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<title>Merge branch 'stable/for-jens' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen into for-linus</title>
<updated>2011-08-09T18:43:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jens Axboe</name>
<email>jaxboe@fusionio.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-09T18:43:26+00:00</published>
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<entry>
<title>xen/blkback: Make description more obvious.</title>
<updated>2011-08-09T15:12:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk</name>
<email>konrad.wilk@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-03T15:12:17+00:00</published>
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With the frontend having Xen but the backend not, it just looks odd:

  &lt;*&gt;   Xen virtual block device support
  &lt;*&gt;   Block-device backend driver

Fix it to have the 'Xen' in front of it.

Reported-by: Sander Eikelenboom &lt;linux@eikelenboom.it&gt;
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
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With the frontend having Xen but the backend not, it just looks odd:

  &lt;*&gt;   Xen virtual block device support
  &lt;*&gt;   Block-device backend driver

Fix it to have the 'Xen' in front of it.

Reported-by: Sander Eikelenboom &lt;linux@eikelenboom.it&gt;
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>block: swim3: fix unterminated of_device_id table</title>
<updated>2011-08-03T13:02:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Axel Lin</name>
<email>axel.lin@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-03T13:02:55+00:00</published>
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of_device_id structures need a NULL terminating entry, add it.

Signed-off-by: Axel Lin &lt;axel.lin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jaxboe@fusionio.com&gt;
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of_device_id structures need a NULL terminating entry, add it.

Signed-off-by: Axel Lin &lt;axel.lin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jaxboe@fusionio.com&gt;
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<title>drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c: use bitmap_parse instead of __bitmap_parse</title>
<updated>2011-08-02T10:43:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>H Hartley Sweeten</name>
<email>hartleys@visionengravers.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-02T10:43:49+00:00</published>
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The buffer 'sc.cpu_mask' is a kernel buffer.  If bitmap_parse is used
instead of __bitmap_parse the extra parameter that indicates a kernel
buffer is not needed.

Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten &lt;hsweeten@visionengravers.com&gt;
Cc: Lars Ellenberg &lt;drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com&gt;
Cc: Philipp Reisner &lt;philipp.reisner@linbit.com&gt;
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jaxboe@fusionio.com&gt;
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The buffer 'sc.cpu_mask' is a kernel buffer.  If bitmap_parse is used
instead of __bitmap_parse the extra parameter that indicates a kernel
buffer is not needed.

Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten &lt;hsweeten@visionengravers.com&gt;
Cc: Lars Ellenberg &lt;drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com&gt;
Cc: Philipp Reisner &lt;philipp.reisner@linbit.com&gt;
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jaxboe@fusionio.com&gt;
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<title>loop: fix deadlock when sysfs and LOOP_CLR_FD race against each other</title>
<updated>2011-07-31T20:21:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kay Sievers</name>
<email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>
</author>
<published>2011-07-31T20:21:35+00:00</published>
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LOOP_CLR_FD takes lo-&gt;lo_ctl_mutex and tries to remove the loop sysfs
files. Sysfs calls show() and waits for lo-&gt;lo_ctl_mutex. LOOP_CLR_FD
waits for show() to finish to remove the sysfs file.

  cat /sys/class/block/loop0/loop/backing_file
    mutex_lock_nested+0x176/0x350
    ? loop_attr_do_show_backing_file+0x2f/0xd0 [loop]
    ? loop_attr_do_show_backing_file+0x2f/0xd0 [loop]
    loop_attr_do_show_backing_file+0x2f/0xd0 [loop]
    dev_attr_show+0x1b/0x60
    ? sysfs_read_file+0x86/0x1a0
    ? __get_free_pages+0x12/0x50
    sysfs_read_file+0xaf/0x1a0

  ioctl(LOOP_CLR_FD):
    wait_for_common+0x12c/0x180
    ? try_to_wake_up+0x2a0/0x2a0
    wait_for_completion+0x18/0x20
    sysfs_deactivate+0x178/0x180
    ? sysfs_addrm_finish+0x43/0x70
    ? sysfs_addrm_start+0x1d/0x20
    sysfs_addrm_finish+0x43/0x70
    sysfs_hash_and_remove+0x85/0xa0
    sysfs_remove_group+0x59/0x100
    loop_clr_fd+0x1dc/0x3f0 [loop]
    lo_ioctl+0x223/0x7a0 [loop]

Instead of taking the lo_ctl_mutex from sysfs code, take the inner
lo-&gt;lo_lock, to protect the access to the backing_file data.

Thanks to Tejun for help debugging and finding a solution.

Cc: Milan Broz &lt;mbroz@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers &lt;kay.sievers@vrfy.org&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jaxboe@fusionio.com&gt;
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LOOP_CLR_FD takes lo-&gt;lo_ctl_mutex and tries to remove the loop sysfs
files. Sysfs calls show() and waits for lo-&gt;lo_ctl_mutex. LOOP_CLR_FD
waits for show() to finish to remove the sysfs file.

  cat /sys/class/block/loop0/loop/backing_file
    mutex_lock_nested+0x176/0x350
    ? loop_attr_do_show_backing_file+0x2f/0xd0 [loop]
    ? loop_attr_do_show_backing_file+0x2f/0xd0 [loop]
    loop_attr_do_show_backing_file+0x2f/0xd0 [loop]
    dev_attr_show+0x1b/0x60
    ? sysfs_read_file+0x86/0x1a0
    ? __get_free_pages+0x12/0x50
    sysfs_read_file+0xaf/0x1a0

  ioctl(LOOP_CLR_FD):
    wait_for_common+0x12c/0x180
    ? try_to_wake_up+0x2a0/0x2a0
    wait_for_completion+0x18/0x20
    sysfs_deactivate+0x178/0x180
    ? sysfs_addrm_finish+0x43/0x70
    ? sysfs_addrm_start+0x1d/0x20
    sysfs_addrm_finish+0x43/0x70
    sysfs_hash_and_remove+0x85/0xa0
    sysfs_remove_group+0x59/0x100
    loop_clr_fd+0x1dc/0x3f0 [loop]
    lo_ioctl+0x223/0x7a0 [loop]

Instead of taking the lo_ctl_mutex from sysfs code, take the inner
lo-&gt;lo_lock, to protect the access to the backing_file data.

Thanks to Tejun for help debugging and finding a solution.

Cc: Milan Broz &lt;mbroz@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers &lt;kay.sievers@vrfy.org&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jaxboe@fusionio.com&gt;
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<title>loop: add BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT=%i to allow distros 0 pre-allocated loop devices</title>
<updated>2011-07-31T20:08:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kay Sievers</name>
<email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>
</author>
<published>2011-07-31T20:08:04+00:00</published>
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Instead of unconditionally creating a fixed number of dead loop
devices which need to be investigated by storage handling services,
even when they are never used, we allow distros start with 0
loop devices and have losetup(8) and similar switch to the dynamic
/dev/loop-control interface instead of searching /dev/loop%i for free
devices.

Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers &lt;kay.sievers@vrfy.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jaxboe@fusionio.com&gt;
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Instead of unconditionally creating a fixed number of dead loop
devices which need to be investigated by storage handling services,
even when they are never used, we allow distros start with 0
loop devices and have losetup(8) and similar switch to the dynamic
/dev/loop-control interface instead of searching /dev/loop%i for free
devices.

Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers &lt;kay.sievers@vrfy.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jaxboe@fusionio.com&gt;
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<title>loop: add management interface for on-demand device allocation</title>
<updated>2011-07-31T20:08:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kay Sievers</name>
<email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>
</author>
<published>2011-07-31T20:08:04+00:00</published>
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Loop devices today have a fixed pre-allocated number of usually 8.
The number can only be changed at module init time. To find a free
device to use, /dev/loop%i needs to be scanned, and all devices need
to be opened until a free one is possibly found.

This adds a new /dev/loop-control device node, that allows to
dynamically find or allocate a free device, and to add and remove loop
devices from the running system:
 LOOP_CTL_ADD adds a specific device. Arg is the number
 of the device. It returns the device i or a negative
 error code.

 LOOP_CTL_REMOVE removes a specific device, Arg is the
 number the device. It returns the device i or a negative
 error code.

 LOOP_CTL_GET_FREE finds the next unbound device or allocates
 a new one. No arg is given. It returns the device i or a
 negative error code.

The loop kernel module gets automatically loaded when
/dev/loop-control is accessed the first time. The alias
specified in the module, instructs udev to create this
'dead' device node, even when the module is not loaded.

Example:
 cfd = open("/dev/loop-control", O_RDWR);

 # add a new specific loop device
 err = ioctl(cfd, LOOP_CTL_ADD, devnr);

 # remove a specific loop device
 err = ioctl(cfd, LOOP_CTL_REMOVE, devnr);

 # find or allocate a free loop device to use
 devnr = ioctl(cfd, LOOP_CTL_GET_FREE);

 sprintf(loopname, "/dev/loop%i", devnr);
 ffd = open("backing-file", O_RDWR);
 lfd = open(loopname, O_RDWR);
 err = ioctl(lfd, LOOP_SET_FD, ffd);

Cc: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Karel Zak  &lt;kzak@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers &lt;kay.sievers@vrfy.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jaxboe@fusionio.com&gt;
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Loop devices today have a fixed pre-allocated number of usually 8.
The number can only be changed at module init time. To find a free
device to use, /dev/loop%i needs to be scanned, and all devices need
to be opened until a free one is possibly found.

This adds a new /dev/loop-control device node, that allows to
dynamically find or allocate a free device, and to add and remove loop
devices from the running system:
 LOOP_CTL_ADD adds a specific device. Arg is the number
 of the device. It returns the device i or a negative
 error code.

 LOOP_CTL_REMOVE removes a specific device, Arg is the
 number the device. It returns the device i or a negative
 error code.

 LOOP_CTL_GET_FREE finds the next unbound device or allocates
 a new one. No arg is given. It returns the device i or a
 negative error code.

The loop kernel module gets automatically loaded when
/dev/loop-control is accessed the first time. The alias
specified in the module, instructs udev to create this
'dead' device node, even when the module is not loaded.

Example:
 cfd = open("/dev/loop-control", O_RDWR);

 # add a new specific loop device
 err = ioctl(cfd, LOOP_CTL_ADD, devnr);

 # remove a specific loop device
 err = ioctl(cfd, LOOP_CTL_REMOVE, devnr);

 # find or allocate a free loop device to use
 devnr = ioctl(cfd, LOOP_CTL_GET_FREE);

 sprintf(loopname, "/dev/loop%i", devnr);
 ffd = open("backing-file", O_RDWR);
 lfd = open(loopname, O_RDWR);
 err = ioctl(lfd, LOOP_SET_FD, ffd);

Cc: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Karel Zak  &lt;kzak@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers &lt;kay.sievers@vrfy.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jaxboe@fusionio.com&gt;
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<title>loop: replace linked list of allocated devices with an idr index</title>
<updated>2011-07-31T20:08:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kay Sievers</name>
<email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>
</author>
<published>2011-07-31T20:08:04+00:00</published>
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Replace the linked list, that keeps track of allocated devices, with an
idr index to allow a more efficient lookup of devices.

Cc: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers &lt;kay.sievers@vrfy.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jaxboe@fusionio.com&gt;
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Replace the linked list, that keeps track of allocated devices, with an
idr index to allow a more efficient lookup of devices.

Cc: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers &lt;kay.sievers@vrfy.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jaxboe@fusionio.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>atomic: use &lt;linux/atomic.h&gt;</title>
<updated>2011-07-26T23:49:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Arun Sharma</name>
<email>asharma@fb.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-07-26T23:09:06+00:00</published>
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This allows us to move duplicated code in &lt;asm/atomic.h&gt;
(atomic_inc_not_zero() for now) to &lt;linux/atomic.h&gt;

Signed-off-by: Arun Sharma &lt;asharma@fb.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;eric.dumazet@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: David Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: Eric Dumazet &lt;eric.dumazet@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Mike Frysinger &lt;vapier@gentoo.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This allows us to move duplicated code in &lt;asm/atomic.h&gt;
(atomic_inc_not_zero() for now) to &lt;linux/atomic.h&gt;

Signed-off-by: Arun Sharma &lt;asharma@fb.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;eric.dumazet@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: David Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: Eric Dumazet &lt;eric.dumazet@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Mike Frysinger &lt;vapier@gentoo.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client</title>
<updated>2011-07-26T20:38:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2011-07-26T20:38:50+00:00</published>
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client: (23 commits)
  ceph: document unlocked d_parent accesses
  ceph: explicitly reference rename old_dentry parent dir in request
  ceph: document locking for ceph_set_dentry_offset
  ceph: avoid d_parent in ceph_dentry_hash; fix ceph_encode_fh() hashing bug
  ceph: protect d_parent access in ceph_d_revalidate
  ceph: protect access to d_parent
  ceph: handle racing calls to ceph_init_dentry
  ceph: set dir complete frag after adding capability
  rbd: set blk_queue request sizes to object size
  ceph: set up readahead size when rsize is not passed
  rbd: cancel watch request when releasing the device
  ceph: ignore lease mask
  ceph: fix ceph_lookup_open intent usage
  ceph: only link open operations to directory unsafe list if O_CREAT|O_TRUNC
  ceph: fix bad parent_inode calc in ceph_lookup_open
  ceph: avoid carrying Fw cap during write into page cache
  libceph: don't time out osd requests that haven't been received
  ceph: report f_bfree based on kb_avail rather than diffing.
  ceph: only queue capsnap if caps are dirty
  ceph: fix snap writeback when racing with writes
  ...
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client: (23 commits)
  ceph: document unlocked d_parent accesses
  ceph: explicitly reference rename old_dentry parent dir in request
  ceph: document locking for ceph_set_dentry_offset
  ceph: avoid d_parent in ceph_dentry_hash; fix ceph_encode_fh() hashing bug
  ceph: protect d_parent access in ceph_d_revalidate
  ceph: protect access to d_parent
  ceph: handle racing calls to ceph_init_dentry
  ceph: set dir complete frag after adding capability
  rbd: set blk_queue request sizes to object size
  ceph: set up readahead size when rsize is not passed
  rbd: cancel watch request when releasing the device
  ceph: ignore lease mask
  ceph: fix ceph_lookup_open intent usage
  ceph: only link open operations to directory unsafe list if O_CREAT|O_TRUNC
  ceph: fix bad parent_inode calc in ceph_lookup_open
  ceph: avoid carrying Fw cap during write into page cache
  libceph: don't time out osd requests that haven't been received
  ceph: report f_bfree based on kb_avail rather than diffing.
  ceph: only queue capsnap if caps are dirty
  ceph: fix snap writeback when racing with writes
  ...
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