linux/fs/block_dev.c, branch v3.11

Merge branch 'for-3.11/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block

2013-07-11T20:03:24Z

Pull core block IO updates from Jens Axboe: "Here are the core IO block bits for 3.11. It contains: - A tweak to the reserved tag logic from Jan, for weirdo devices with just 3 free tags. But for those it improves things substantially for random writes. - Periodic writeback fix from Jan. Marked for stable as well. - Fix for a race condition in IO scheduler switching from Jianpeng. - The hierarchical blk-cgroup support from Tejun. This is the grunt of the series. - blk-throttle fix from Vivek. Just a note that I'm in the middle of a relocation, whole family is flying out tomorrow. Hence I will be awal the remainder of this week, but back at work again on Monday the 15th. CC'ing Tejun, since any potential "surprises" will most likely be from the blk-cgroup work. But it's been brewing for a while and sitting in my tree and linux-next for a long time, so should be solid." * 'for-3.11/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (36 commits) elevator: Fix a race in elevator switching block: Reserve only one queue tag for sync IO if only 3 tags are available writeback: Fix periodic writeback after fs mount blk-throttle: implement proper hierarchy support blk-throttle: implement throtl_grp->has_rules[] blk-throttle: Account for child group's start time in parent while bio climbs up blk-throttle: add throtl_qnode for dispatch fairness blk-throttle: make throtl_pending_timer_fn() ready for hierarchy blk-throttle: make tg_dispatch_one_bio() ready for hierarchy blk-throttle: make blk_throtl_bio() ready for hierarchy blk-throttle: make blk_throtl_drain() ready for hierarchy blk-throttle: dispatch from throtl_pending_timer_fn() blk-throttle: implement dispatch looping blk-throttle: separate out throtl_service_queue->pending_timer from throtl_data->dispatch_work blk-throttle: set REQ_THROTTLED from throtl_charge_bio() and gate stats update with it blk-throttle: implement sq_to_tg(), sq_to_td() and throtl_log() blk-throttle: add throtl_service_queue->parent_sq blk-throttle: generalize update_disptime optimization in blk_throtl_bio() blk-throttle: dispatch to throtl_data->service_queue.bio_lists[] blk-throttle: move bio_lists[] and friends to throtl_service_queue ...

mm: vmscan: take page buffers dirty and locked state into account

2013-07-03T23:07:29Z

Page reclaim keeps track of dirty and under writeback pages and uses it to determine if wait_iff_congested() should stall or if kswapd should begin writing back pages. This fails to account for buffer pages that can be under writeback but not PageWriteback which is the case for filesystems like ext3 ordered mode. Furthermore, PageDirty buffer pages can have all the buffers clean and writepage does no IO so it should not be accounted as congested. This patch adds an address_space operation that filesystems may optionally use to check if a page is really dirty or really under writeback. An implementation is provided for for buffer_heads is added and used for block operations and ext3 in ordered mode. By default the page flags are obeyed. Credit goes to Jan Kara for identifying that the page flags alone are not sufficient for ext3 and sanity checking a number of ideas on how the problem could be addressed. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman Cc: Johannes Weiner Cc: Michal Hocko Cc: Rik van Riel Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Cc: Jiri Slaby Cc: Valdis Kletnieks Cc: Zlatko Calusic Cc: dormando Cc: Trond Myklebust Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

block_dev: switch to fixed_size_llseek()

2013-06-29T08:57:52Z

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

writeback: Fix periodic writeback after fs mount

2013-06-28T14:04:02Z

Code in blkdev.c moves a device inode to default_backing_dev_info when the last reference to the device is put and moves the device inode back to its bdi when the first reference is acquired. This includes moving to wb.b_dirty list if the device inode is dirty. The code however doesn't setup timer to wake corresponding flusher thread and while wb.b_dirty list is non-empty __mark_inode_dirty() will not set it up either. Thus periodic writeback is effectively disabled until a sync(2) call which can lead to unexpected data loss in case of crash or power failure. Fix the problem by setting up a timer for periodic writeback in case we add the first dirty inode to wb.b_dirty list in bdev_inode_switch_bdi(). Reported-by: Bert De Jonghe CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # >= 3.0 Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Merge branch 'for-3.10/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block

2013-05-08T17:13:35Z

Pull block core updates from Jens Axboe: - Major bit is Kents prep work for immutable bio vecs. - Stable candidate fix for a scheduling-while-atomic in the queue bypass operation. - Fix for the hang on exceeded rq->datalen 32-bit unsigned when merging discard bios. - Tejuns changes to convert the writeback thread pool to the generic workqueue mechanism. - Runtime PM framework, SCSI patches exists on top of these in James' tree. - A few random fixes. * 'for-3.10/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (40 commits) relay: move remove_buf_file inside relay_close_buf partitions/efi.c: replace useless kzalloc's by kmalloc's fs/block_dev.c: fix iov_shorten() criteria in blkdev_aio_read() block: fix max discard sectors limit blkcg: fix "scheduling while atomic" in blk_queue_bypass_start Documentation: cfq-iosched: update documentation help for cfq tunables writeback: expose the bdi_wq workqueue writeback: replace custom worker pool implementation with unbound workqueue writeback: remove unused bdi_pending_list aoe: Fix unitialized var usage bio-integrity: Add explicit field for owner of bip_buf block: Add an explicit bio flag for bios that own their bvec block: Add bio_alloc_pages() block: Convert some code to bio_for_each_segment_all() block: Add bio_for_each_segment_all() bounce: Refactor __blk_queue_bounce to not use bi_io_vec raid1: use bio_copy_data() pktcdvd: Use bio_reset() in disabled code to kill bi_idx usage pktcdvd: use bio_copy_data() block: Add bio_copy_data() ...

Merge branch 'akpm' (incoming from Andrew)

2013-05-08T03:49:51Z

Merge more incoming from Andrew Morton: - Various fixes which were stalled or which I picked up recently - A large rotorooting of the AIO code. Allegedly to improve performance but I don't really have good performance numbers (I might have lost the email) and I can't raise Kent today. I held this out of 3.9 and we could give it another cycle if it's all too late/scary. I ended up taking only the first two thirds of the AIO rotorooting. I left the percpu parts and the batch completion for later. - Linus * emailed patches from Andrew Morton : (33 commits) aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h aio: kill ki_retry aio: kill ki_key aio: give shared kioctx fields their own cachelines aio: kill struct aio_ring_info aio: kill batch allocation aio: change reqs_active to include unreaped completions aio: use cancellation list lazily aio: use flush_dcache_page() aio: make aio_read_evt() more efficient, convert to hrtimers wait: add wait_event_hrtimeout() aio: refcounting cleanup aio: make aio_put_req() lockless aio: do fget() after aio_get_req() aio: dprintk() -> pr_debug() aio: move private stuff out of aio.h aio: add kiocb_cancel() aio: kill return value of aio_complete() char: add aio_{read,write} to /dev/{null,zero} aio: remove retry-based AIO ...

aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h

2013-05-08T03:16:25Z

Faster kernel compiles by way of fewer unnecessary includes. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix fallout] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix build] Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet Cc: Zach Brown Cc: Felipe Balbi Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Mark Fasheh Cc: Joel Becker Cc: Rusty Russell Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: Asai Thambi S P Cc: Selvan Mani Cc: Sam Bradshaw Cc: Jeff Moyer Cc: Al Viro Cc: Benjamin LaHaise Reviewed-by: "Theodore Ts'o" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

make blkdev_put() return void

2013-05-07T06:16:31Z

same story as with the previous patches - note that return value of blkdev_close() is lost, since there's nowhere the caller (__fput()) could return it to. Signed-off-by: Al Viro

block_device_operations->release() should return void

2013-05-07T06:16:21Z

The value passed is 0 in all but "it can never happen" cases (and those only in a couple of drivers) *and* it would've been lost on the way out anyway, even if something tried to pass something meaningful. Just don't bother. Signed-off-by: Al Viro

fs/block_dev.c: no need to check inode->i_bdev in bd_forget()

2013-05-01T00:04:00Z

Its only caller evict() has promised a non-NULL inode->i_bdev. Signed-off-by: Yan Hong Cc: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds