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<title>linux-stable.git/fs/ext2, branch linux-2.6.37.y</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<title>ext2: Fix link count corruption under heavy link+rename load</title>
<updated>2011-03-07T23:05:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Hunt</name>
<email>johunt@akamai.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-02-24T10:48:22+00:00</published>
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commit e8a80c6f769dd4622d8b211b398452158ee60c0b upstream.

vfs_rename_other() does not lock renamed inode with i_mutex. Thus changing
i_nlink in a non-atomic manner (which happens in ext2_rename()) can corrupt
it as reported and analyzed by Josh.

In fact, there is no good reason to mess with i_nlink of the moved file.
We did it presumably to simulate linking into the new directory and unlinking
from an old one. But the practical effect of this is disputable because fsck
can possibly treat file as being properly linked into both directories without
writing any error which is confusing. So we just stop increment-decrement
games with i_nlink which also fixes the corruption.

CC: Al Viro &lt;viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Josh Hunt &lt;johunt@akamai.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@suse.de&gt;

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commit e8a80c6f769dd4622d8b211b398452158ee60c0b upstream.

vfs_rename_other() does not lock renamed inode with i_mutex. Thus changing
i_nlink in a non-atomic manner (which happens in ext2_rename()) can corrupt
it as reported and analyzed by Josh.

In fact, there is no good reason to mess with i_nlink of the moved file.
We did it presumably to simulate linking into the new directory and unlinking
from an old one. But the practical effect of this is disputable because fsck
can possibly treat file as being properly linked into both directories without
writing any error which is confusing. So we just stop increment-decrement
games with i_nlink which also fixes the corruption.

CC: Al Viro &lt;viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Josh Hunt &lt;johunt@akamai.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@suse.de&gt;

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<entry>
<title>new helper: mount_bdev()</title>
<updated>2010-10-29T08:16:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2010-07-24T20:46:55+00:00</published>
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... and switch of the obvious get_sb_bdev() users to -&gt;mount()

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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... and switch of the obvious get_sb_bdev() users to -&gt;mount()

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6</title>
<updated>2010-10-28T03:13:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2010-10-28T03:13:18+00:00</published>
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* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6: (24 commits)
  quota: Fix possible oops in __dquot_initialize()
  ext3: Update kernel-doc comments
  jbd/2: fixed typos
  ext2: fixed typo.
  ext3: Fix debug messages in ext3_group_extend()
  jbd: Convert atomic_inc() to get_bh()
  ext3: Remove misplaced BUFFER_TRACE() in ext3_truncate()
  jbd: Fix debug message in do_get_write_access()
  jbd: Check return value of __getblk()
  ext3: Use DIV_ROUND_UP() on group desc block counting
  ext3: Return proper error code on ext3_fill_super()
  ext3: Remove unnecessary casts on bh-&gt;b_data
  ext3: Cleanup ext3_setup_super()
  quota: Fix issuing of warnings from dquot_transfer
  quota: fix dquot_disable vs dquot_transfer race v2
  jbd: Convert bitops to buffer fns
  ext3/jbd: Avoid WARN() messages when failing to write the superblock
  jbd: Use offset_in_page() instead of manual calculation
  jbd: Remove unnecessary goto statement
  jbd: Use printk_ratelimited() in journal_alloc_journal_head()
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* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6: (24 commits)
  quota: Fix possible oops in __dquot_initialize()
  ext3: Update kernel-doc comments
  jbd/2: fixed typos
  ext2: fixed typo.
  ext3: Fix debug messages in ext3_group_extend()
  jbd: Convert atomic_inc() to get_bh()
  ext3: Remove misplaced BUFFER_TRACE() in ext3_truncate()
  jbd: Fix debug message in do_get_write_access()
  jbd: Check return value of __getblk()
  ext3: Use DIV_ROUND_UP() on group desc block counting
  ext3: Return proper error code on ext3_fill_super()
  ext3: Remove unnecessary casts on bh-&gt;b_data
  ext3: Cleanup ext3_setup_super()
  quota: Fix issuing of warnings from dquot_transfer
  quota: fix dquot_disable vs dquot_transfer race v2
  jbd: Convert bitops to buffer fns
  ext3/jbd: Avoid WARN() messages when failing to write the superblock
  jbd: Use offset_in_page() instead of manual calculation
  jbd: Remove unnecessary goto statement
  jbd: Use printk_ratelimited() in journal_alloc_journal_head()
  ...
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<entry>
<title>ext2: fixed typo.</title>
<updated>2010-10-27T23:30:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andrea Gelmini</name>
<email>andrea.gelmini@gelma.net</email>
</author>
<published>2010-10-16T13:19:11+00:00</published>
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"excpet"

Signed-off-by: Andrea Gelmini &lt;andrea.gelmini@gelma.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
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"excpet"

Signed-off-by: Andrea Gelmini &lt;andrea.gelmini@gelma.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ext2: fix comment on ext2_try_to_allocate()</title>
<updated>2010-10-27T23:30:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Namhyung Kim</name>
<email>namhyung@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-09-26T06:31:00+00:00</published>
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@handle doesn't exist in ext2. Remove it.
Also, fit comment header into kernel-doc format.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
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@handle doesn't exist in ext2. Remove it.
Also, fit comment header into kernel-doc format.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>new helper: ihold()</title>
<updated>2010-10-26T01:26:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2010-10-23T15:11:40+00:00</published>
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Clones an existing reference to inode; caller must already hold one.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Clones an existing reference to inode; caller must already hold one.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ext2_remount: don't bother with invalidate_inodes()</title>
<updated>2010-10-26T01:23:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2010-10-24T13:45:22+00:00</published>
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It's pointless - we *do* have busy inodes (root directory,
for one), so that call will fail and attempt to change
XIP flag will be ignored.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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It's pointless - we *do* have busy inodes (root directory,
for one), so that call will fail and attempt to change
XIP flag will be ignored.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>fs: add sync_inode_metadata</title>
<updated>2010-10-26T01:18:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
</author>
<published>2010-10-06T08:48:20+00:00</published>
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Add a new helper to write out the inode using the writeback code,
that is including the correct dirty bit and list manipulation.  A few
of filesystems already opencode this, and a lot of others should be
using it instead of using write_inode_now which also writes out the
data.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Add a new helper to write out the inode using the writeback code,
that is including the correct dirty bit and list manipulation.  A few
of filesystems already opencode this, and a lot of others should be
using it instead of using write_inode_now which also writes out the
data.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial</title>
<updated>2010-10-24T20:41:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2010-10-24T20:41:39+00:00</published>
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* 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (39 commits)
  Update broken web addresses in arch directory.
  Update broken web addresses in the kernel.
  Revert "drivers/usb: Remove unnecessary return's from void functions" for musb gadget
  Revert "Fix typo: configuation =&gt; configuration" partially
  ida: document IDA_BITMAP_LONGS calculation
  ext2: fix a typo on comment in ext2/inode.c
  drivers/scsi: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  drivers/s390: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  drivers/infiniband: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  drivers/gpu/drm: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  kernel/pm_qos_params.c: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  fs/ecryptfs: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  fs/seq_file.c: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  arm: uengine.c: remove C99 comments
  arm: scoop.c: remove C99 comments
  Fix typo configue =&gt; configure in comments
  Fix typo: configuation =&gt; configuration
  Fix typo interrest[ing|ed] =&gt; interest[ing|ed]
  Fix various typos of valid in comments
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts in:
	drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
	drivers/usb/gadget/rndis.c
	net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c
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* 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (39 commits)
  Update broken web addresses in arch directory.
  Update broken web addresses in the kernel.
  Revert "drivers/usb: Remove unnecessary return's from void functions" for musb gadget
  Revert "Fix typo: configuation =&gt; configuration" partially
  ida: document IDA_BITMAP_LONGS calculation
  ext2: fix a typo on comment in ext2/inode.c
  drivers/scsi: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  drivers/s390: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  drivers/infiniband: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  drivers/gpu/drm: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  kernel/pm_qos_params.c: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  fs/ecryptfs: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  fs/seq_file.c: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  arm: uengine.c: remove C99 comments
  arm: scoop.c: remove C99 comments
  Fix typo configue =&gt; configure in comments
  Fix typo: configuation =&gt; configuration
  Fix typo interrest[ing|ed] =&gt; interest[ing|ed]
  Fix various typos of valid in comments
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts in:
	drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
	drivers/usb/gadget/rndis.c
	net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c
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<entry>
<title>BKL: Remove BKL from ext2 filesystem</title>
<updated>2010-10-04T19:10:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jan Blunck</name>
<email>jblunck@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2010-02-24T12:25:35+00:00</published>
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The BKL is still used in ext2_put_super(), ext2_fill_super(), ext2_sync_fs()
ext2_remount() and ext2_write_inode(). From these calls ext2_put_super(),
ext2_fill_super() and ext2_remount() are protected against each other by
the struct super_block s_umount rw semaphore. The call in ext2_write_inode()
could only protect the modification of the ext2_sb_info through
ext2_update_dynamic_rev() against concurrent ext2_sync_fs() or ext2_remount().
ext2_fill_super() and ext2_put_super() can be left out because you need a
valid filesystem reference in all three cases, which you do not have when
you are one of these functions.

If the BKL is only protecting the modification of the ext2_sb_info it can
safely be removed since this is protected by the struct ext2_sb_info s_lock.

Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck &lt;jblunck@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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The BKL is still used in ext2_put_super(), ext2_fill_super(), ext2_sync_fs()
ext2_remount() and ext2_write_inode(). From these calls ext2_put_super(),
ext2_fill_super() and ext2_remount() are protected against each other by
the struct super_block s_umount rw semaphore. The call in ext2_write_inode()
could only protect the modification of the ext2_sb_info through
ext2_update_dynamic_rev() against concurrent ext2_sync_fs() or ext2_remount().
ext2_fill_super() and ext2_put_super() can be left out because you need a
valid filesystem reference in all three cases, which you do not have when
you are one of these functions.

If the BKL is only protecting the modification of the ext2_sb_info it can
safely be removed since this is protected by the struct ext2_sb_info s_lock.

Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck &lt;jblunck@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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