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* exofs: simple fsync race fixNick Piggin2011-03-151-5/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It is incorrect to test inode dirty bits without participating in the inode writeback protocol. Inode writeback sets I_SYNC and clears I_DIRTY_?, then writes out the particular bits, then clears I_SYNC when it is done. BTW. it may not completely write all pages out, so I_DIRTY_PAGES would get set again. This is a standard pattern used throughout the kernel's writeback caches (I_SYNC ~= I_WRITEBACK, if that makes it clearer). And so it is not possible to determine an inode's dirty status just by checking I_DIRTY bits. Especially not for the purpose of data integrity syncs. Missing the check for these bits means that fsync can complete while writeback to the inode is underway. Inode writeback functions get this right, so call into them rather than try to shortcut things by testing dirty state improperly. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
* fs: add sync_inode_metadataChristoph Hellwig2010-10-251-5/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | Add a new helper to write out the inode using the writeback code, that is including the correct dirty bit and list manipulation. A few of filesystems already opencode this, and a lot of others should be using it instead of using write_inode_now which also writes out the data. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
* Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.open-osd.org/linux-open-osdLinus Torvalds2010-08-111-12/+17
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * 'for-linus' of git://git.open-osd.org/linux-open-osd: exofs: Fix groups code when num_devices is not divisible by group_width exofs: Remove useless optimization exofs: exofs_file_fsync and exofs_file_flush correctness exofs: Remove superfluous dependency on buffer_head and writeback
| * exofs: exofs_file_fsync and exofs_file_flush correctnessBoaz Harrosh2010-08-041-12/+17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | As per Christoph advise: no need to call filemap_write_and_wait(). In exofs all metadata is at the inode so just writing the inode is all is needed. ->fsync implies this must be done synchronously. But now exofs_file_fsync can not be used by exofs_file_flush. vfs_fsync() should do that job correctly. FIXME: remove the sb_sync and fix that sb_update better. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
* | exofs: New truncate sequenceBoaz Harrosh2010-08-091-1/+0
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | These changes are crafted based on the similar conversion done to ext2 by Nick Piggin. * Remove the deprecated ->truncate vector. Let exofs_setattr take care of on-disk size updates. * Call truncate_pagecache on the unused pages if write_begin/end fails. * Cleanup exofs_delete_inode that did stupid inode writes and updates on an inode that will be removed. * And finally get rid of exofs_get_block. We never had any blocks it was all for calling nobh_truncate_page. nobh_truncate_page is not actually needed in exofs since the last page is complete and gone, just like all the other pages. There is no partial blocks in exofs. I've tested with this patch, and there are no apparent failures, so far. CC: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> CC: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
* drop unused dentry argument to ->fsyncChristoph Hellwig2010-05-271-4/+3
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
* exofs: Avoid using file_fsync()Boaz Harrosh2009-06-211-5/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | The use of file_fsync() in exofs_file_sync() is not necessary since it does some extra stuff not used by exofs. Open code just the parts that are currently needed. TODO: Farther optimization can be done to sync the sb only on inode update of new files, Usually the sb update is not needed in exofs. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
* exofs: Remove IBM copyrightsBoaz Harrosh2009-06-211-3/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Boaz, Congrats on getting all the OSD stuff into 2.6.30! I just pulled the git, and saw that the IBM copyrights are still there. Please remove them from all files: * Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 * International Business Machines IBM has revoked all rights on the code - they gave it to me. Thanks! Avishay Signed-off-by: Avishay Traeger <avishay@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
* exofs: file and file_inode operationsBoaz Harrosh2009-03-311-0/+87
implementation of the file_operations and inode_operations for regular data files. Most file_operations are generic vfs implementations except: - exofs_truncate will truncate the OSD object as well - Generic file_fsync is not good for none_bd devices so open code it - The default for .flush in Linux is todo nothing so call exofs_fsync on the file. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>