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2009-09-239p: Update documentation to add fscache related bitsAbhishek Kulkarni
Update the documentation to describe FS-Cache related caching parameters. This patch also updates the pointers to 9p-related papers and adds pointer to the Wiki. Signed-off-by: Abhishek Kulkarni <adkulkar@umail.iu.edu> Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
2009-09-23ncpfs: remove dead URL from documentationBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Noticed-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Petr Vandrovec <vandrove@vc.cvut.cz> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-09-23procfs: provide stack information for threadsStefani Seibold
A patch to give a better overview of the userland application stack usage, especially for embedded linux. Currently you are only able to dump the main process/thread stack usage which is showed in /proc/pid/status by the "VmStk" Value. But you get no information about the consumed stack memory of the the threads. There is an enhancement in the /proc/<pid>/{task/*,}/*maps and which marks the vm mapping where the thread stack pointer reside with "[thread stack xxxxxxxx]". xxxxxxxx is the maximum size of stack. This is a value information, because libpthread doesn't set the start of the stack to the top of the mapped area, depending of the pthread usage. A sample output of /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/maps looks like: 08048000-08049000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 8312 /opt/z 08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312 /opt/z 0804a000-0806b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] a7d12000-a7d13000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 a7d13000-a7f13000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [thread stack: 001ff4b4] a7f13000-a7f14000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 a7f14000-a7f36000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 a7f36000-a8069000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6 a8069000-a806b000 r--p 00133000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6 a806b000-a806c000 rw-p 00135000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6 a806c000-a806f000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 a806f000-a8083000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 14462 /lib/libpthread.so.0 a8083000-a8084000 r--p 00013000 03:00 14462 /lib/libpthread.so.0 a8084000-a8085000 rw-p 00014000 03:00 14462 /lib/libpthread.so.0 a8085000-a8088000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 a8088000-a80a4000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 8317 /lib/ld-linux.so.2 a80a4000-a80a5000 r--p 0001b000 03:00 8317 /lib/ld-linux.so.2 a80a5000-a80a6000 rw-p 0001c000 03:00 8317 /lib/ld-linux.so.2 afaf5000-afb0a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [stack] ffffe000-fffff000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso] Also there is a new entry "stack usage" in /proc/<pid>/{task/*,}/status which will you give the current stack usage in kb. A sample output of /proc/self/status looks like: Name: cat State: R (running) Tgid: 507 Pid: 507 . . . CapBnd: fffffffffffffeff voluntary_ctxt_switches: 0 nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 0 Stack usage: 12 kB I also fixed stack base address in /proc/<pid>/{task/*,}/stat to the base address of the associated thread stack and not the one of the main process. This makes more sense. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fs/proc/array.c now needs walk_page_range()] Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-09-22Merge branch 'for-2.6.32' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linuxLinus Torvalds
* 'for-2.6.32' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux: (68 commits) nfsd4: nfsv4 clients should cross mountpoints nfsd: revise 4.1 status documentation sunrpc/cache: avoid variable over-loading in cache_defer_req sunrpc/cache: use list_del_init for the list_head entries in cache_deferred_req nfsd: return success for non-NFS4 nfs4_state_start nfsd41: Refactor create_client() nfsd41: modify nfsd4.1 backchannel to use new xprt class nfsd41: Backchannel: Implement cb_recall over NFSv4.1 nfsd41: Backchannel: cb_sequence callback nfsd41: Backchannel: Setup sequence information nfsd41: Backchannel: Server backchannel RPC wait queue nfsd41: Backchannel: Add sequence arguments to callback RPC arguments nfsd41: Backchannel: callback infrastructure nfsd4: use common rpc_cred for all callbacks nfsd4: allow nfs4 state startup to fail SUNRPC: Defer the auth_gss upcall when the RPC call is asynchronous nfsd4: fix null dereference creating nfsv4 callback client nfsd4: fix whitespace in NFSPROC4_CLNT_CB_NULL definition nfsd41: sunrpc: add new xprt class for nfsv4.1 backchannel sunrpc/cache: simplify cache_fresh_locked and cache_fresh_unlocked. ...
2009-09-22Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (34 commits) trivial: fix typo in aic7xxx comment trivial: fix comment typo in drivers/ata/pata_hpt37x.c trivial: typo in kernel-parameters.txt trivial: fix typo in tracing documentation trivial: add __init/__exit macros in drivers/gpio/bt8xxgpio.c trivial: add __init macro/ fix of __exit macro location in ipmi_poweroff.c trivial: remove unnecessary semicolons trivial: Fix duplicated word "options" in comment trivial: kbuild: remove extraneous blank line after declaration of usage() trivial: improve help text for mm debug config options trivial: doc: hpfall: accept disk device to unload as argument trivial: doc: hpfall: reduce risk that hpfall can do harm trivial: SubmittingPatches: Fix reference to renumbered step trivial: fix typos "man[ae]g?ment" -> "management" trivial: media/video/cx88: add __init/__exit macros to cx88 drivers trivial: fix typo in CONFIG_DEBUG_FS in gcov doc trivial: fix missing printk space in amd_k7_smp_check trivial: fix typo s/ketymap/keymap/ in comment trivial: fix typo "to to" in multiple files trivial: fix typos in comments s/DGBU/DBGU/ ...
2009-09-22oom: make oom_score to per-process valueKOSAKI Motohiro
oom-killer kills a process, not task. Then oom_score should be calculated as per-process too. it makes consistency more and makes speed up select_bad_process(). Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-09-22pagemap clear_refs: modify to specify anon or mapped vma clearingMoussa A. Ba
The patch makes the clear_refs more versatile in adding the option to select anonymous pages or file backed pages for clearing. This addition has a measurable impact on user space application performance as it decreases the number of pagewalks in scenarios where one is only interested in a specific type of page (anonymous or file mapped). The patch adds anonymous and file backed filters to the clear_refs interface. echo 1 > /proc/PID/clear_refs resets the bits on all pages echo 2 > /proc/PID/clear_refs resets the bits on anonymous pages only echo 3 > /proc/PID/clear_refs resets the bits on file backed pages only Any other value is ignored Signed-off-by: Moussa A. Ba <moussa.a.ba@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jared E. Hulbert <jaredeh@gmail.com> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-09-22proc: document `guest' column in /proc/statEric Dumazet
We added a new column in cpuX lines of /proc/stat, to show the amount of time spent by a cpu servicing a guest, without updating Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-09-21nfsd: revise 4.1 status documentationJ. Bruce Fields
Some small updates, a caveat about the minorversion control interface, and an attempt to put missing features in context. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-09-21trivial: fix typo "for for" in multiple filesAnand Gadiyar
trivial: fix typo "for for" in multiple files Signed-off-by: Anand Gadiyar <gadiyar@ti.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2009-09-18ext4: Update documentation about quota mount optionsJan Kara
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-09-05ext4: Remove journal_checksum mount option and enable it by defaultTheodore Ts'o
There's no real cost for the journal checksum feature, and we should make sure it is enabled all the time. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-08-19NFS: Add a dns resolver for use with NFSv4 referrals and migrationTrond Myklebust
The NFSv4 and NFSv4.1 protocols both allow for the redirection of a client from one server to another in order to support filesystem migration and replication. For full protocol support, we need to add the ability to convert a DNS host name into an IP address that we can feed to the RPC client. We'll reuse the sunrpc cache, now that it has been converted to work with rpc_pipefs. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2009-07-28driver core: documentation: make it clear that sysfs is optionalLucian Adrian Grijincu
The original text suggested that sysfs is mandatory and always compiled in the kernel. Signed-off-by: Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lgrijincu@ixiacom.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-09-14Merge branch 'docs-next' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'docs-next' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: Document the flex_array library. Doc: seq_file.txt fix wrong dd command example.
2009-09-14Merge branch 'master' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw * 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw: GFS2: Whitespace fixes GFS2: Remove unused sysfs file GFS2: Be extra careful about deallocating inodes GFS2: Remove no_formal_ino generating code GFS2: Rename eattr.[ch] as xattr.[ch] GFS2: Clean up of extended attribute support GFS2: Add explanation of extended attr on-disk format GFS2: Add "-o errors=panic|withdraw" mount options GFS2: jumping to wrong label? GFS2: free disk inode which is deleted by remote node -V2 GFS2: Add a document explaining GFS2's uevents GFS2: Add sysfs link to device GFS2: Replace assertion with proper error handling GFS2: Improve error handling in inode allocation GFS2: Add some more info to uevents GFS2: Add online uevent to GFS2
2009-09-11Merge branch 'nfs-for-2.6.32'Trond Myklebust
2009-09-10Doc: seq_file.txt fix wrong dd command example.Jesper Dangaard Brouer
Small error in the "dd" command example, "out=" should be "of=". Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2009-08-27Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ericvh/v9fs * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ericvh/v9fs: 9p: update documentation pointers 9p: remove unnecessary v9fses->options which duplicates the mount string net/9p: insulate the client against an invalid error code sent by a 9p server 9p: Add missing cast for the error return value in v9fs_get_inode 9p: Remove redundant inode uid/gid assignment 9p: Fix possible regressions when ->get_sb fails. 9p: Fix v9fs show_options 9p: Fix possible memleak in v9fs_inode_from fid. 9p: minor comment fixes 9p: Fix possible inode leak in v9fs_get_inode. 9p: Check for error in return value of v9fs_fid_add
2009-08-19AFS: Documentation updatesAnton Blanchard
Fix some issues with the AFS documentation, found when testing AFS on ppc64: - Update AFS features: reading/writing, local caching - Typo in kafs sysfs debug file - Use modprobe instead of insmod in example - Update IPs for grand.central.org Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-08-18mm: revert "oom: move oom_adj value"KOSAKI Motohiro
The commit 2ff05b2b (oom: move oom_adj value) moveed the oom_adj value to the mm_struct. It was a very good first step for sanitize OOM. However Paul Menage reported the commit makes regression to his job scheduler. Current OOM logic can kill OOM_DISABLED process. Why? His program has the code of similar to the following. ... set_oom_adj(OOM_DISABLE); /* The job scheduler never killed by oom */ ... if (vfork() == 0) { set_oom_adj(0); /* Invoked child can be killed */ execve("foo-bar-cmd"); } .... vfork() parent and child are shared the same mm_struct. then above set_oom_adj(0) doesn't only change oom_adj for vfork() child, it's also change oom_adj for vfork() parent. Then, vfork() parent (job scheduler) lost OOM immune and it was killed. Actually, fork-setting-exec idiom is very frequently used in userland program. We must not break this assumption. Then, this patch revert commit 2ff05b2b and related commit. Reverted commit list --------------------- - commit 2ff05b2b4e (oom: move oom_adj value from task_struct to mm_struct) - commit 4d8b9135c3 (oom: avoid unnecessary mm locking and scanning for OOM_DISABLE) - commit 8123681022 (oom: only oom kill exiting tasks with attached memory) - commit 933b787b57 (mm: copy over oom_adj value at fork time) Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-08-179p: update documentation pointersEric Van Hensbergen
Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
2009-08-17GFS2: Add a document explaining GFS2's ueventsSteven Whitehouse
This will be essential reading for anybody who wants to understand how GFS2 interacts with the userland gfs_controld, and the details of recovery. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com>
2009-06-24update Documentation/filesystems/LockingChristoph Hellwig
The rules for locking in many superblock operations has changed significantly, so update the documentation for it. Also correct some older updates and ommissions. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-22Merge branch 'for-2.6.31' of git://fieldses.org/git/linux-nfsdLinus Torvalds
* 'for-2.6.31' of git://fieldses.org/git/linux-nfsd: (60 commits) SUNRPC: Fix the TCP server's send buffer accounting nfsd41: Backchannel: minorversion support for the back channel nfsd41: Backchannel: cleanup nfs4.0 callback encode routines nfsd41: Remove ip address collision detection case nfsd: optimise the starting of zero threads when none are running. nfsd: don't take nfsd_mutex twice when setting number of threads. nfsd41: sanity check client drc maxreqs nfsd41: move channel attributes from nfsd4_session to a nfsd4_channel_attr struct NFS: kill off complicated macro 'PROC' sunrpc: potential memory leak in function rdma_read_xdr nfsd: minor nfsd_vfs_write cleanup nfsd: Pull write-gathering code out of nfsd_vfs_write nfsd: track last inode only in use_wgather case sunrpc: align cache_clean work's timer nfsd: Use write gathering only with NFSv2 NFSv4: kill off complicated macro 'PROC' NFSv4: do exact check about attribute specified knfsd: remove unreported filehandle stats counters knfsd: fix reply cache memory corruption knfsd: reply cache cleanups ...
2009-06-18Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: jbd2: clean up jbd2_journal_try_to_free_buffers() ext4: Don't update ctime for non-extent-mapped inodes ext4: Fix up whitespace issues in fs/ext4/inode.c ext4: Fix 64-bit block type problem on 32-bit platforms ext4: teach the inode allocator to use a goal inode number ext4: Use a hash of the topdir directory name for the Orlov parent group ext4: document the "abort" mount option ext4: move the abort flag from s_mount_opts to s_mount_flags ext4: update the s_last_mounted field in the superblock ext4: change s_mount_opt to be an unsigned int ext4: online defrag -- Add EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT ioctl ext4: avoid unnecessary spinlock in critical POSIX ACL path ext3: avoid unnecessary spinlock in critical POSIX ACL path ext4: convert instrumentation from markers to tracepoints jbd2: convert instrumentation from markers to tracepoints
2009-06-18isofs: let mode and dmode mount options override rock ridge mode settingJan Kara
So far, permissions set via 'mode' and/or 'dmode' mount options were effective only if the medium had no rock ridge extensions (or was mounted without them). Add 'overriderockmode' mount option to indicate that these options should override permissions set in rock ridge extensions. Maybe this should be default but the current behavior is there since mount options were created so I think we should not change how they behave. Cc: <Hans-Joachim.Baader@cjt.de> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-18Doc fix: ext2 can only have 32,000 subdirs, not 32,768Michael Shields
ext2.txt says that dirs can have 32,768 subdirs, but the actual value of EXT2_LINK_MAX is 32000. ext3 is the same, but the doc does not mention it. One of ext4's features is to "fix 32000 subdirectory limit". Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-18proc.txt: update kernel filesystem/proc.txt documentationStefani Seibold
An update for the "Process-Specific Subdirectories" section to reflect the changes till kernel 2.6.30. Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-18proc: export statistics for softirq to /procKeika Kobayashi
Export statistics for softirq in /proc/softirqs and /proc/stat. 1. /proc/softirqs Implement /proc/softirqs which shows the number of softirq for each CPU like /proc/interrupts. 2. /proc/stat Add the "softirq" line to /proc/stat. This line shows the number of softirq for all cpu. The first column is the total of all softirqs and each subsequent column is the total for particular softirq. [kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com: remove redundant for_each_possible_cpu() loop] Signed-off-by: Keika Kobayashi <kobayashi.kk@ncos.nec.co.jp> Reviewed-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-17Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: get rid of BKL in fs/sysv get rid of BKL in fs/minix get rid of BKL in fs/efs befs ->pust_super() doesn't need BKL Cleanup of adfs headers 9P doesn't need BKL in ->umount_begin() fuse doesn't need BKL in ->umount_begin() No instance of ->bmap() needs BKL remove unlock_kernel() left accidentally ext4: avoid unnecessary spinlock in critical POSIX ACL path ext3: avoid unnecessary spinlock in critical POSIX ACL path
2009-06-17No instance of ->bmap() needs BKLAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-16Merge branch 'akpm'Linus Torvalds
* akpm: (182 commits) fbdev: bf54x-lq043fb: use kzalloc over kmalloc/memset fbdev: *bfin*: fix __dev{init,exit} markings fbdev: *bfin*: drop unnecessary calls to memset fbdev: bfin-t350mcqb-fb: drop unused local variables fbdev: blackfin has __raw I/O accessors, so use them in fb.h fbdev: s1d13xxxfb: add accelerated bitblt functions tcx: use standard fields for framebuffer physical address and length fbdev: add support for handoff from firmware to hw framebuffers intelfb: fix a bug when changing video timing fbdev: use framebuffer_release() for freeing fb_info structures radeon: P2G2CLK_ALWAYS_ONb tested twice, should 2nd be P2G2CLK_DAC_ALWAYS_ONb? s3c-fb: CPUFREQ frequency scaling support s3c-fb: fix resource releasing on error during probing carminefb: fix possible access beyond end of carmine_modedb[] acornfb: remove fb_mmap function mb862xxfb: use CONFIG_OF instead of CONFIG_PPC_OF mb862xxfb: restrict compliation of platform driver to PPC Samsung SoC Framebuffer driver: add Alpha Channel support atmel-lcdc: fix pixclock upper bound detection offb: use framebuffer_alloc() to allocate fb_info struct ... Manually fix up conflicts due to kmemcheck in mm/slab.c
2009-06-16oom: move oom_adj value from task_struct to mm_structDavid Rientjes
The per-task oom_adj value is a characteristic of its mm more than the task itself since it's not possible to oom kill any thread that shares the mm. If a task were to be killed while attached to an mm that could not be freed because another thread were set to OOM_DISABLE, it would have needlessly been terminated since there is no potential for future memory freeing. This patch moves oomkilladj (now more appropriately named oom_adj) from struct task_struct to struct mm_struct. This requires task_lock() on a task to check its oom_adj value to protect against exec, but it's already necessary to take the lock when dereferencing the mm to find the total VM size for the badness heuristic. This fixes a livelock if the oom killer chooses a task and another thread sharing the same memory has an oom_adj value of OOM_DISABLE. This occurs because oom_kill_task() repeatedly returns 1 and refuses to kill the chosen task while select_bad_process() will repeatedly choose the same task during the next retry. Taking task_lock() in select_bad_process() to check for OOM_DISABLE and in oom_kill_task() to check for threads sharing the same memory will be removed in the next patch in this series where it will no longer be necessary. Writing to /proc/pid/oom_adj for a kthread will now return -EINVAL since these threads are immune from oom killing already. They simply report an oom_adj value of OOM_DISABLE. Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-16Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hirofumi/fatfs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hirofumi/fatfs-2.6: fat: split fat_generic_ioctl FAT: add 'errors' mount option
2009-06-15Merge commit 'v2.6.30' into for-2.6.31J. Bruce Fields
2009-06-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ryusuke/nilfs2 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ryusuke/nilfs2: (22 commits) nilfs2: support contiguous lookup of blocks nilfs2: add sync_page method to page caches of meta data nilfs2: use device's backing_dev_info for btree node caches nilfs2: return EBUSY against delete request on snapshot nilfs2: modify list of unsupported features in caveats nilfs2: enable sync_page method nilfs2: set bio unplug flag for the last bio in segment nilfs2: allow future expansion of metadata read out via get info ioctl NILFS2: Pagecache usage optimization on NILFS2 nilfs2: remove nilfs_btree_operations from btree mapping nilfs2: remove nilfs_direct_operations from direct mapping nilfs2: remove bmap pointer operations nilfs2: remove useless b_low and b_high fields from nilfs_bmap struct nilfs2: remove pointless NULL check of bpop_commit_alloc_ptr function nilfs2: move get block functions in bmap.c into btree codes nilfs2: remove nilfs_bmap_delete_block nilfs2: remove nilfs_bmap_put_block nilfs2: remove header file for segment list operations nilfs2: eliminate removal list of segments nilfs2: add sufile function that can modify multiple segment usages ...
2009-06-14Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (31 commits) trivial: remove the trivial patch monkey's name from SubmittingPatches trivial: Fix a typo in comment of addrconf_dad_start() trivial: usb: fix missing space typo in doc trivial: pci hotplug: adding __init/__exit macros to sgi_hotplug trivial: Remove the hyphen from git commands trivial: fix ETIMEOUT -> ETIMEDOUT typos trivial: Kconfig: .ko is normally not included in module names trivial: SubmittingPatches: fix typo trivial: Documentation/dell_rbu.txt: fix typos trivial: Fix Pavel's address in MAINTAINERS trivial: ftrace:fix description of trace directory trivial: unnecessary (void*) cast removal in sound/oss/msnd.c trivial: input/misc: Fix typo in Kconfig trivial: fix grammo in bus_for_each_dev() kerneldoc trivial: rbtree.txt: fix rb_entry() parameters in sample code trivial: spelling fix in ppc code comments trivial: fix typo in bio_alloc kernel doc trivial: Documentation/rbtree.txt: cleanup kerneldoc of rbtree.txt trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes trivial: fix typo milisecond/millisecond for documentation and source comments. ...
2009-06-13Merge branch 'docs-next' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'docs-next' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: Document the debugfs API Documentation: Add "how to write a good patch summary" to SubmittingPatches SubmittingPatches: fix typo docs: Encourage better changelogs in the development process document Document Reported-by in SubmittingPatches
2009-06-13ext4: document the "abort" mount optionTheodore Ts'o
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-06-12trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixesMatt LaPlante
Fix various typos in documentation txts. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2009-06-11Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmwLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw: (25 commits) GFS2: Merge gfs2_get_sb into gfs2_get_sb_meta GFS2: Fix cache coherency between truncate and O_DIRECT read GFS2: Fix locking issue mounting gfs2meta fs GFS2: Remove unused variable GFS2: smbd proccess hangs with flock() call. GFS2: Remove args subdir from gfs2 sysfs files GFS2: Remove lockstruct subdir from gfs2 sysfs files GFS2: Move gfs2_unlink_ok into ops_inode.c GFS2: Move gfs2_readlinki into ops_inode.c GFS2: Move gfs2_rmdiri into ops_inode.c GFS2: Merge mount.c and ops_super.c into super.c GFS2: Clean up some file names GFS2: Be more aggressive in reclaiming unlinked inodes GFS2: Add a rgrp bitmap full flag GFS2: Improve resource group error handling GFS2: Don't warn when delete inode fails on ro filesystem GFS2: Update docs GFS2: Umount recovery race fix GFS2: Remove a couple of unused sysfs entries GFS2: Add commit= mount option ...
2009-06-10nilfs2: modify list of unsupported features in caveatsRyusuke Konishi
This clarifies missing features of nilfs as a regular filesystem. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-06-06Document the debugfs APIJonathan Corbet
This is an updated document covering the internal API for the debugfs filesystem. Thanks to Shen Feng for suggesting that I put this text here and noting that the old LWN version was rather out of date. Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Reported-by: Shen Feng <shen@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2009-06-04FAT: add 'errors' mount optionDenis Karpov
On severe errors FAT remounts itself in read-only mode. Allow to specify FAT fs desired behavior through 'errors' mount option: panic, continue or remount read-only. `mount -t [fat|vfat] -o errors=[panic,remount-ro,continue] \ <bdev> <mount point>` This is analog to ext2 fs 'errors' mount option. Signed-off-by: Denis Karpov <ext-denis.2.karpov@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
2009-05-21hugh: update email addressHugh Dickins
My old address will shut down in a few days time: remove it from the tree, and add a tmpfs (shmem filesystem) maintainer entry with the new address. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-05-19GFS2: Update docsSteven Whitehouse
Update a few things which were out of date, and fix a typo. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2009-05-02mm: close page_mkwrite racesNick Piggin
Change page_mkwrite to allow implementations to return with the page locked, and also change it's callers (in page fault paths) to hold the lock until the page is marked dirty. This allows the filesystem to have full control of page dirtying events coming from the VM. Rather than simply hold the page locked over the page_mkwrite call, we call page_mkwrite with the page unlocked and allow callers to return with it locked, so filesystems can avoid LOR conditions with page lock. The problem with the current scheme is this: a filesystem that wants to associate some metadata with a page as long as the page is dirty, will perform this manipulation in its ->page_mkwrite. It currently then must return with the page unlocked and may not hold any other locks (according to existing page_mkwrite convention). In this window, the VM could write out the page, clearing page-dirty. The filesystem has no good way to detect that a dirty pte is about to be attached, so it will happily write out the page, at which point, the filesystem may manipulate the metadata to reflect that the page is no longer dirty. It is not always possible to perform the required metadata manipulation in ->set_page_dirty, because that function cannot block or fail. The filesystem may need to allocate some data structure, for example. And the VM cannot mark the pte dirty before page_mkwrite, because page_mkwrite is allowed to fail, so we must not allow any window where the page could be written to if page_mkwrite does fail. This solution of holding the page locked over the 3 critical operations (page_mkwrite, setting the pte dirty, and finally setting the page dirty) closes out races nicely, preventing page cleaning for writeout being initiated in that window. This provides the filesystem with a strong synchronisation against the VM here. - Sage needs this race closed for ceph filesystem. - Trond for NFS (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12913). - I need it for fsblock. - I suspect other filesystems may need it too (eg. btrfs). - I have converted buffer.c to the new locking. Even simple block allocation under dirty pages might be susceptible to i_size changing under partial page at the end of file (we also have a buffer.c-side problem here, but it cannot be fixed properly without this patch). - Other filesystems (eg. NFS, maybe btrfs) will need to change their page_mkwrite functions themselves. [ This also moves page_mkwrite another step closer to fault, which should eventually allow page_mkwrite to be moved into ->fault, and thus avoiding a filesystem calldown and page lock/unlock cycle in __do_fault. ] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix derefs of NULL ->mapping] Cc: Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-28update Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX with new nfsd related docs.Benny Halevy
Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@panasas.com> Cc: James Lentini <jlentini@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-04-24CacheFiles: Fix the documentation to use the correct credential pointer namesMarc Dionne
Adjust the CacheFiles documentation to use the correct names of the credential pointers in task_struct. The documentation was using names from the old versions of the credentials patches. Signed-off-by: Marc Dionne <marc.c.dionne@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>