linux.git/fs/jffs2, branch v4.8

vfs: make the string hashes salt the hash

2016-06-11T03:21:46+00:00

We always mixed in the parent pointer into the dentry name hash, but we
did it late at lookup time.  It turns out that we can simplify that
lookup-time action by salting the hash with the parent pointer early
instead of late.

A few other users of our string hashes also wanted to mix in their own
pointers into the hash, and those are updated to use the same mechanism.

Hash users that don't have any particular initial salt can just use the
NULL pointer as a no-salt.

Cc: Vegard Nossum 
Cc: George Spelvin 
Cc: Al Viro 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

switch xattr_handler->set() to passing dentry and inode separately

2016-05-27T19:39:43+00:00

preparation for similar switch in ->setxattr() (see the next commit for
rationale).

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

more trivial ->iterate_shared conversions

2016-05-09T15:41:14+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

Merge getxattr prototype change into work.lookups

2016-05-02T23:45:47+00:00

The rest of work.xattr stuff isn't needed for this branch

xattr_handler: pass dentry and inode as separate arguments of ->get()

2016-04-11T00:48:24+00:00

... and do not assume they are already attached to each other

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

don't bother with ->d_inode->i_sb - it's always equal to ->d_sb

2016-04-10T21:11:51+00:00

... and neither can ever be NULL

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros

2016-04-04T17:41:08+00:00

PAGE_CACHE_{SIZE,SHIFT,MASK,ALIGN} macros were introduced *long* time
ago with promise that one day it will be possible to implement page
cache with bigger chunks than PAGE_SIZE.

This promise never materialized.  And unlikely will.

We have many places where PAGE_CACHE_SIZE assumed to be equal to
PAGE_SIZE.  And it's constant source of confusion on whether
PAGE_CACHE_* or PAGE_* constant should be used in a particular case,
especially on the border between fs and mm.

Global switching to PAGE_CACHE_SIZE != PAGE_SIZE would cause to much
breakage to be doable.

Let's stop pretending that pages in page cache are special.  They are
not.

The changes are pretty straight-forward:

 -  << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT) -> ;

 -  >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT) -> ;

 - PAGE_CACHE_{SIZE,SHIFT,MASK,ALIGN} -> PAGE_{SIZE,SHIFT,MASK,ALIGN};

 - page_cache_get() -> get_page();

 - page_cache_release() -> put_page();

This patch contains automated changes generated with coccinelle using
script below.  For some reason, coccinelle doesn't patch header files.
I've called spatch for them manually.

The only adjustment after coccinelle is revert of changes to
PAGE_CAHCE_ALIGN definition: we are going to drop it later.

There are few places in the code where coccinelle didn't reach.  I'll
fix them manually in a separate patch.  Comments and documentation also
will be addressed with the separate patch.

virtual patch

@@
expression E;
@@
- E << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT)
+ E

@@
expression E;
@@
- E >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT)
+ E

@@
@@
- PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT
+ PAGE_SHIFT

@@
@@
- PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
+ PAGE_SIZE

@@
@@
- PAGE_CACHE_MASK
+ PAGE_MASK

@@
expression E;
@@
- PAGE_CACHE_ALIGN(E)
+ PAGE_ALIGN(E)

@@
expression E;
@@
- page_cache_get(E)
+ get_page(E)

@@
expression E;
@@
- page_cache_release(E)
+ put_page(E)

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov 
Acked-by: Michal Hocko 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

posix_acl: Inode acl caching fixes

2016-03-31T04:30:15+00:00

When get_acl() is called for an inode whose ACL is not cached yet, the
get_acl inode operation is called to fetch the ACL from the filesystem.
The inode operation is responsible for updating the cached acl with
set_cached_acl().  This is done without locking at the VFS level, so
another task can call set_cached_acl() or forget_cached_acl() before the
get_acl inode operation gets to calling set_cached_acl(), and then
get_acl's call to set_cached_acl() results in caching an outdate ACL.

Prevent this from happening by setting the cached ACL pointer to a
task-specific sentinel value before calling the get_acl inode operation.
Move the responsibility for updating the cached ACL from the get_acl
inode operations to get_acl().  There, only set the cached ACL if the
sentinel value hasn't changed.

The sentinel values are chosen to have odd values.  Likewise, the value
of ACL_NOT_CACHED is odd.  In contrast, ACL object pointers always have
an even value (ACLs are aligned in memory).  This allows to distinguish
uncached ACLs values from ACL objects.

In addition, switch from guarding inode->i_acl and inode->i_default_acl
upates by the inode->i_lock spinlock to using xchg() and cmpxchg().

Filesystems that do not want ACLs returned from their get_acl inode
operations to be cached must call forget_cached_acl() to prevent the VFS
from doing so.

(Patch written by Al Viro and Andreas Gruenbacher.)

Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher 
Signed-off-by: Al Viro

Merge tag 'for-linus-20160324' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd

2016-03-25T02:57:15+00:00

Pull MTD updates from Brian Norris:
 "NAND:
   - Add sunxi_nand randomizer support
   - begin refactoring NAND ecclayout structs
   - fix pxa3xx_nand dmaengine usage
   - brcmnand: fix support for v7.1 controller
   - add Qualcomm NAND controller driver

  SPI NOR:
   - add new ls1021a, ls2080a support to Freescale QuadSPI
   - add new flash ID entries
   - support bottom-block protection for Winbond flash
   - support Status Register Write Protect
   - remove broken QPI support for Micron SPI flash

  JFFS2:
   - improve post-mount CRC scan efficiency

  General:
   - refactor bcm63xxpart parser, to later extend for NAND
   - add writebuf size parameter to mtdram

  Other minor code quality improvements"

* tag 'for-linus-20160324' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd: (72 commits)
  mtd: nand: remove kerneldoc for removed function parameter
  mtd: nand: Qualcomm NAND controller driver
  dt/bindings: qcom_nandc: Add DT bindings
  mtd: nand: don't select chip in nand_chip's block_bad op
  mtd: spi-nor: support lock/unlock for a few Winbond chips
  mtd: spi-nor: add TB (Top/Bottom) protect support
  mtd: spi-nor: add SPI_NOR_HAS_LOCK flag
  mtd: spi-nor: use BIT() for flash_info flags
  mtd: spi-nor: disallow further writes to SR if WP# is low
  mtd: spi-nor: make lock/unlock bounds checks more obvious and robust
  mtd: spi-nor: silently drop lock/unlock for already locked/unlocked region
  mtd: spi-nor: wait for SR_WIP to clear on initial unlock
  mtd: nand: simplify nand_bch_init() usage
  mtd: mtdswap: remove useless if (!mtd->ecclayout) test
  mtd: create an mtd_oobavail() helper and make use of it
  mtd: kill the ecclayout->oobavail field
  mtd: nand: check status before reporting timeout
  mtd: bcm63xxpart: give width specifier an 'int', not 'size_t'
  mtd: mtdram: Add parameter for setting writebuf size
  mtd: nand: pxa3xx_nand: kill unused field 'drcmr_cmd'
  ...

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

2016-03-11T18:13:49+00:00

Pull vfs fixes from Al Viro:
 "A couple of fixes: Fix for my dumb braino in ncpfs and a long-standing
  breakage on recovery from failed rename() in jffs2"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  jffs2: reduce the breakage on recovery from halfway failed rename()
  ncpfs: fix a braino in OOM handling in ncp_fill_cache()