linux-stable.git/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c, branch v3.2.76 Linux kernel stable tree mtd: blkdevs: fix potential deadlock + lockdep warnings 2015-11-27T12:48:22+00:00 Brian Norris computersforpeace@gmail.com 2015-10-26T17:20:23+00:00 419608b9adde80d8638daa01c8614e1b92416fc0 commit f3c63795e90f0c6238306883b6c72f14d5355721 upstream. Commit 073db4a51ee4 ("mtd: fix: avoid race condition when accessing mtd->usecount") fixed a race condition but due to poor ordering of the mutex acquisition, introduced a potential deadlock. The deadlock can occur, for example, when rmmod'ing the m25p80 module, which will delete one or more MTDs, along with any corresponding mtdblock devices. This could potentially race with an acquisition of the block device as follows. -> blktrans_open() -> mutex_lock(&dev->lock); -> mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex); -> del_mtd_device() -> mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex); -> blktrans_notify_remove() -> del_mtd_blktrans_dev() -> mutex_lock(&dev->lock); This is a classic (potential) ABBA deadlock, which can be fixed by making the A->B ordering consistent everywhere. There was no real purpose to the ordering in the original patch, AFAIR, so this shouldn't be a problem. This ordering was actually already present in del_mtd_blktrans_dev(), for one, where the function tried to ensure that its caller already held mtd_table_mutex before it acquired &dev->lock: if (mutex_trylock(&mtd_table_mutex)) { mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex); BUG(); } So, reverse the ordering of acquisition of &dev->lock and &mtd_table_mutex so we always acquire mtd_table_mutex first. Snippets of the lockdep output follow: # modprobe -r m25p80 [ 53.419251] [ 53.420838] ====================================================== [ 53.427300] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] [ 53.433865] 4.3.0-rc6 #96 Not tainted [ 53.437686] ------------------------------------------------------- [ 53.444220] modprobe/372 is trying to acquire lock: [ 53.449320] (&new->lock){+.+...}, at: [<c043fe4c>] del_mtd_blktrans_dev+0x80/0xdc [ 53.457271] [ 53.457271] but task is already holding lock: [ 53.463372] (mtd_table_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<c0439994>] del_mtd_device+0x18/0x100 [ 53.471321] [ 53.471321] which lock already depends on the new lock. [ 53.471321] [ 53.479856] [ 53.479856] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: [ 53.487660] -> #1 (mtd_table_mutex){+.+.+.}: [ 53.492331] [<c043fc5c>] blktrans_open+0x34/0x1a4 [ 53.497879] [<c01afce0>] __blkdev_get+0xc4/0x3b0 [ 53.503364] [<c01b0bb8>] blkdev_get+0x108/0x320 [ 53.508743] [<c01713c0>] do_dentry_open+0x218/0x314 [ 53.514496] [<c0180454>] path_openat+0x4c0/0xf9c [ 53.519959] [<c0182044>] do_filp_open+0x5c/0xc0 [ 53.525336] [<c0172758>] do_sys_open+0xfc/0x1cc [ 53.530716] [<c000f740>] ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c [ 53.536375] -> #0 (&new->lock){+.+...}: [ 53.540587] [<c063f124>] mutex_lock_nested+0x38/0x3cc [ 53.546504] [<c043fe4c>] del_mtd_blktrans_dev+0x80/0xdc [ 53.552606] [<c043f164>] blktrans_notify_remove+0x7c/0x84 [ 53.558891] [<c04399f0>] del_mtd_device+0x74/0x100 [ 53.564544] [<c043c670>] del_mtd_partitions+0x80/0xc8 [ 53.570451] [<c0439aa0>] mtd_device_unregister+0x24/0x48 [ 53.576637] [<c046ce6c>] spi_drv_remove+0x1c/0x34 [ 53.582207] [<c03de0f0>] __device_release_driver+0x88/0x114 [ 53.588663] [<c03de19c>] device_release_driver+0x20/0x2c [ 53.594843] [<c03dd9e8>] bus_remove_device+0xd8/0x108 [ 53.600748] [<c03dacc0>] device_del+0x10c/0x210 [ 53.606127] [<c03dadd0>] device_unregister+0xc/0x20 [ 53.611849] [<c046d878>] __unregister+0x10/0x20 [ 53.617211] [<c03da868>] device_for_each_child+0x50/0x7c [ 53.623387] [<c046eae8>] spi_unregister_master+0x58/0x8c [ 53.629578] [<c03e12f0>] release_nodes+0x15c/0x1c8 [ 53.635223] [<c03de0f8>] __device_release_driver+0x90/0x114 [ 53.641689] [<c03de900>] driver_detach+0xb4/0xb8 [ 53.647147] [<c03ddc78>] bus_remove_driver+0x4c/0xa0 [ 53.652970] [<c00cab50>] SyS_delete_module+0x11c/0x1e4 [ 53.658976] [<c000f740>] ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c [ 53.664621] [ 53.664621] other info that might help us debug this: [ 53.664621] [ 53.672979] Possible unsafe locking scenario: [ 53.672979] [ 53.679169] CPU0 CPU1 [ 53.683900] ---- ---- [ 53.688633] lock(mtd_table_mutex); [ 53.692383] lock(&new->lock); [ 53.698306] lock(mtd_table_mutex); [ 53.704658] lock(&new->lock); [ 53.707946] [ 53.707946] *** DEADLOCK *** Fixes: 073db4a51ee4 ("mtd: fix: avoid race condition when accessing mtd->usecount") Reported-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> Tested-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit f3c63795e90f0c6238306883b6c72f14d5355721 upstream.

Commit 073db4a51ee4 ("mtd: fix: avoid race condition when accessing
mtd->usecount") fixed a race condition but due to poor ordering of the
mutex acquisition, introduced a potential deadlock.

The deadlock can occur, for example, when rmmod'ing the m25p80 module, which
will delete one or more MTDs, along with any corresponding mtdblock
devices. This could potentially race with an acquisition of the block
device as follows.

 -> blktrans_open()
    ->  mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
    ->  mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex);

 -> del_mtd_device()
    ->  mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex);
    ->  blktrans_notify_remove() -> del_mtd_blktrans_dev()
       ->  mutex_lock(&dev->lock);

This is a classic (potential) ABBA deadlock, which can be fixed by
making the A->B ordering consistent everywhere. There was no real
purpose to the ordering in the original patch, AFAIR, so this shouldn't
be a problem. This ordering was actually already present in
del_mtd_blktrans_dev(), for one, where the function tried to ensure that
its caller already held mtd_table_mutex before it acquired &dev->lock:

        if (mutex_trylock(&mtd_table_mutex)) {
                mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex);
                BUG();
        }

So, reverse the ordering of acquisition of &dev->lock and &mtd_table_mutex so
we always acquire mtd_table_mutex first.

Snippets of the lockdep output follow:

  # modprobe -r m25p80
  [   53.419251]
  [   53.420838] ======================================================
  [   53.427300] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
  [   53.433865] 4.3.0-rc6 #96 Not tainted
  [   53.437686] -------------------------------------------------------
  [   53.444220] modprobe/372 is trying to acquire lock:
  [   53.449320]  (&new->lock){+.+...}, at: [<c043fe4c>] del_mtd_blktrans_dev+0x80/0xdc
  [   53.457271]
  [   53.457271] but task is already holding lock:
  [   53.463372]  (mtd_table_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<c0439994>] del_mtd_device+0x18/0x100
  [   53.471321]
  [   53.471321] which lock already depends on the new lock.
  [   53.471321]
  [   53.479856]
  [   53.479856] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
  [   53.487660]
  -> #1 (mtd_table_mutex){+.+.+.}:
  [   53.492331]        [<c043fc5c>] blktrans_open+0x34/0x1a4
  [   53.497879]        [<c01afce0>] __blkdev_get+0xc4/0x3b0
  [   53.503364]        [<c01b0bb8>] blkdev_get+0x108/0x320
  [   53.508743]        [<c01713c0>] do_dentry_open+0x218/0x314
  [   53.514496]        [<c0180454>] path_openat+0x4c0/0xf9c
  [   53.519959]        [<c0182044>] do_filp_open+0x5c/0xc0
  [   53.525336]        [<c0172758>] do_sys_open+0xfc/0x1cc
  [   53.530716]        [<c000f740>] ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c
  [   53.536375]
  -> #0 (&new->lock){+.+...}:
  [   53.540587]        [<c063f124>] mutex_lock_nested+0x38/0x3cc
  [   53.546504]        [<c043fe4c>] del_mtd_blktrans_dev+0x80/0xdc
  [   53.552606]        [<c043f164>] blktrans_notify_remove+0x7c/0x84
  [   53.558891]        [<c04399f0>] del_mtd_device+0x74/0x100
  [   53.564544]        [<c043c670>] del_mtd_partitions+0x80/0xc8
  [   53.570451]        [<c0439aa0>] mtd_device_unregister+0x24/0x48
  [   53.576637]        [<c046ce6c>] spi_drv_remove+0x1c/0x34
  [   53.582207]        [<c03de0f0>] __device_release_driver+0x88/0x114
  [   53.588663]        [<c03de19c>] device_release_driver+0x20/0x2c
  [   53.594843]        [<c03dd9e8>] bus_remove_device+0xd8/0x108
  [   53.600748]        [<c03dacc0>] device_del+0x10c/0x210
  [   53.606127]        [<c03dadd0>] device_unregister+0xc/0x20
  [   53.611849]        [<c046d878>] __unregister+0x10/0x20
  [   53.617211]        [<c03da868>] device_for_each_child+0x50/0x7c
  [   53.623387]        [<c046eae8>] spi_unregister_master+0x58/0x8c
  [   53.629578]        [<c03e12f0>] release_nodes+0x15c/0x1c8
  [   53.635223]        [<c03de0f8>] __device_release_driver+0x90/0x114
  [   53.641689]        [<c03de900>] driver_detach+0xb4/0xb8
  [   53.647147]        [<c03ddc78>] bus_remove_driver+0x4c/0xa0
  [   53.652970]        [<c00cab50>] SyS_delete_module+0x11c/0x1e4
  [   53.658976]        [<c000f740>] ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c
  [   53.664621]
  [   53.664621] other info that might help us debug this:
  [   53.664621]
  [   53.672979]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
  [   53.672979]
  [   53.679169]        CPU0                    CPU1
  [   53.683900]        ----                    ----
  [   53.688633]   lock(mtd_table_mutex);
  [   53.692383]                                lock(&new->lock);
  [   53.698306]                                lock(mtd_table_mutex);
  [   53.704658]   lock(&new->lock);
  [   53.707946]
  [   53.707946]  *** DEADLOCK ***

Fixes: 073db4a51ee4 ("mtd: fix: avoid race condition when accessing mtd->usecount")
Reported-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>
Tested-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
mtd: fix: avoid race condition when accessing mtd->usecount 2015-08-12T14:33:11+00:00 Brian Norris computersforpeace@gmail.com 2015-05-08T00:55:16+00:00 5d8caffb9c2959cf994a109174981a443c213686 commit 073db4a51ee43ccb827f54a4261c0583b028d5ab upstream. On A MIPS 32-cores machine a BUG_ON was triggered because some acesses to mtd->usecount were done without taking mtd_table_mutex. kernel: Call Trace: kernel: [<ffffffff80401818>] __put_mtd_device+0x20/0x50 kernel: [<ffffffff804086f4>] blktrans_release+0x8c/0xd8 kernel: [<ffffffff802577e0>] __blkdev_put+0x1a8/0x200 kernel: [<ffffffff802579a4>] blkdev_close+0x1c/0x30 kernel: [<ffffffff8022006c>] __fput+0xac/0x250 kernel: [<ffffffff80171208>] task_work_run+0xd8/0x120 kernel: [<ffffffff8012c23c>] work_notifysig+0x10/0x18 kernel: kernel: Code: 2442ffff ac8202d8 000217fe <00020336> dc820128 10400003 00000000 0040f809 00000000 kernel: ---[ end trace 080fbb4579b47a73 ]--- Fixed by taking the mutex in blktrans_open and blktrans_release. Note that this locking is already suggested in include/linux/mtd/blktrans.h: struct mtd_blktrans_ops { ... /* Called with mtd_table_mutex held; no race with add/remove */ int (*open)(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev); void (*release)(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev); ... }; But we weren't following it. Originally reported by (and patched by) Zhang and Giuseppe, independently. Improved and rewritten. Reported-by: Zhang Xingcai <zhangxingcai@huawei.com> Reported-by: Giuseppe Cantavenera <giuseppe.cantavenera.ext@nokia.com> Tested-by: Giuseppe Cantavenera <giuseppe.cantavenera.ext@nokia.com> Acked-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 073db4a51ee43ccb827f54a4261c0583b028d5ab upstream.

On A MIPS 32-cores machine a BUG_ON was triggered because some acesses to
mtd->usecount were done without taking mtd_table_mutex.
kernel: Call Trace:
kernel: [<ffffffff80401818>] __put_mtd_device+0x20/0x50
kernel: [<ffffffff804086f4>] blktrans_release+0x8c/0xd8
kernel: [<ffffffff802577e0>] __blkdev_put+0x1a8/0x200
kernel: [<ffffffff802579a4>] blkdev_close+0x1c/0x30
kernel: [<ffffffff8022006c>] __fput+0xac/0x250
kernel: [<ffffffff80171208>] task_work_run+0xd8/0x120
kernel: [<ffffffff8012c23c>] work_notifysig+0x10/0x18
kernel:
kernel:
        Code: 2442ffff  ac8202d8  000217fe <00020336> dc820128  10400003
               00000000  0040f809  00000000
kernel: ---[ end trace 080fbb4579b47a73 ]---

Fixed by taking the mutex in blktrans_open and blktrans_release.

Note that this locking is already suggested in
include/linux/mtd/blktrans.h:

struct mtd_blktrans_ops {
...
	/* Called with mtd_table_mutex held; no race with add/remove */
	int (*open)(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev);
	void (*release)(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev);
...
};

But we weren't following it.

Originally reported by (and patched by) Zhang and Giuseppe,
independently. Improved and rewritten.

Reported-by: Zhang Xingcai <zhangxingcai@huawei.com>
Reported-by: Giuseppe Cantavenera <giuseppe.cantavenera.ext@nokia.com>
Tested-by: Giuseppe Cantavenera <giuseppe.cantavenera.ext@nokia.com>
Acked-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
mtd: mtd_blkdevs: don't increase 'open' count on error path 2012-01-26T00:13:05+00:00 Brian Norris computersforpeace@gmail.com 2011-11-07T23:51:05+00:00 4eb4226e5e0ae2607b0020299a4452760c4f24db commit 342ff28f5a2e5aa3236617bd2bddf6c749677ef2 upstream. Some error paths in mtd_blkdevs were fixed in the following commit: commit 94735ec4044a6d318b83ad3c5794e931ed168d10 mtd: mtd_blkdevs: fix error path in blktrans_open But on these error paths, the block device's `dev->open' count is already incremented before we check for errors. This meant that, while the error path was handled correctly on the first time through blktrans_open(), the device is erroneously considered already open on the second time through. This problem can be seen, for instance, when a UBI volume is simultaneously mounted as a UBIFS partition and read through its corresponding gluebi mtdblockX device. This results in blktrans_open() passing its error checks (with `dev->open > 0') without actually having a handle on the device. Here's a summarized log of the actions and results with nandsim: # modprobe nandsim # modprobe mtdblock # modprobe gluebi # modprobe ubifs # ubiattach /dev/ubi_ctrl -m 0 ... # ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -N test -s 16MiB ... # mount -t ubifs ubi0:test /mnt # ls /dev/mtdblock* /dev/mtdblock0 /dev/mtdblock1 # cat /dev/mtdblock1 > /dev/null cat: can't open '/dev/mtdblock4': Device or resource busy # cat /dev/mtdblock1 > /dev/null CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffff0, epc == 8031536c, ra == 8031f280 Oops[#1]: ... Call Trace: [<8031536c>] ubi_leb_read+0x14/0x164 [<8031f280>] gluebi_read+0xf0/0x148 [<802edba8>] mtdblock_readsect+0x64/0x198 [<802ecfe4>] mtd_blktrans_thread+0x330/0x3f4 [<8005be98>] kthread+0x88/0x90 [<8000bc04>] kernel_thread_helper+0x10/0x18 Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit 342ff28f5a2e5aa3236617bd2bddf6c749677ef2 upstream.

Some error paths in mtd_blkdevs were fixed in the following commit:

    commit 94735ec4044a6d318b83ad3c5794e931ed168d10
    mtd: mtd_blkdevs: fix error path in blktrans_open

But on these error paths, the block device's `dev->open' count is
already incremented before we check for errors. This meant that, while
the error path was handled correctly on the first time through
blktrans_open(), the device is erroneously considered already open on
the second time through.

This problem can be seen, for instance, when a UBI volume is
simultaneously mounted as a UBIFS partition and read through its
corresponding gluebi mtdblockX device. This results in blktrans_open()
passing its error checks (with `dev->open > 0') without actually having
a handle on the device. Here's a summarized log of the actions and
results with nandsim:

    # modprobe nandsim
    # modprobe mtdblock
    # modprobe gluebi
    # modprobe ubifs
    # ubiattach /dev/ubi_ctrl -m 0
    ...
    # ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -N test -s 16MiB
    ...
    # mount -t ubifs ubi0:test /mnt
    # ls /dev/mtdblock*
    /dev/mtdblock0  /dev/mtdblock1
    # cat /dev/mtdblock1 > /dev/null
    cat: can't open '/dev/mtdblock4': Device or resource busy
    # cat /dev/mtdblock1 > /dev/null

    CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address
    fffffff0, epc == 8031536c, ra == 8031f280
    Oops[#1]:
    ...
    Call Trace:
    [<8031536c>] ubi_leb_read+0x14/0x164
    [<8031f280>] gluebi_read+0xf0/0x148
    [<802edba8>] mtdblock_readsect+0x64/0x198
    [<802ecfe4>] mtd_blktrans_thread+0x330/0x3f4
    [<8005be98>] kthread+0x88/0x90
    [<8000bc04>] kernel_thread_helper+0x10/0x18

Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
mtd: mark block device queue as non-rotational 2011-10-14T08:22:48+00:00 Dan McGee dpmcgee@gmail.com 2011-09-28T05:21:42+00:00 16f7eca5871ad09b8f6c44ba8cb4d8185833a1ee This is similar to what the nbd driver does, among others. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@intel.com> 
This is similar to what the nbd driver does, among others.

Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@intel.com>
mtd: mtd_blkdevs: fix error path in blktrans_open 2011-05-25T00:53:45+00:00 Artem Bityutskiy Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com 2011-04-18T04:50:37+00:00 94735ec4044a6d318b83ad3c5794e931ed168d10 The 'blktrans_open()' does not handle possible '__get_mtd_device()' failures because it does not check the error code. Moreover, the 'dev->tr->open()' failures are not handled correctly because in this case the function just goes ahead and gets the mtd device, then returns an error. But Instead, it should _not_ try to get the mtd device, then it should put back the module and the kref. This patch fixes the issue. Note, I only compile-tested it. This patch was inspired by a bug report about a similar issue in 2.6.34 kernels sent by Mike Turner <admin@islandsoftware.co.uk> to the MTD mailing list: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2011-April/034980.html Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> 
The 'blktrans_open()' does not handle possible '__get_mtd_device()' failures
because it does not check the error code. Moreover, the 'dev->tr->open()'
failures are not handled correctly because in this case the function just
goes ahead and gets the mtd device, then returns an error. But Instead, it
should _not_ try to get the mtd device, then it should put back the module
and the kref.

This patch fixes the issue. Note, I only compile-tested it. This patch was
inspired by a bug report about a similar issue in 2.6.34 kernels
sent by Mike Turner <admin@islandsoftware.co.uk> to the MTD mailing list:

http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2011-April/034980.html

Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into for-linus-1 2011-03-25T15:41:20+00:00 Artem Bityutskiy Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com 2011-03-25T15:41:20+00:00 7bf7e370d5919112c223a269462cd0b546903829 * 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6: (9356 commits) [media] rc: update for bitop name changes 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 lib, arch: add filter argument to show_mem and fix private implementations SLUB: Write to per cpu data when allocating it slub: Fix debugobjects with lockless fastpath 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() ... NOTE! This merge commit was created to fix compilation error. The block tree was merged upstream and removed the 'elv_queue_empty()' function which the new 'mtdswap' driver is using. So a simple merge of the mtd tree with upstream does not compile. And the mtd tree has already be published, so re-basing it is not an option. To fix this unfortunate situation, I had to merge upstream into the mtd-2.6.git tree without committing, put the fixup patch on top of this, and then commit this. The result is that we do not have commits which do not compile. In other words, this merge commit "merges" 3 things: the MTD tree, the upstream tree, and the fixup patch. 
* 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6: (9356 commits)
  [media] rc: update for bitop name changes
  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
  lib, arch: add filter argument to show_mem and fix private implementations
  SLUB: Write to per cpu data when allocating it
  slub: Fix debugobjects with lockless fastpath
  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()
  ...

NOTE!

This merge commit was created to fix compilation error. The block
tree was merged upstream and removed the 'elv_queue_empty()'
function which the new 'mtdswap' driver is using. So a simple
merge of the mtd tree with upstream does not compile. And the
mtd tree has already be published, so re-basing it is not an option.

To fix this unfortunate situation, I had to merge upstream into the
mtd-2.6.git tree without committing, put the fixup patch on top of
this, and then commit this. The result is that we do not have commits
which do not compile.

In other words, this merge commit "merges" 3 things: the MTD tree, the
upstream tree, and the fixup patch.
mtd_blkdevs: Set the maximum discards size 2011-03-11T14:22:46+00:00 Jarkko Lavinen jarkko.lavinen@nokia.com 2011-02-14T14:16:10+00:00 115ee88c15b55859a8b59c5dccb3882bbd47e542 Set max_discard_sectors to UINT_MAX. Signed-off-by: Jarkko Lavinen <jarkko.lavinen@nokia.com> Tested-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> 
Set max_discard_sectors to UINT_MAX.

Signed-off-by: Jarkko Lavinen <jarkko.lavinen@nokia.com>
Tested-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
mtd_blkdevs: Add background processing support 2011-03-11T14:22:46+00:00 Jarkko Lavinen jarkko.lavinen@nokia.com 2011-02-14T14:16:09+00:00 c7519dbf6f4b4408229d279d799c938ffdd06f21 Add a new background method into mtd_blktrans_ops, add background support into mtd_blktrans_thread(), and add mtd_blktrans_cease_background(). If the mtd blktrans dev has the background support, the thread will call background function when the request queue becomes empty. The background operation may run as long as needs to until mtd_blktrans_cease_background() tells to stop. Signed-off-by: Jarkko Lavinen <jarkko.lavinen@nokia.com> Tested-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> 
Add a new background method into mtd_blktrans_ops, add background support
into mtd_blktrans_thread(), and add mtd_blktrans_cease_background().

If the mtd blktrans dev has the background support, the thread will
call background function when the request queue becomes empty. The background
operation may run as long as needs to until
mtd_blktrans_cease_background() tells to stop.

Signed-off-by: Jarkko Lavinen <jarkko.lavinen@nokia.com>
Tested-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
mtd: mtd_blkdevs: local symbols should be static 2011-03-11T14:22:42+00:00 H Hartley Sweeten hartleys@visionengravers.com 2011-01-12T00:46:10+00:00 7f53f12f02b0b60af373a07fcac62b578381308e The function blktrans_dev_release and blktrans_dev_put are only used locally in this file and should be static. Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> 
The function blktrans_dev_release and blktrans_dev_put are only used
locally in this file and should be static.

Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
mtd: mtd_blkdevs: fix double free on error path 2011-03-11T14:19:44+00:00 Maxim Levitsky maximlevitsky@gmail.com 2011-01-08T23:25:06+00:00 bd637f6f22235b4613f9ab6555e8088a455c1ed4 This one liner patch fixes double free that will occur if add_mtd_blktrans_dev fails. On failure it frees the input argument, but all its users also free it on error which is natural thing to do. Thus don't free it. All credit for finding that bug belongs to reporters of the bug in the android bugzilla http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13761 Commit message tweaked by Artem. Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org 
This one liner patch fixes double free that will occur if add_mtd_blktrans_dev
fails. On failure it frees the input argument, but all its users also free it
on error which is natural thing to do. Thus don't free it.

All credit for finding that bug belongs to reporters of the bug in the android bugzilla
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13761

Commit message tweaked by Artem.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org