linux.git/fs/nilfs2/segment.c, branch v3.6

nilfs2: Convert to new freezing mechanism

2012-07-31T05:45:52+00:00

We change nilfs_page_mkwrite() to provide proper freeze protection for
writeable page faults (we must wait for frozen filesystem even if the
page is fully mapped).

We remove all vfs_check_frozen() checks since they are now handled by
the generic code.

CC: linux-nilfs@vger.kernel.org
CC: KONISHI Ryusuke 
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara 
Signed-off-by: Al Viro

nilfs2: ensure proper cache clearing for gc-inodes

2012-06-20T21:39:35+00:00

A gc-inode is a pseudo inode used to buffer the blocks to be moved by
garbage collection.

Block caches of gc-inodes must be cleared every time a garbage collection
function (nilfs_clean_segments) completes.  Otherwise, stale blocks
buffered in the caches may be wrongly reused in successive calls of the GC
function.

For user files, this is not a problem because their gc-inodes are
distinguished by a checkpoint number as well as an inode number.  They
never buffer different blocks if either an inode number, a checkpoint
number, or a block offset differs.

However, gc-inodes of sufile, cpfile and DAT file can store different data
for the same block offset.  Thus, the nilfs_clean_segments function can
move incorrect block for these meta-data files if an old block is cached.
I found this is really causing meta-data corruption in nilfs.

This fixes the issue by ensuring cache clear of gc-inodes and resolves
reported GC problems including checkpoint file corruption, b-tree
corruption, and the following warning during GC.

  nilfs_palloc_freev: entry number 307234 already freed.
  ...

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Tested-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Cc: 	[2.6.37+]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

freezer: unexport refrigerator() and update try_to_freeze() slightly

2011-11-21T20:32:22+00:00

There is no reason to export two functions for entering the
refrigerator.  Calling refrigerator() instead of try_to_freeze()
doesn't save anything noticeable or removes any race condition.

* Rename refrigerator() to __refrigerator() and make it return bool
  indicating whether it scheduled out for freezing.

* Update try_to_freeze() to return bool and relay the return value of
  __refrigerator() if freezing().

* Convert all refrigerator() users to try_to_freeze().

* Update documentation accordingly.

* While at it, add might_sleep() to try_to_freeze().

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo 
Cc: Samuel Ortiz 
Cc: Chris Mason 
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" 
Cc: Steven Whitehouse 
Cc: Andrew Morton 
Cc: Jan Kara 
Cc: KONISHI Ryusuke 
Cc: Christoph Hellwig

nilfs2: fix problem in setting checkpoint interval

2011-06-11T06:51:15+00:00

Checkpoint generation interval of nilfs goes wrong after user has
changed the interval parameter with nilfs-tune tool.

 segctord starting. Construction interval = 5 seconds,
 CP frequency < 30 seconds
 segctord starting. Construction interval = 0 seconds,
 CP frequency < 30 seconds

This turned out to be caused by a trivial bug in initialization code
of log writer.  This will fix it.

Reported-by: Andrea Gelmini 
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: use mark_buffer_dirty to mark btnode or meta data dirty

2011-05-10T13:21:57+00:00

This replaces nilfs_mdt_mark_buffer_dirty and nilfs_btnode_mark_dirty
macros with mark_buffer_dirty and gets rid of nilfs_mark_buffer_dirty,
an own mark buffer dirty function.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: always set back pointer to host inode in mapping->host

2011-05-10T13:21:57+00:00

In the current nilfs, page cache for btree nodes and meta data files
do not set a valid back pointer to the host inode in mapping->host.

This will change it so that every address space in nilfs uses
mapping->host to hold its host inode.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: use list_first_entry

2011-05-10T13:21:56+00:00

This uses list_first_entry macro instead of list_entry if it's used to
get the first entry.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: zero fill unused portion of super root block

2011-05-10T13:21:45+00:00

The super root block is newly-allocated each time it is written back
to disk, so unused portion of the block should be cleared.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: super root size should change depending on inode size

2011-05-10T13:21:44+00:00

The size of super root structure depends on inode size, so
NILFS_SR_BYTES macro should be a function of the inode size.  This
fixes the issue.

Even though a different size value will be written for a possible
future filesystem with extended inode, but fortunately this does not
break disk format compatibility.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi

nilfs2: get rid of private page allocator

2011-05-10T13:21:44+00:00

Previously, nilfs was cloning pages for mmapped region to freeze their
data and ensure consistency of checksum during writeback cycles.  A
private page allocator was used for this page cloning.  But, we no
longer need to do that since clear_page_dirty_for_io function sets up
pte so that vm_ops->page_mkwrite function is called right before the
mmapped pages are modified and nilfs_page_mkwrite function can safely
wait for the pages to be written back to disk.

So, this stops making a copy of mmapped pages during writeback, and
eliminates the private page allocation and deallocation functions from
nilfs.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi