linux.git/mm, branch v4.5-rc2

Merge branch 'stable/for-linus-4.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/mm

2016-01-29T23:13:48+00:00

Pull cleancache cleanups from Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk:
 "Simple cleanups"

* 'stable/for-linus-4.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/mm:
  include/linux/cleancache.h: Clean up code
  cleancache: constify cleancache_ops structure

cleancache: constify cleancache_ops structure

2016-01-27T14:09:57+00:00

The cleancache_ops structure is never modified, so declare it as const.

Done with the help of Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall 
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk

vmstat: Remove BUG_ON from vmstat_update

2016-01-24T16:55:52+00:00

If we detect that there is nothing to do just set the flag and do not
check if it was already set before.  Races really do not matter.  If the
flag is set by any code then the shepherd will start dealing with the
situation and reenable the vmstat workers when necessary again.

Since commit 0eb77e988032 ("vmstat: make vmstat_updater deferrable again
and shut down on idle") quiet_vmstat might update cpu_stat_off and mark
a particular cpu to be handled by vmstat_shepherd.  This might trigger a
VM_BUG_ON in vmstat_update because the work item might have been
sleeping during the idle period and see the cpu_stat_off updated after
the wake up.  The VM_BUG_ON is therefore misleading and no more
appropriate.  Moreover it doesn't really suite any protection from real
bugs because vmstat_shepherd will simply reschedule the vmstat_work
anytime it sees a particular cpu set or vmstat_update would do the same
from the worker context directly.  Even when the two would race the
result wouldn't be incorrect as the counters update is fully idempotent.

Reported-by: Sasha Levin 
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter 
Acked-by: Michal Hocko 
Cc: Johannes Weiner 
Cc: Tetsuo Handa 
Cc: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

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

2016-01-23T20:24:56+00:00

Pull final vfs updates from Al Viro:

 - The ->i_mutex wrappers (with small prereq in lustre)

 - a fix for too early freeing of symlink bodies on shmem (they need to
   be RCU-delayed) (-stable fodder)

 - followup to dedupe stuff merged this cycle

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  vfs: abort dedupe loop if fatal signals are pending
  make sure that freeing shmem fast symlinks is RCU-delayed
  wrappers for ->i_mutex access
  lustre: remove unused declaration

tree wide: use kvfree() than conditional kfree()/vfree()

2016-01-23T01:02:18+00:00

There are many locations that do

  if (memory_was_allocated_by_vmalloc)
    vfree(ptr);
  else
    kfree(ptr);

but kvfree() can handle both kmalloc()ed memory and vmalloc()ed memory
using is_vmalloc_addr().  Unless callers have special reasons, we can
replace this branch with kvfree().  Please check and reply if you found
problems.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa 
Acked-by: Michal Hocko 
Acked-by: Jan Kara 
Acked-by: Russell King 
Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger 
Acked-by: "Rafael J. Wysocki" 
Acked-by: David Rientjes 
Cc: "Luck, Tony" 
Cc: Oleg Drokin 
Cc: Boris Petkov 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

dax: add support for fsync/sync

2016-01-23T01:02:18+00:00

To properly handle fsync/msync in an efficient way DAX needs to track
dirty pages so it is able to flush them durably to media on demand.

The tracking of dirty pages is done via the radix tree in struct
address_space.  This radix tree is already used by the page writeback
infrastructure for tracking dirty pages associated with an open file,
and it already has support for exceptional (non struct page*) entries.
We build upon these features to add exceptional entries to the radix
tree for DAX dirty PMD or PTE pages at fault time.

[dan.j.williams@intel.com: fix dax_pmd_dbg build warning]
Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler 
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" 
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" 
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" 
Cc: Alexander Viro 
Cc: Andreas Dilger 
Cc: Dave Chinner 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Jan Kara 
Cc: Jeff Layton 
Cc: Matthew Wilcox 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Matthew Wilcox 
Cc: Dave Hansen 
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

mm: add find_get_entries_tag()

2016-01-23T01:02:18+00:00

Add find_get_entries_tag() to the family of functions that include
find_get_entries(), find_get_pages() and find_get_pages_tag().  This is
needed for DAX dirty page handling because we need a list of both page
offsets and radix tree entries ('indices' and 'entries' in this
function) that are marked with the PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE tag.

Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler 
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara 
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" 
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" 
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" 
Cc: Alexander Viro 
Cc: Andreas Dilger 
Cc: Dave Chinner 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Jeff Layton 
Cc: Matthew Wilcox 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Dan Williams 
Cc: Matthew Wilcox 
Cc: Dave Hansen 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

dax: support dirty DAX entries in radix tree

2016-01-23T01:02:18+00:00

Add support for tracking dirty DAX entries in the struct address_space
radix tree.  This tree is already used for dirty page writeback, and it
already supports the use of exceptional (non struct page*) entries.

In order to properly track dirty DAX pages we will insert new
exceptional entries into the radix tree that represent dirty DAX PTE or
PMD pages.  These exceptional entries will also contain the writeback
addresses for the PTE or PMD faults that we can use at fsync/msync time.

There are currently two types of exceptional entries (shmem and shadow)
that can be placed into the radix tree, and this adds a third.  We rely
on the fact that only one type of exceptional entry can be found in a
given radix tree based on its usage.  This happens for free with DAX vs
shmem but we explicitly prevent shadow entries from being added to radix
trees for DAX mappings.

The only shadow entries that would be generated for DAX radix trees
would be to track zero page mappings that were created for holes.  These
pages would receive minimal benefit from having shadow entries, and the
choice to have only one type of exceptional entry in a given radix tree
makes the logic simpler both in clear_exceptional_entry() and in the
rest of DAX.

Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler 
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" 
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" 
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" 
Cc: Alexander Viro 
Cc: Andreas Dilger 
Cc: Dave Chinner 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Jan Kara 
Cc: Jeff Layton 
Cc: Matthew Wilcox 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Dan Williams 
Cc: Matthew Wilcox 
Cc: Dave Hansen 
Cc: Hugh Dickins 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

make sure that freeing shmem fast symlinks is RCU-delayed

2016-01-22T23:08:52+00:00

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.2+
Signed-off-by: Al Viro

wrappers for ->i_mutex access

2016-01-22T23:04:28+00:00

parallel to mutex_{lock,unlock,trylock,is_locked,lock_nested},
inode_foo(inode) being mutex_foo(&inode->i_mutex).

Please, use those for access to ->i_mutex; over the coming cycle
->i_mutex will become rwsem, with ->lookup() done with it held
only shared.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro