linux.git/fs/coda, branch v6.16 Linux kernel source tree Change inode_operations.mkdir to return struct dentry * 2025-02-27T19:00:17+00:00 NeilBrown neilb@suse.de 2025-02-27T01:32:53+00:00 88d5baf69082e5b410296435008329676b687549 Some filesystems, such as NFS, cifs, ceph, and fuse, do not have complete control of sequencing on the actual filesystem (e.g. on a different server) and may find that the inode created for a mkdir request already exists in the icache and dcache by the time the mkdir request returns. For example, if the filesystem is mounted twice the directory could be visible on the other mount before it is on the original mount, and a pair of name_to_handle_at(), open_by_handle_at() calls could instantiate the directory inode with an IS_ROOT() dentry before the first mkdir returns. This means that the dentry passed to ->mkdir() may not be the one that is associated with the inode after the ->mkdir() completes. Some callers need to interact with the inode after the ->mkdir completes and they currently need to perform a lookup in the (rare) case that the dentry is no longer hashed. This lookup-after-mkdir requires that the directory remains locked to avoid races. Planned future patches to lock the dentry rather than the directory will mean that this lookup cannot be performed atomically with the mkdir. To remove this barrier, this patch changes ->mkdir to return the resulting dentry if it is different from the one passed in. Possible returns are: NULL - the directory was created and no other dentry was used ERR_PTR() - an error occurred non-NULL - this other dentry was spliced in This patch only changes file-systems to return "ERR_PTR(err)" instead of "err" or equivalent transformations. Subsequent patches will make further changes to some file-systems to return a correct dentry. Not all filesystems reliably result in a positive hashed dentry: - NFS, cifs, hostfs will sometimes need to perform a lookup of the name to get inode information. Races could result in this returning something different. Note that this lookup is non-atomic which is what we are trying to avoid. Placing the lookup in filesystem code means it only happens when the filesystem has no other option. - kernfs and tracefs leave the dentry negative and the ->revalidate operation ensures that lookup will be called to correctly populate the dentry. This could be fixed but I don't think it is important to any of the users of vfs_mkdir() which look at the dentry. The recommendation to use d_drop();d_splice_alias() is ugly but fits with current practice. A planned future patch will change this. Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250227013949.536172-2-neilb@suse.de Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> 
Some filesystems, such as NFS, cifs, ceph, and fuse, do not have
complete control of sequencing on the actual filesystem (e.g.  on a
different server) and may find that the inode created for a mkdir
request already exists in the icache and dcache by the time the mkdir
request returns.  For example, if the filesystem is mounted twice the
directory could be visible on the other mount before it is on the
original mount, and a pair of name_to_handle_at(), open_by_handle_at()
calls could instantiate the directory inode with an IS_ROOT() dentry
before the first mkdir returns.

This means that the dentry passed to ->mkdir() may not be the one that
is associated with the inode after the ->mkdir() completes.  Some
callers need to interact with the inode after the ->mkdir completes and
they currently need to perform a lookup in the (rare) case that the
dentry is no longer hashed.

This lookup-after-mkdir requires that the directory remains locked to
avoid races.  Planned future patches to lock the dentry rather than the
directory will mean that this lookup cannot be performed atomically with
the mkdir.

To remove this barrier, this patch changes ->mkdir to return the
resulting dentry if it is different from the one passed in.
Possible returns are:
  NULL - the directory was created and no other dentry was used
  ERR_PTR() - an error occurred
  non-NULL - this other dentry was spliced in

This patch only changes file-systems to return "ERR_PTR(err)" instead of
"err" or equivalent transformations.  Subsequent patches will make
further changes to some file-systems to return a correct dentry.

Not all filesystems reliably result in a positive hashed dentry:

- NFS, cifs, hostfs will sometimes need to perform a lookup of
  the name to get inode information.  Races could result in this
  returning something different. Note that this lookup is
  non-atomic which is what we are trying to avoid.  Placing the
  lookup in filesystem code means it only happens when the filesystem
  has no other option.
- kernfs and tracefs leave the dentry negative and the ->revalidate
  operation ensures that lookup will be called to correctly populate
  the dentry.  This could be fixed but I don't think it is important
  to any of the users of vfs_mkdir() which look at the dentry.

The recommendation to use
    d_drop();d_splice_alias()
is ugly but fits with current practice.  A planned future patch will
change this.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250227013949.536172-2-neilb@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Merge tag 'pull-revalidate' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2025-01-30T17:13:35+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2025-01-30T17:13:35+00:00 d3d90cc2891c9cf4ecba7b85c0af716ab755c7e5 Pull vfs d_revalidate updates from Al Viro: "Provide stable parent and name to ->d_revalidate() instances Most of the filesystem methods where we care about dentry name and parent have their stability guaranteed by the callers; ->d_revalidate() is the major exception. It's easy enough for callers to supply stable values for expected name and expected parent of the dentry being validated. That kills quite a bit of boilerplate in ->d_revalidate() instances, along with a bunch of races where they used to access ->d_name without sufficient precautions" * tag 'pull-revalidate' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: 9p: fix ->rename_sem exclusion orangefs_d_revalidate(): use stable parent inode and name passed by caller ocfs2_dentry_revalidate(): use stable parent inode and name passed by caller nfs: fix ->d_revalidate() UAF on ->d_name accesses nfs{,4}_lookup_validate(): use stable parent inode passed by caller gfs2_drevalidate(): use stable parent inode and name passed by caller fuse_dentry_revalidate(): use stable parent inode and name passed by caller vfat_revalidate{,_ci}(): use stable parent inode passed by caller exfat_d_revalidate(): use stable parent inode passed by caller fscrypt_d_revalidate(): use stable parent inode passed by caller ceph_d_revalidate(): propagate stable name down into request encoding ceph_d_revalidate(): use stable parent inode passed by caller afs_d_revalidate(): use stable name and parent inode passed by caller Pass parent directory inode and expected name to ->d_revalidate() generic_ci_d_compare(): use shortname_storage ext4 fast_commit: make use of name_snapshot primitives dissolve external_name.u into separate members make take_dentry_name_snapshot() lockless dcache: back inline names with a struct-wrapped array of unsigned long make sure that DNAME_INLINE_LEN is a multiple of word size 
Pull vfs d_revalidate updates from Al Viro:
 "Provide stable parent and name to ->d_revalidate() instances

  Most of the filesystem methods where we care about dentry name and
  parent have their stability guaranteed by the callers;
  ->d_revalidate() is the major exception.

  It's easy enough for callers to supply stable values for expected name
  and expected parent of the dentry being validated. That kills quite a
  bit of boilerplate in ->d_revalidate() instances, along with a bunch
  of races where they used to access ->d_name without sufficient
  precautions"

* tag 'pull-revalidate' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  9p: fix ->rename_sem exclusion
  orangefs_d_revalidate(): use stable parent inode and name passed by caller
  ocfs2_dentry_revalidate(): use stable parent inode and name passed by caller
  nfs: fix ->d_revalidate() UAF on ->d_name accesses
  nfs{,4}_lookup_validate(): use stable parent inode passed by caller
  gfs2_drevalidate(): use stable parent inode and name passed by caller
  fuse_dentry_revalidate(): use stable parent inode and name passed by caller
  vfat_revalidate{,_ci}(): use stable parent inode passed by caller
  exfat_d_revalidate(): use stable parent inode passed by caller
  fscrypt_d_revalidate(): use stable parent inode passed by caller
  ceph_d_revalidate(): propagate stable name down into request encoding
  ceph_d_revalidate(): use stable parent inode passed by caller
  afs_d_revalidate(): use stable name and parent inode passed by caller
  Pass parent directory inode and expected name to ->d_revalidate()
  generic_ci_d_compare(): use shortname_storage
  ext4 fast_commit: make use of name_snapshot primitives
  dissolve external_name.u into separate members
  make take_dentry_name_snapshot() lockless
  dcache: back inline names with a struct-wrapped array of unsigned long
  make sure that DNAME_INLINE_LEN is a multiple of word size
treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28T12:48:37+00:00 Joel Granados joel.granados@kernel.org 2025-01-28T12:48:37+00:00 1751f872cc97f992ed5c4c72c55588db1f0021e1 Add the const qualifier to all the ctl_tables in the tree except for watchdog_hardlockup_sysctl, memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls, loadpin_sysctl_table and the ones calling register_net_sysctl (./net, drivers/inifiniband dirs). These are special cases as they use a registration function with a non-const qualified ctl_table argument or modify the arrays before passing them on to the registration function. Constifying ctl_table structs will prevent the modification of proc_handler function pointers as the arrays would reside in .rodata. This is made possible after commit 78eb4ea25cd5 ("sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers") constified all the proc_handlers. Created this by running an spatch followed by a sed command: Spatch: virtual patch @ depends on !(file in "net") disable optional_qualifier @ identifier table_name != { watchdog_hardlockup_sysctl, iwcm_ctl_table, ucma_ctl_table, memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls, loadpin_sysctl_table }; @@ + const struct ctl_table table_name [] = { ... }; sed: sed --in-place \ -e "s/struct ctl_table .table = &uts_kern/const struct ctl_table *table = \&uts_kern/" \ kernel/utsname_sysctl.c Reviewed-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> # for kernel/trace/ Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> # SCSI Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> # xfs Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> Acked-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com> Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Bill O'Donnell <bodonnel@redhat.com> Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Acked-by: Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@intel.com> Acked-by: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org> 
Add the const qualifier to all the ctl_tables in the tree except for
watchdog_hardlockup_sysctl, memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls,
loadpin_sysctl_table and the ones calling register_net_sysctl (./net,
drivers/inifiniband dirs). These are special cases as they use a
registration function with a non-const qualified ctl_table argument or
modify the arrays before passing them on to the registration function.

Constifying ctl_table structs will prevent the modification of
proc_handler function pointers as the arrays would reside in .rodata.
This is made possible after commit 78eb4ea25cd5 ("sysctl: treewide:
constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers") constified all the
proc_handlers.

Created this by running an spatch followed by a sed command:
Spatch:
    virtual patch

    @
    depends on !(file in "net")
    disable optional_qualifier
    @

    identifier table_name != {
      watchdog_hardlockup_sysctl,
      iwcm_ctl_table,
      ucma_ctl_table,
      memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls,
      loadpin_sysctl_table
    };
    @@

    + const
    struct ctl_table table_name [] = { ... };

sed:
    sed --in-place \
      -e "s/struct ctl_table .table = &uts_kern/const struct ctl_table *table = \&uts_kern/" \
      kernel/utsname_sysctl.c

Reviewed-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> # for kernel/trace/
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> # SCSI
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> # xfs
Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Acked-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Bill O'Donnell <bodonnel@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@intel.com>
Acked-by: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
Pass parent directory inode and expected name to ->d_revalidate() 2025-01-28T00:25:23+00:00 Al Viro viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk 2024-12-08T05:28:51+00:00 5be1fa8abd7b049f51e6e98e75a37eef5ae2c296 ->d_revalidate() often needs to access dentry parent and name; that has to be done carefully, since the locking environment varies from caller to caller. We are not guaranteed that dentry in question will not be moved right under us - not unless the filesystem is such that nothing on it ever gets renamed. It can be dealt with, but that results in boilerplate code that isn't even needed - the callers normally have just found the dentry via dcache lookup and want to verify that it's in the right place; they already have the values of ->d_parent and ->d_name stable. There is a couple of exceptions (overlayfs and, to less extent, ecryptfs), but for the majority of calls that song and dance is not needed at all. It's easier to make ecryptfs and overlayfs find and pass those values if there's a ->d_revalidate() instance to be called, rather than doing that in the instances. This commit only changes the calling conventions; making use of supplied values is left to followups. NOTE: some instances need more than just the parent - things like CIFS may need to build an entire path from filesystem root, so they need more precautions than the usual boilerplate. This series doesn't do anything to that need - these filesystems have to keep their locking mechanisms (rename_lock loops, use of dentry_path_raw(), private rwsem a-la v9fs). One thing to keep in mind when using name is that name->name will normally point into the pathname being resolved; the filename in question occupies name->len bytes starting at name->name, and there is NUL somewhere after it, but it the next byte might very well be '/' rather than '\0'. Do not ignore name->len. Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <gabriel@krisman.be> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> 
->d_revalidate() often needs to access dentry parent and name; that has
to be done carefully, since the locking environment varies from caller
to caller.  We are not guaranteed that dentry in question will not be
moved right under us - not unless the filesystem is such that nothing
on it ever gets renamed.

It can be dealt with, but that results in boilerplate code that isn't
even needed - the callers normally have just found the dentry via dcache
lookup and want to verify that it's in the right place; they already
have the values of ->d_parent and ->d_name stable.  There is a couple
of exceptions (overlayfs and, to less extent, ecryptfs), but for the
majority of calls that song and dance is not needed at all.

It's easier to make ecryptfs and overlayfs find and pass those values if
there's a ->d_revalidate() instance to be called, rather than doing that
in the instances.

This commit only changes the calling conventions; making use of supplied
values is left to followups.

NOTE: some instances need more than just the parent - things like CIFS
may need to build an entire path from filesystem root, so they need
more precautions than the usual boilerplate.  This series doesn't
do anything to that need - these filesystems have to keep their locking
mechanisms (rename_lock loops, use of dentry_path_raw(), private rwsem
a-la v9fs).

One thing to keep in mind when using name is that name->name will normally
point into the pathname being resolved; the filename in question occupies
name->len bytes starting at name->name, and there is NUL somewhere after it,
but it the next byte might very well be '/' rather than '\0'.  Do not
ignore name->len.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <gabriel@krisman.be>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
coda: use param->file for FSCONFIG_SET_FD 2024-08-19T11:45:03+00:00 Aleksa Sarai cyphar@cyphar.com 2024-07-31T13:10:28+00:00 66e5cfee6280a361c429b6a6bfd66044e4644e86 While the old code did support FSCONFIG_SET_FD, there's no need to re-get the file the fs_context infrastructure already grabbed for us. Signed-off-by: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240731-fsconfig-fsparam_fd-fixes-v2-2-e7c472224417@cyphar.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> 
While the old code did support FSCONFIG_SET_FD, there's no need to
re-get the file the fs_context infrastructure already grabbed for us.

Signed-off-by: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240731-fsconfig-fsparam_fd-fixes-v2-2-e7c472224417@cyphar.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
coda: Convert coda_symlink_filler() to use folio_end_read() 2024-05-31T10:31:39+00:00 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) willy@infradead.org 2024-05-30T20:20:54+00:00 8c30a7344abedf25002baed6196cf41b6fb75c0e This is slightly more efficient than separate calls to folio_mark_uptodate() and folio_unlock(), and it's easier to read. Get rid of the call to folio_set_error() as nobody will check this flag. Cc: Jan Harkes <jaharkes@cs.cmu.edu> Cc: coda@cs.cmu.edu Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240530202110.2653630-3-willy@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> 
This is slightly more efficient than separate calls to
folio_mark_uptodate() and folio_unlock(), and it's easier to read.
Get rid of the call to folio_set_error() as nobody will check this flag.

Cc: Jan Harkes <jaharkes@cs.cmu.edu>
Cc: coda@cs.cmu.edu
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240530202110.2653630-3-willy@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
mm, slab: remove last vestiges of SLAB_MEM_SPREAD 2024-03-13T03:32:19+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2024-03-13T03:32:19+00:00 f88c3fb81c4badb46c2fef7d168ff138043e86bb Yes, yes, I know the slab people were planning on going slow and letting every subsystem fight this thing on their own. But let's just rip off the band-aid and get it over and done with. I don't want to see a number of unnecessary pull requests just to get rid of a flag that no longer has any meaning. This was mainly done with a couple of 'sed' scripts and then some manual cleanup of the end result. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wji0u+OOtmAOD-5JV3SXcRJF___k_+8XNKmak0yd5vW1Q@mail.gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
Yes, yes, I know the slab people were planning on going slow and letting
every subsystem fight this thing on their own.  But let's just rip off
the band-aid and get it over and done with.  I don't want to see a
number of unnecessary pull requests just to get rid of a flag that no
longer has any meaning.

This was mainly done with a couple of 'sed' scripts and then some manual
cleanup of the end result.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wji0u+OOtmAOD-5JV3SXcRJF___k_+8XNKmak0yd5vW1Q@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Convert coda to use the new mount API 2024-02-22T09:03:38+00:00 David Howells dhowells@redhat.com 2024-02-21T15:40:03+00:00 5916f439f2eb81eef98703b9a8f1dc91e3aa7129 Convert the coda filesystem to the new internal mount API as the old one will be obsoleted and removed. This allows greater flexibility in communication of mount parameters between userspace, the VFS and the filesystem. See Documentation/filesystems/mount_api.rst for more information. Note this is slightly tricky as coda currently only has a binary mount data interface. This is handled through the parse_monolithic hook. Also add a more conventional interface with a parameter named "fd" that takes an fd that refers to a coda psdev, thereby specifying the index to use. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Co-developed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> [sandeen: forward port to current upstream mount API interfaces] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/97650eeb-94c7-4041-b58c-90e81e76b699@redhat.com Tested-by: Jan Harkes <jaharkes@cs.cmu.edu> Reviewed-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> cc: coda@cs.cmu.edu Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> 
Convert the coda filesystem to the new internal mount API as the old
one will be obsoleted and removed.  This allows greater flexibility in
communication of mount parameters between userspace, the VFS and the
filesystem.

See Documentation/filesystems/mount_api.rst for more information.

Note this is slightly tricky as coda currently only has a binary mount data
interface.  This is handled through the parse_monolithic hook.

Also add a more conventional interface with a parameter named "fd" that
takes an fd that refers to a coda psdev, thereby specifying the index to
use.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Co-developed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
[sandeen: forward port to current upstream mount API interfaces]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/97650eeb-94c7-4041-b58c-90e81e76b699@redhat.com
Tested-by: Jan Harkes <jaharkes@cs.cmu.edu>
Reviewed-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
cc: coda@cs.cmu.edu
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Merge tag 'pull-dcache' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2024-01-12T04:11:35+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2024-01-12T04:11:35+00:00 499aa1ca4eb6602df38afaecb88fc14edf50cdbb Pull dcache updates from Al Viro: "Change of locking rules for __dentry_kill(), regularized refcounting rules in that area, assorted cleanups and removal of weird corner cases (e.g. now ->d_iput() on child is always called before the parent might hit __dentry_kill(), etc)" * tag 'pull-dcache' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (40 commits) dcache: remove unnecessary NULL check in dget_dlock() kill DCACHE_MAY_FREE __d_unalias() doesn't use inode argument d_alloc_parallel(): in-lookup hash insertion doesn't need an RCU variant get rid of DCACHE_GENOCIDE d_genocide(): move the extern into fs/internal.h simple_fill_super(): don't bother with d_genocide() on failure nsfs: use d_make_root() d_alloc_pseudo(): move setting ->d_op there from the (sole) caller kill d_instantate_anon(), fold __d_instantiate_anon() into remaining caller retain_dentry(): introduce a trimmed-down lockless variant __dentry_kill(): new locking scheme d_prune_aliases(): use a shrink list switch select_collect{,2}() to use of to_shrink_list() to_shrink_list(): call only if refcount is 0 fold dentry_kill() into dput() don't try to cut corners in shrink_lock_dentry() fold the call of retain_dentry() into fast_dput() Call retain_dentry() with refcount 0 dentry_kill(): don't bother with retain_dentry() on slow path ... 
Pull dcache updates from Al Viro:
 "Change of locking rules for __dentry_kill(), regularized refcounting
  rules in that area, assorted cleanups and removal of weird corner
  cases (e.g. now ->d_iput() on child is always called before the parent
  might hit __dentry_kill(), etc)"

* tag 'pull-dcache' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (40 commits)
  dcache: remove unnecessary NULL check in dget_dlock()
  kill DCACHE_MAY_FREE
  __d_unalias() doesn't use inode argument
  d_alloc_parallel(): in-lookup hash insertion doesn't need an RCU variant
  get rid of DCACHE_GENOCIDE
  d_genocide(): move the extern into fs/internal.h
  simple_fill_super(): don't bother with d_genocide() on failure
  nsfs: use d_make_root()
  d_alloc_pseudo(): move setting ->d_op there from the (sole) caller
  kill d_instantate_anon(), fold __d_instantiate_anon() into remaining caller
  retain_dentry(): introduce a trimmed-down lockless variant
  __dentry_kill(): new locking scheme
  d_prune_aliases(): use a shrink list
  switch select_collect{,2}() to use of to_shrink_list()
  to_shrink_list(): call only if refcount is 0
  fold dentry_kill() into dput()
  don't try to cut corners in shrink_lock_dentry()
  fold the call of retain_dentry() into fast_dput()
  Call retain_dentry() with refcount 0
  dentry_kill(): don't bother with retain_dentry() on slow path
  ...
Merge tag 'sysctl-6.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux 2024-01-11T01:44:36+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2024-01-11T01:44:36+00:00 a05aea98d4052dcd63d9d379613058e9e86c76d7 Pull sysctl updates from Luis Chamberlain: "To help make the move of sysctls out of kernel/sysctl.c not incur a size penalty sysctl has been changed to allow us to not require the sentinel, the final empty element on the sysctl array. Joel Granados has been doing all this work. In the v6.6 kernel we got the major infrastructure changes required to support this. For v6.7 we had all arch/ and drivers/ modified to remove the sentinel. For v6.8-rc1 we get a few more updates for fs/ directory only. The kernel/ directory is left but we'll save that for v6.9-rc1 as those patches are still being reviewed. After that we then can expect also the removal of the no longer needed check for procname == NULL. Let us recap the purpose of this work: - this helps reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run time memory consumed by the kernel by about ~64 bytes per array - the extra 64-byte penalty is no longer inncurred now when we move sysctls out from kernel/sysctl.c to their own files Thomas Weißschuh also sent a few cleanups, for v6.9-rc1 we expect to see further work by Thomas Weißschuh with the constificatin of the struct ctl_table. Due to Joel Granados's work, and to help bring in new blood, I have suggested for him to become a maintainer and he's accepted. So for v6.9-rc1 I look forward to seeing him sent you a pull request for further sysctl changes. This also removes Iurii Zaikin as a maintainer as he has moved on to other projects and has had no time to help at all" * tag 'sysctl-6.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux: sysctl: remove struct ctl_path sysctl: delete unused define SYSCTL_PERM_EMPTY_DIR coda: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array sysctl: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array fs: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array cachefiles: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array sysclt: Clarify the results of selftest run sysctl: Add a selftest for handling empty dirs sysctl: Fix out of bounds access for empty sysctl registers MAINTAINERS: Add Joel Granados as co-maintainer for proc sysctl MAINTAINERS: remove Iurii Zaikin from proc sysctl 
Pull sysctl updates from Luis Chamberlain:
 "To help make the move of sysctls out of kernel/sysctl.c not incur a
  size penalty sysctl has been changed to allow us to not require the
  sentinel, the final empty element on the sysctl array. Joel Granados
  has been doing all this work.

  In the v6.6 kernel we got the major infrastructure changes required to
  support this. For v6.7 we had all arch/ and drivers/ modified to
  remove the sentinel. For v6.8-rc1 we get a few more updates for fs/
  directory only.

  The kernel/ directory is left but we'll save that for v6.9-rc1 as
  those patches are still being reviewed. After that we then can expect
  also the removal of the no longer needed check for procname == NULL.

  Let us recap the purpose of this work:

   - this helps reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run
     time memory consumed by the kernel by about ~64 bytes per array

   - the extra 64-byte penalty is no longer inncurred now when we move
     sysctls out from kernel/sysctl.c to their own files

  Thomas Weißschuh also sent a few cleanups, for v6.9-rc1 we expect to
  see further work by Thomas Weißschuh with the constificatin of the
  struct ctl_table.

  Due to Joel Granados's work, and to help bring in new blood, I have
  suggested for him to become a maintainer and he's accepted. So for
  v6.9-rc1 I look forward to seeing him sent you a pull request for
  further sysctl changes. This also removes Iurii Zaikin as a maintainer
  as he has moved on to other projects and has had no time to help at
  all"

* tag 'sysctl-6.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux:
  sysctl: remove struct ctl_path
  sysctl: delete unused define SYSCTL_PERM_EMPTY_DIR
  coda: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  sysctl: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  fs: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  cachefiles: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array
  sysclt: Clarify the results of selftest run
  sysctl: Add a selftest for handling empty dirs
  sysctl: Fix out of bounds access for empty sysctl registers
  MAINTAINERS: Add Joel Granados as co-maintainer for proc sysctl
  MAINTAINERS: remove Iurii Zaikin from proc sysctl