLEAN, the second is moved
fully to MD_CHANGE_PENDING.

This means that various places which conditionally set or cleared
MD_CHANGE_CLEAN no longer need to be conditional.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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MD_CHANGE_CLEAN is used for two different purposes and this leads to
confusion.
One of the purposes is largely mirrored by MD_CHANGE_PENDING which is
not used for anything else, so have MD_CHANGE_PENDING take over that
purpose fully.

The two purposes are:
 1/ tell md_update_sb that an update is needed and that it is just a
   clean/dirty transition.
 2/ tell user-space that an transition from clean to dirty is pending
    (something wants to write), and tell te kernel (by clearin the
    flag) that the transition is OK.

The first purpose remains wit MD_CHANGE_CLEAN, the second is moved
fully to MD_CHANGE_PENDING.

This means that various places which conditionally set or cleared
MD_CHANGE_CLEAN no longer need to be conditional.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<title>md/bitmap:  separate out loading a bitmap from initialising the structures.</title>
<updated>2010-07-26T03:21:34+00:00</updated>
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<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2010-06-01T09:37:35+00:00</published>
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dm makes this distinction between -&gt;ctr and -&gt;resume, so we need to
too.

Also get the new bitmap_load to clear out the bitmap first, as this is
most consistent with the dm suspend/resume approach

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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dm makes this distinction between -&gt;ctr and -&gt;resume, so we need to
too.

Also get the new bitmap_load to clear out the bitmap first, as this is
most consistent with the dm suspend/resume approach

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<title>md/bitmap: prepare for storing write-intent-bitmap via dm-dirty-log.</title>
<updated>2010-07-26T03:21:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2010-06-01T09:37:34+00:00</published>
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This allows md/raid5 to fully work as a dm target.

Normally md uses a 'filemap' which contains a list of pages of bits
each of which may be written separately.
dm-log uses and all-or-nothing approach to writing the log, so
when using a dm-log, -&gt;filemap is NULL and the flags normally stored
in filemap_attr are stored in -&gt;logattrs instead.



Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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This allows md/raid5 to fully work as a dm target.

Normally md uses a 'filemap' which contains a list of pages of bits
each of which may be written separately.
dm-log uses and all-or-nothing approach to writing the log, so
when using a dm-log, -&gt;filemap is NULL and the flags normally stored
in filemap_attr are stored in -&gt;logattrs instead.



Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<title>md/bitmap: optimise scanning of empty bitmaps.</title>
<updated>2010-07-26T03:21:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2010-06-01T09:37:33+00:00</published>
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A bitmap is stored as one page per 2048 bits.
If none of the bits are set, the page is not allocated.

When bitmap_get_counter finds that a page isn't allocate,
it just reports that one bit work of space isn't flagged,
rather than reporting that 2048 bits worth of space are
unflagged.
This can cause searches for flagged bits (e.g. bitmap_close_sync)
to do more work than is really necessary.

So change bitmap_get_counter (when creating) to report a number of
blocks that more accurately reports the range of the device for which
no counter currently exists.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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A bitmap is stored as one page per 2048 bits.
If none of the bits are set, the page is not allocated.

When bitmap_get_counter finds that a page isn't allocate,
it just reports that one bit work of space isn't flagged,
rather than reporting that 2048 bits worth of space are
unflagged.
This can cause searches for flagged bits (e.g. bitmap_close_sync)
to do more work than is really necessary.

So change bitmap_get_counter (when creating) to report a number of
blocks that more accurately reports the range of the device for which
no counter currently exists.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>md/bitmap: clean up plugging calls.</title>
<updated>2010-07-26T03:21:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2010-06-01T09:37:33+00:00</published>
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1/ use md_unplug in bitmap.c as we will soon be using bitmaps under
  arrays with no queue attached.

2/ Don't bother plugging the queue when we set a bit in the bitmap.
   The reason for this was to encourage as many bits as possible to
   get set before we unplug and write stuff out.
   However every personality already plugs the queue after
   bitmap_startwrite either directly (raid1/raid10) or be setting
   STRIPE_BIT_DELAY which causes the queue to be plugged later
   (raid5).

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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1/ use md_unplug in bitmap.c as we will soon be using bitmaps under
  arrays with no queue attached.

2/ Don't bother plugging the queue when we set a bit in the bitmap.
   The reason for this was to encourage as many bits as possible to
   get set before we unplug and write stuff out.
   However every personality already plugs the queue after
   bitmap_startwrite either directly (raid1/raid10) or be setting
   STRIPE_BIT_DELAY which causes the queue to be plugged later
   (raid5).

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>md/bitmap: reduce dependence on sysfs.</title>
<updated>2010-07-26T03:21:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2010-06-01T09:37:32+00:00</published>
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For dm-raid45 we will want to use bitmaps in dm-targets which don't
have entries in sysfs, so cope with the mddev not living in sysfs.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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For dm-raid45 we will want to use bitmaps in dm-targets which don't
have entries in sysfs, so cope with the mddev not living in sysfs.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>md/bitmap: white space clean up and similar.</title>
<updated>2010-07-26T03:07:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2010-06-01T09:37:31+00:00</published>
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Fixes some whitespace problems
Fixed some checkpatch.pl complaints.
Replaced kmalloc ... memset(0), with kzalloc
Fixed an unlikely memory leak on an error path.
Reformatted a number of 'if/else' sets, sometimes
replacing goto with an else clause.
Removed some old comments and commented-out code.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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Fixes some whitespace problems
Fixed some checkpatch.pl complaints.
Replaced kmalloc ... memset(0), with kzalloc
Fixed an unlikely memory leak on an error path.
Reformatted a number of 'if/else' sets, sometimes
replacing goto with an else clause.
Removed some old comments and commented-out code.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<title>md: be more careful setting MD_CHANGE_CLEAN</title>
<updated>2010-07-26T02:52:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2010-06-01T09:37:26+00:00</published>
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When MD_CHANGE_CLEAN is set we might block in md_write_start.
So we should only set it when fairly sure that something will clear
it.

There are two places where it is set so as to encourage a metadata
update to record the progress of resync/recovery.  This should only
be done if the internal metadata update mechanisms are in use, which
can be tested by by inspecting '-&gt;persistent'.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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When MD_CHANGE_CLEAN is set we might block in md_write_start.
So we should only set it when fairly sure that something will clear
it.

There are two places where it is set so as to encourage a metadata
update to record the progress of resync/recovery.  This should only
be done if the internal metadata update mechanisms are in use, which
can be tested by by inspecting '-&gt;persistent'.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6</title>
<updated>2010-05-22T02:37:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2010-05-22T02:37:45+00:00</published>
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (69 commits)
  fix handling of offsets in cris eeprom.c, get rid of fake on-stack files
  get rid of home-grown mutex in cris eeprom.c
  switch ecryptfs_write() to struct inode *, kill on-stack fake files
  switch ecryptfs_get_locked_page() to struct inode *
  simplify access to ecryptfs inodes in -&gt;readpage() and friends
  AFS: Don't put struct file on the stack
  Ban ecryptfs over ecryptfs
  logfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  ufs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  udf: replace inode uid,gid,mode init with helper
  ubifs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  sysv: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  reiserfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  ramfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  omfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  bfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  ocfs2: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  nilfs2: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  minix: replace inode uid,gid,mode init with helper
  ext4: replace inode uid,gid,mode init with helper
  ...

Trivial conflict in fs/fs-writeback.c (mark bitfields unsigned)
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (69 commits)
  fix handling of offsets in cris eeprom.c, get rid of fake on-stack files
  get rid of home-grown mutex in cris eeprom.c
  switch ecryptfs_write() to struct inode *, kill on-stack fake files
  switch ecryptfs_get_locked_page() to struct inode *
  simplify access to ecryptfs inodes in -&gt;readpage() and friends
  AFS: Don't put struct file on the stack
  Ban ecryptfs over ecryptfs
  logfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  ufs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  udf: replace inode uid,gid,mode init with helper
  ubifs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  sysv: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  reiserfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  ramfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  omfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  bfs: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  ocfs2: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  nilfs2: replace inode uid,gid,mode initialization with helper function
  minix: replace inode uid,gid,mode init with helper
  ext4: replace inode uid,gid,mode init with helper
  ...

Trivial conflict in fs/fs-writeback.c (mark bitfields unsigned)
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