linux.git/fs/ext2/file.c, branch v2.6.25

BKL-removal: convert ext2 over to use unlocked_ioctl

2008-02-06T18:41:20+00:00

I checked ext2_ioctl and could not find anything in there that would need the
BKL.  So convert it over to use unlocked_ioctl

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen 
Cc: Theodore Ts'o 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ext2 reservations

2007-10-17T15:43:02+00:00

Val's cross-port of the ext3 reservations code into ext2.

[mbligh@mbligh.org: Small type error for printk
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix types, sync with ext3]
[mbligh@mbligh.org: Bring ext2 reservations code in line with latest ext3]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: kill noisy printk]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: remember to dirty the gdp's block]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: cross-port the missed 5dea5176e5c32ef9f0d1a41d28427b3bf6881b3a]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: cross-port e6022603b9aa7d61d20b392e69edcdbbc1789969]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: Port the omitted 08fb306fe63d98eb86e3b16f4cc21816fa47f18e]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: Backport the missed 20acaa18d0c002fec180956f87adeb3f11f635a6]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fixes]
[cmm@us.ibm.com: fix reservation extension]
[bunk@stusta.de: make ext2_get_blocks() static]
[hugh@veritas.com: fix hang]
[hugh@veritas.com: ext2_new_blocks should reset the reservation window size]
[hugh@veritas.com: ext2 balloc: fix off-by-one against rsv_end]
[hugh@veritas.com: grp_goal 0 is a genuine goal (unlike -1), so ext2_try_to_allocate_with_rsv should treat it as such]
[hugh@veritas.com: rbtree usage cleanup]
[pbadari@us.ibm.com: Fix for ext2 reservation]
[bunk@kernel.org: remove fs/ext2/balloc.c:reserve_blocks()]
[hugh@veritas.com: ext2 balloc: use io_error label]
Cc: "Martin J. Bligh" 
Cc: Valerie Henson 
Cc: Mingming Cao 
Cc: Mel Gorman 
Cc: Hugh Dickins 
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk 
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins 
Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty 
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ext2: fix a comment when ext2_release_file() is called

2007-07-16T16:05:44+00:00

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara 
Acked-by: "Theodore Ts'o" 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

xip sendfile removal

2007-07-10T06:04:15+00:00

This patch removes xip_file_sendfile, the sendfile implementation for
xip without replacement. Those customers that use xip on s390 are not
using sendfile() as far as we know, and so far s390 is the only platform
this could potentially be used on so far.
Having sendfile is not a popular feature for execute in place file
systems, however we have a working implementation of splice_read() based
on fs/splice.c if anyone asks for it.
At this point in time, it does not seem preferable to merge
splice_read() for xip because it causes extra maintenence effort due to
code duplication and it requires struct page behind the xip memory
segment. We'd like to get rid of that in favor of supporting flash based
embedded platforms (Monta Vista work) soon.

Signed-off-by: Carsten Otte 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile()

2007-07-10T06:04:13+00:00

They can use generic_file_splice_read() instead. Since sys_sendfile() now
prefers that, there should be no change in behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

[PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 1

2007-02-12T17:48:46+00:00

Many struct inode_operations in the kernel can be "const".  Marking them const
moves these to the .rodata section, which avoids false sharing with potential
dirty data.  In addition it'll catch accidental writes at compile time to
these shared resources.

Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Streamline generic_file_* interfaces and filemap cleanups

2006-10-01T07:39:28+00:00

This patch cleans up generic_file_*_read/write() interfaces.  Christoph
Hellwig gave me the idea for this clean ups.

In a nutshell, all filesystems should set .aio_read/.aio_write methods and use
do_sync_read/ do_sync_write() as their .read/.write methods.  This allows us
to cleanup all variants of generic_file_* routines.

Final available interfaces:

generic_file_aio_read() - read handler
generic_file_aio_write() - write handler
generic_file_aio_write_nolock() - no lock write handler

__generic_file_aio_write_nolock() - internal worker routine

Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty 
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Remove readv/writev methods and use aio_read/aio_write instead

2006-10-01T07:39:28+00:00

This patch removes readv() and writev() methods and replaces them with
aio_read()/aio_write() methods.

Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty 
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] BLOCK: Move the Ext2 device ioctl compat stuff to the Ext2 driver [try #6]

2006-09-30T18:52:29+00:00

Move the Ext2 device ioctl compat stuff from fs/compat_ioctl.c to the Ext2
driver so that the Ext2 header file doesn't need to be included.

Signed-Off-By: David Howells 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

[PATCH] Introduce sys_splice() system call

2006-03-30T20:28:18+00:00

This adds support for the sys_splice system call. Using a pipe as a
transport, it can connect to files or sockets (latter as output only).

From the splice.c comments:

   "splice": joining two ropes together by interweaving their strands.

   This is the "extended pipe" functionality, where a pipe is used as
   an arbitrary in-memory buffer. Think of a pipe as a small kernel
   buffer that you can use to transfer data from one end to the other.

   The traditional unix read/write is extended with a "splice()" operation
   that transfers data buffers to or from a pipe buffer.

   Named by Larry McVoy, original implementation from Linus, extended by
   Jens to support splicing to files and fixing the initial implementation
   bugs.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds