linux-stable.git/drivers/target/target_core_file.c, branch linux-3.7.y

target/file: Fix 32-bit highmem breakage for SGL -> iovec mapping

2013-01-17T16:45:58+00:00

commit 40ff2c3b3da35dd3a00ac6722056a59b4b3f2caf upstream.

This patch changes vectored file I/O to use kmap + kunmap when mapping
incoming SGL memory -> struct iovec in order to properly support 32-bit
highmem configurations.  This is because an extra bounce buffer may be
required when processing scatterlist pages allocated with GFP_KERNEL.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior 
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

target/file: Re-enable optional fd_buffered_io=1 operation

2012-10-02T20:15:21+00:00

This patch re-adds the ability to optionally run in buffered FILEIO mode
(eg: w/o O_DSYNC) for device backends in order to once again use the
Linux buffered cache as a write-back storage mechanism.

This logic was originally dropped with mainline v3.5-rc commit:

commit a4dff3043c231d57f982af635c9d2192ee40e5ae
Author: Nicholas Bellinger 
Date:   Wed May 30 16:25:41 2012 -0700

    target/file: Use O_DSYNC by default for FILEIO backends

This difference with this patch is that fd_create_virtdevice() now
forces the explicit setting of emulate_write_cache=1 when buffered FILEIO
operation has been enabled.

(v2: Switch to FDBD_HAS_BUFFERED_IO_WCE + add more detailed
     comment as requested by hch)

Reported-by: Ferry 
Cc: Christoph Hellwig 
Cc: 
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger

target: Drop se_subsystem_api->[write_cache,fua_write]_emulated flags

2012-09-18T00:13:34+00:00

This patch drops se_subsystem_api->[write_cache,fua_write]_emulated flags
set by viritual FILEIO/IBLOCK/RD_MCP backend drivers in favor of explict
TRANSPORT_PLUGIN_PHBA_PDEV checks to know when to fail if userspace is
attempting to set virtual emulation bits for an pSCSI (passthrough)
backend device.

Reported-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Cc: Christoph Hellwig 
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

2012-08-01T17:26:23+00:00

Pull second vfs pile from Al Viro:
 "The stuff in there: fsfreeze deadlock fixes by Jan (essentially, the
  deadlock reproduced by xfstests 068), symlink and hardlink restriction
  patches, plus assorted cleanups and fixes.

  Note that another fsfreeze deadlock (emergency thaw one) is *not*
  dealt with - the series by Fernando conflicts a lot with Jan's, breaks
  userland ABI (FIFREEZE semantics gets changed) and trades the deadlock
  for massive vfsmount leak; this is going to be handled next cycle.
  There probably will be another pull request, but that stuff won't be
  in it."

Fix up trivial conflicts due to unrelated changes next to each other in
drivers/{staging/gdm72xx/usb_boot.c, usb/gadget/storage_common.c}

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (54 commits)
  delousing target_core_file a bit
  Documentation: Correct s_umount state for freeze_fs/unfreeze_fs
  fs: Remove old freezing mechanism
  ext2: Implement freezing
  btrfs: Convert to new freezing mechanism
  nilfs2: Convert to new freezing mechanism
  ntfs: Convert to new freezing mechanism
  fuse: Convert to new freezing mechanism
  gfs2: Convert to new freezing mechanism
  ocfs2: Convert to new freezing mechanism
  xfs: Convert to new freezing code
  ext4: Convert to new freezing mechanism
  fs: Protect write paths by sb_start_write - sb_end_write
  fs: Skip atime update on frozen filesystem
  fs: Add freezing handling to mnt_want_write() / mnt_drop_write()
  fs: Improve filesystem freezing handling
  switch the protection of percpu_counter list to spinlock
  nfsd: Push mnt_want_write() outside of i_mutex
  btrfs: Push mnt_want_write() outside of i_mutex
  fat: Push mnt_want_write() outside of i_mutex
  ...

delousing target_core_file a bit

2012-08-01T12:53:16+00:00

* set_fs(KERNEL_DS) + getname() is probably the weirdest implementation
of strdup() I've seen.  Especially since they don't to copy it at all...
* filp_open() never returns NULL; it's ERR_PTR(-E...) on failure.
* file->f_dentry is never going to be NULL, TYVM.
* match_strdup() + snprintf() + kfree() is a bloody weird way to spell
match_strlcpy().

Pox on cargo-cult programmers...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

target: move sync_cache to struct spc_ops

2012-07-17T00:29:12+00:00

Add spc_ops->execute_sync_cache() caller for ->execute_cmd() setup,
and update IBLOCK + FILEIO backends to use it.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger

target: add struct spc_ops + initial ->execute_rw pointer usage

2012-07-17T00:29:12+00:00

Remove the execute_cmd method in struct se_subsystem_api, and always use the
one directly in struct se_cmd.  To make life simpler for SBC virtual backends
a struct spc_ops that is passed to sbc_parse_cmd is added.  For now it
only contains an execute_rw member, but more will follow with the subsequent
commits.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger

target: add a parse_cdb method to the backend drivers

2012-07-17T00:25:56+00:00

Instead of trying to handle all SCSI command sets in one function
(transport_generic_cmd_sequencer) call out to the backend driver to perform
this functionality.  For pSCSI a copy of the existing code is used, but for
all virtual backends we can use a new parse_sbc_cdb helper is used to
provide a simple SBC emulation.

For now this setups means a fair amount of duplication between pSCSI and the
SBC library, but patches later in this series will sort out that problem.

(nab: Fix up build failure in target_core_pscsi.c)

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger

target/file: Use O_DSYNC by default for FILEIO backends

2012-06-03T06:47:20+00:00

Convert to use O_DSYNC for all cases at FILEIO backend creation time to
avoid the extra syncing of pure timestamp updates with legacy O_SYNC during
default operation as recommended by hch.  Continue to do this independently of
Write Cache Enable (WCE) bit, as WCE=0 is currently the default for all backend
devices and enabled by user on per device basis via attrib/emulate_write_cache.

This patch drops the now unnecessary fd_buffered_io= token usage that was
originally signalling when to explictly disable O_SYNC at backend creation
time for buffered I/O operation.  This can end up being dangerous for a number
of reasons during physical node failure, so go ahead and drop this option
for now when O_DSYNC is used as the default.

Also allow explict FUA WRITEs -> vfs_fsync_range() call to function in
fd_execute_cmd() independently of WCE bit setting.

Reported-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: 
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger

Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending

2012-05-22T00:37:09+00:00

Pull scsi-target changes from Nicholas Bellinger:
 "There has been lots of work in existing code in a number of areas this
  past cycle.  The major highlights have been:

   * Removal of transport_do_task_sg_chain() from core + fabrics
     (Roland)
   * target-core: Removal of se_task abstraction from target-core and
     enforce hw_max_sectors for pSCSI backends (hch)
   * Re-factoring of iscsi-target tx immediate/response queues (agrover)
   * Conversion of iscsi-target back to using target core memory
     allocation logic (agrover)

  We've had one last minute iscsi-target patch go into for-next to
  address a nasty regression bug related to the target core allocation
  logic conversion from agrover that is not included in friday's
  linux-next build, but has been included in this series.

  On the new fabric module code front for-3.5, here is a brief status
  update for the three currently in flight this round:

   * usb-gadget target driver:

  Sebastian Siewior's driver for supporting usb-gadget target mode
  operation.  This will be going out as a separate PULL request from
  target-pending/usb-target-merge with subsystem maintainer ACKs.  There
  is one minor target-core patch in this series required to function.

   * sbp ieee-1394/firewire target driver:

  Chris Boot's driver for supportting the Serial Block Protocol (SBP)
  across IEEE-1394 Firewire hardware.  This will be going out as a
  separate PULL request from target-pending/sbp-target-merge with two
  additional drivers/firewire/ patches w/ subsystem maintainer ACKs.

   * qla2xxx LLD target mode infrastructure changes + tcm_qla2xxx:

  The Qlogic >= 24xx series HW target mode LLD infrastructure patch-set
  and tcm_qla2xxx fabric driver.  Support for FC target mode using
  qla2xxx LLD code has been officially submitted by Qlogic to James
  below, and is currently outstanding but not yet merged into
  scsi.git/for-next..

    [PATCH 00/22] qla2xxx: Updates for scsi "misc" branch
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg59350.html

  Note there are *zero* direct dependencies upon this for-next series
  for the qla2xxx LLD target + tcm_qla2xxx patches submitted above, and
  over the last days the target mode team has been tracking down an
  tcm_qla2xxx specific active I/O shutdown bug that appears to now be
  almost squashed for 3.5-rc-fixes."

* 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending: (47 commits)
  iscsi-target: Fix iov_count calculation bug in iscsit_allocate_iovecs
  iscsi-target: remove dead code in iscsi_check_valuelist_for_support
  target: Handle ATA_16 passthrough for pSCSI backend devices
  target: Add MI_REPORT_TARGET_PGS ext. header + implict_trans_secs attribute
  target: Fix MAINTENANCE_IN service action CDB checks to use lower 5 bits
  target: add support for the WRITE_VERIFY command
  target: make target_put_session void
  target: cleanup transport_execute_tasks()
  target: Remove max_sectors device attribute for modern se_task less code
  target: lock => unlock typo in transport_lun_wait_for_tasks
  target: Enforce hw_max_sectors for SCF_SCSI_DATA_SG_IO_CDB
  target: remove the t_se_count field in struct se_cmd
  target: remove the t_task_cdbs_ex_left field in struct se_cmd
  target: remove the t_task_cdbs_left field in struct se_cmd
  target: remove struct se_task
  target: move the state and execute lists to the command
  target: simplify command to task linkage
  target: always allocate a single task
  target: replace ->execute_task with ->execute_cmd
  target: remove the task_sectors field in struct se_task
  ...