linux/fs/buffer.c, branch v2.6.37

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

2010-10-27T00:58:44Z

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (52 commits) split invalidate_inodes() fs: skip I_FREEING inodes in writeback_sb_inodes fs: fold invalidate_list into invalidate_inodes fs: do not drop inode_lock in dispose_list fs: inode split IO and LRU lists fs: switch bdev inode bdi's correctly fs: fix buffer invalidation in invalidate_list fsnotify: use dget_parent smbfs: use dget_parent exportfs: use dget_parent fs: use RCU read side protection in d_validate fs: clean up dentry lru modification fs: split __shrink_dcache_sb fs: improve DCACHE_REFERENCED usage fs: use percpu counter for nr_dentry and nr_dentry_unused fs: simplify __d_free fs: take dcache_lock inside __d_path fs: do not assign default i_ino in new_inode fs: introduce a per-cpu last_ino allocator new helper: ihold() ...

fs/buffer.c: remove duplicated assignment to b_private

2010-10-26T23:52:13Z

bh->b_private is initialized within init_buffer(), thus this assignment is redundant. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

writeback: remove nonblocking/encountered_congestion references

2010-10-26T23:52:05Z

This removes more dead code that was somehow missed by commit 0d99519efef (writeback: remove unused nonblocking and congestion checks). There are no behavior change except for the removal of two entries from one of the ext4 tracing interface. The nonblocking checks in ->writepages are no longer used because the flusher now prefer to block on get_request_wait() than to skip inodes on IO congestion. The latter will lead to more seeky IO. The nonblocking checks in ->writepage are no longer used because it's redundant with the WB_SYNC_NONE check. We no long set ->nonblocking in VM page out and page migration, because a) it's effectively redundant with WB_SYNC_NONE in current code b) it's old semantic of "Don't get stuck on request queues" is mis-behavior: that would skip some dirty inodes on congestion and page out others, which is unfair in terms of LRU age. Inspired by Christoph Hellwig. Thanks! Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang Cc: Theodore Ts'o Cc: David Howells Cc: Sage Weil Cc: Steve French Cc: Chris Mason Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

fs/buffer.c: call __block_write_begin() if we have page

2010-10-26T01:18:23Z

If we have the appropriate page already, call __block_write_begin() directly instead of releasing and regrabbing it inside of block_write_begin(). Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Al Viro

fs/buffer.c: remove duplicated assignment on b_private

2010-10-26T01:18:22Z

bh->b_private is initialized within init_buffer(), thus the assignment should be redundant. Remove it. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Al Viro

fs: kill block_prepare_write

2010-10-26T01:18:20Z

__block_write_begin and block_prepare_write are identical except for slightly different calling conventions. Convert all callers to the __block_write_begin calling conventions and drop block_prepare_write. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Al Viro

block: remove the BH_Eopnotsupp flag

2010-09-10T10:35:40Z

This flag was only set for barrier buffers, which we don't submit anymore. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

remove SWRITE* I/O types

2010-08-18T05:09:01Z

These flags aren't real I/O types, but tell ll_rw_block to always lock the buffer instead of giving up on a failed trylock. Instead add a new write_dirty_buffer helper that implements this semantic and use it from the existing SWRITE* callers. Note that the ll_rw_block code had a bug where it didn't promote WRITE_SYNC_PLUG properly, which this patch fixes. In the ufs code clean up the helper that used to call ll_rw_block to mirror sync_dirty_buffer, which is the function it implements for compound buffers. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Al Viro

kill BH_Ordered flag

2010-08-18T05:09:00Z

Instead of abusing a buffer_head flag just add a variant of sync_dirty_buffer which allows passing the exact type of write flag required. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Al Viro

get rid of block_write_begin_newtrunc

2010-08-09T20:47:33Z

Move the call to vmtruncate to get rid of accessive blocks to the callers in preparation of the new truncate sequence and rename the non-truncating version to block_write_begin. While we're at it also remove several unused arguments to block_write_begin. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Al Viro