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2009-05-12nilfs2: check size of array structured data exchanged via ioctlsRyusuke Konishi
Although some ioctls of nilfs2 exchange data in the form of indirectly referenced array, some of them lack size check on the array elements. This inserts the missing checks and rejects requests if data of ioctl does not have a valid format. We usually don't have to check size of structures that we associated with ioctl commands because the size is tested implicitly for identifying ioctl command; the checks this patch adds are for the cases where the implicit check is not applied. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-05-11nilfs2: fix lock order reversal in nilfs_clean_segments ioctlRyusuke Konishi
This is a companion patch to ("nilfs2: fix possible circular locking for get information ioctls"). This corrects lock order reversal between mm->mmap_sem and nilfs->ns_segctor_sem in nilfs_clean_segments() which was detected by lockdep check: ======================================================= [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.30-rc3-nilfs-00003-g360bdc1 #7 ------------------------------------------------------- mmap/5294 is trying to acquire lock: (&nilfs->ns_segctor_sem){++++.+}, at: [<d0d0e846>] nilfs_transaction_begin+0xb6/0x10c [nilfs2] but task is already holding lock: (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<c043700a>] do_page_fault+0x1d8/0x30a which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}: [<c01470a5>] __lock_acquire+0x1066/0x13b0 [<c01474a9>] lock_acquire+0xba/0xdd [<c01836bc>] might_fault+0x68/0x88 [<c023c61d>] copy_from_user+0x2a/0x111 [<d0d120d0>] nilfs_ioctl_prepare_clean_segments+0x1d/0xf1 [nilfs2] [<d0d0e2aa>] nilfs_clean_segments+0x6d/0x1b9 [nilfs2] [<d0d11f68>] nilfs_ioctl+0x2ad/0x318 [nilfs2] [<c01a3be7>] vfs_ioctl+0x22/0x69 [<c01a408e>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x460/0x499 [<c01a4107>] sys_ioctl+0x40/0x5a [<c01031a4>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x38 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff -> #0 (&nilfs->ns_segctor_sem){++++.+}: [<c0146e0b>] __lock_acquire+0xdcc/0x13b0 [<c01474a9>] lock_acquire+0xba/0xdd [<c0433f1d>] down_read+0x2a/0x3e [<d0d0e846>] nilfs_transaction_begin+0xb6/0x10c [nilfs2] [<d0cfe0e5>] nilfs_page_mkwrite+0xe7/0x154 [nilfs2] [<c0183b0b>] __do_fault+0x165/0x376 [<c01855cd>] handle_mm_fault+0x287/0x5d1 [<c043712d>] do_page_fault+0x2fb/0x30a [<c0435462>] error_code+0x72/0x78 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff where nilfs_clean_segments() holds: nilfs->ns_segctor_sem -> copy_from_user() --> page fault -> mm->mmap_sem And, page fault path may hold: page fault -> mm->mmap_sem --> nilfs_page_mkwrite() -> nilfs->ns_segctor_sem Even though nilfs_clean_segments() does not perform write access on given user pages, it may cause deadlock because nilfs->ns_segctor_sem is shared per device and mm->mmap_sem can be shared with other tasks. To avoid this problem, this patch moves all calls of copy_from_user() outside the nilfs->ns_segctor_sem lock in the ioctl. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-05-11nilfs2: fix possible circular locking for get information ioctlsRyusuke Konishi
This is one of two patches which are to correct possible circular locking between mm->mmap_sem and nilfs->ns_segctor_sem. The problem was detected by lockdep check as follows: ======================================================= [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.30-rc3-nilfs-00002-g3552613 #6 ------------------------------------------------------- mmap/5418 is trying to acquire lock: (&nilfs->ns_segctor_sem){++++.+}, at: [<d0d0e852>] nilfs_transaction_begin+0xb6/0x10c [nilfs2] but task is already holding lock: (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<c043700a>] do_page_fault+0x1d8/0x30a which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}: [<c01470a5>] __lock_acquire+0x1066/0x13b0 [<c01474a9>] lock_acquire+0xba/0xdd [<c01836bc>] might_fault+0x68/0x88 [<c023c730>] copy_to_user+0x2c/0xfc [<d0d11b4f>] nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy+0x103/0x160 [nilfs2] [<d0d11fa9>] nilfs_ioctl+0x30a/0x3b0 [nilfs2] [<c01a3be7>] vfs_ioctl+0x22/0x69 [<c01a408e>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x460/0x499 [<c01a4107>] sys_ioctl+0x40/0x5a [<c01031a4>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x38 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff -> #0 (&nilfs->ns_segctor_sem){++++.+}: [<c0146e0b>] __lock_acquire+0xdcc/0x13b0 [<c01474a9>] lock_acquire+0xba/0xdd [<c0433f1d>] down_read+0x2a/0x3e [<d0d0e852>] nilfs_transaction_begin+0xb6/0x10c [nilfs2] [<d0cfe0e5>] nilfs_page_mkwrite+0xe7/0x154 [nilfs2] [<c0183b0b>] __do_fault+0x165/0x376 [<c01855cd>] handle_mm_fault+0x287/0x5d1 [<c043712d>] do_page_fault+0x2fb/0x30a [<c0435462>] error_code+0x72/0x78 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff other info that might help us debug this: 1 lock held by mmap/5418: #0: (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<c043700a>] do_page_fault+0x1d8/0x30a stack backtrace: Pid: 5418, comm: mmap Not tainted 2.6.30-rc3-nilfs-00002-g3552613 #6 Call Trace: [<c0432145>] ? printk+0xf/0x12 [<c0145c48>] print_circular_bug_tail+0xaa/0xb5 [<c0146e0b>] __lock_acquire+0xdcc/0x13b0 [<d0d10149>] ? nilfs_sufile_get_stat+0x1e/0x105 [nilfs2] [<c013b59a>] ? up_read+0x16/0x2c [<d0d10225>] ? nilfs_sufile_get_stat+0xfa/0x105 [nilfs2] [<c01474a9>] lock_acquire+0xba/0xdd [<d0d0e852>] ? nilfs_transaction_begin+0xb6/0x10c [nilfs2] [<c0433f1d>] down_read+0x2a/0x3e [<d0d0e852>] ? nilfs_transaction_begin+0xb6/0x10c [nilfs2] [<d0d0e852>] nilfs_transaction_begin+0xb6/0x10c [nilfs2] [<d0cfe0e5>] nilfs_page_mkwrite+0xe7/0x154 [nilfs2] [<c0183b0b>] __do_fault+0x165/0x376 [<c01855cd>] handle_mm_fault+0x287/0x5d1 [<c043700a>] ? do_page_fault+0x1d8/0x30a [<c013b54f>] ? down_read_trylock+0x39/0x43 [<c043712d>] do_page_fault+0x2fb/0x30a [<c0436e32>] ? do_page_fault+0x0/0x30a [<c0435462>] error_code+0x72/0x78 [<c0436e32>] ? do_page_fault+0x0/0x30a This makes the lock granularity of nilfs->ns_segctor_sem finer than that of the mmap semaphore for ioctl commands except nilfs_clean_segments(). The successive patch ("nilfs2: fix lock order reversal in nilfs_clean_segments ioctl") is required to fully resolve the problem. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-05-10nilfs2: ensure to clear dirty state when deleting metadata file blockRyusuke Konishi
This would fix the following failure during GC: nilfs_cpfile_delete_checkpoints: cannot delete block NILFS: GC failed during preparation: cannot delete checkpoints: err=-2 The problem was caused by a break in state consistency between page cache and btree; the above block was removed from the btree but the page buffering the block was remaining in the page cache in dirty state. This resolves the inconsistency by ensuring to clear dirty state of the page buffering the deleted block. Reported-by: David Arendt <admin@prnet.org> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-05-09nilfs2: fix circular locking dependency of writer mutexRyusuke Konishi
This fixes the following circular locking dependency problem: ======================================================= [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.30-rc3 #5 ------------------------------------------------------- segctord/3895 is trying to acquire lock: (&nilfs->ns_writer_mutex){+.+...}, at: [<d0d02172>] nilfs_mdt_get_block+0x89/0x20f [nilfs2] but task is already holding lock: (&bmap->b_sem){++++..}, at: [<d0d02d99>] nilfs_bmap_propagate+0x14/0x2e [nilfs2] which lock already depends on the new lock. The bugfix is done by replacing call sites of nilfs_get_writer() which are never called from read-only context with direct dereferencing of pointer to a writable FS-instance. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-05-09nilfs2: fix possible recovery failure due to block creation without writerRyusuke Konishi
Some function calls in nilfs_prepare_segment_for_recovery() may fail because they can create blocks on meta data files without configuring a writable FS-instance. Concretely, nilfs_mdt_create_block() routine of meta data files will fail in that case. This fixes the problem by temporarily attaching a writable FS-instace during the function is called. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-04-13nilfs2: fix possible mismatch of sufile counters on recoveryRyusuke Konishi
On-disk counters ndirtysegs and ncleansegs of sufile, can go wrong after roll-forward recovery because nilfs_prepare_segment_for_recovery() function marks segments dirty without adjusting value of these counters. This fixes the problem by adding a function to sufile which does the operation adjusting the counters, and by letting the recovery function use it. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-04-13nilfs2: segment usage file cleanupsRyusuke Konishi
This will simplify sufile.c by sharing common code which repeatedly appears in routines updating a segment usage entry; a wrapper function nilfs_sufile_update() is introduced for the purpose, and counter modifications are integrated to a new function nilfs_sufile_mod_counter(). This is a preparation for the successive bugfix patch ("nilfs2: fix possible mismatch of sufile counters on recovery"). Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-04-13nilfs2: fix wrong accounting and duplicate brelse in nilfs_sufile_set_errorRyusuke Konishi
The nilfs_sufile_set_error() function wrongly adjusts the number of dirty segments instead of the number of clean segments. In addition, the function calls brelse() twice for the same buffer head. This fixes these bugs. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-04-13nilfs2: simplify handling of active state of segments fixRyusuke Konishi
This fixes a bug of ("nilfs2: simplify handling of active state of segments") patch. The patch did not take account that a base index is increased in nilfs_sufile_get_suinfo() function if requested entries go across block boundary on sufile. Due to this bug, the active flag sometimes appears on wrong segments and has induced malfunction of garbage collection. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-04-13nilfs2: remove module versionRyusuke Konishi
A MODULE_VERSION() macro has been used in out-of-tree nilfs modules, but it's needless and not updated in tree. So, this removes it along with the version declaration. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-04-13nilfs2: fix lockdep recursive locking warning on meta data filesRyusuke Konishi
This fixes the following false detection of lockdep against nilfs meta data files: ============================================= [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] 2.6.29 #26 --------------------------------------------- mount.nilfs2/4185 is trying to acquire lock: (&mi->mi_sem){----}, at: [<d0c7925b>] nilfs_sufile_get_stat+0x1e/0x105 [nilfs2] but task is already holding lock: (&mi->mi_sem){----}, at: [<d0c72026>] nilfs_count_free_blocks+0x48/0x84 [nilfs2] Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-04-13nilfs2: fix lockdep recursive locking warning on bmapRyusuke Konishi
The bmap semaphore of DAT file can be held while a bmap of other files is locked. This has caused the following false detection of lockdep check: mount.nilfs2/4667 is trying to acquire lock: (&bmap->b_sem){..--}, at: [<d0c6c4b4>] nilfs_bmap_lookup_at_level+0x1a/0x74 [nilfs2] but task is already holding lock: (&bmap->b_sem){..--}, at: [<d0c6c4b4>] nilfs_bmap_lookup_at_level+0x1a/0x74 [nilfs2] This will fix the false detection by distinguishing semaphores of the DAT and other files. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-04-13nilfs2: return f_fsid for statfs2Ryusuke Konishi
This follows the change of Coly Li's series ("fs: return f_fsid for statfs(2)"), and make nilfs2 return f_fsid info for statfs(2). Acked-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
2009-04-07nilfs2: support nanosecond timestampRyusuke Konishi
After a review of user's feedback for finding out other compatibility issues, I found nilfs improperly initializes timestamps in inode; CURRENT_TIME was used there instead of CURRENT_TIME_SEC even though nilfs didn't have nanosecond timestamps on disk. A few users gave us the report that the tar program sometimes failed to expand symbolic links on nilfs, and it turned out to be the cause. Instead of applying the above displacement, I've decided to support nanosecond timestamps on this occation. Fortunetaly, a needless 64-bit field was in the nilfs_inode struct, and I found it's available for this purpose without impact for the users. So, this will do the enhancement and resolve the tar problem. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: introduce secondary super blockRyusuke Konishi
The former versions didn't have extra super blocks. This improves the weak point by introducing another super block at unused region in tail of the partition. This doesn't break disk format compatibility; older versions just ingore the secondary super block, and new versions just recover it if it doesn't exist. The partition created by an old mkfs may not have unused region, but in that case, the secondary super block will not be added. This doesn't make more redundant copies of the super block; it is a future work. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: simplify handling of active state of segmentsRyusuke Konishi
will reduce some lines of segment constructor. Previously, the state was complexly controlled through a list of segments in order to keep consistency in meta data of usage state of segments. Instead, this presents ``calculated'' active flags to userland cleaner program and stop maintaining its real flag on disk. Only by this fake flag, the cleaner cannot exactly know if each segment is reclaimable or not. However, the recent extension of nilfs_sustat ioctl struct (nilfs2-extend-nilfs_sustat-ioctl-struct.patch) can prevent the cleaner from reclaiming in-use segment wrongly. So, now I can apply this for simplification. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: mark minor flag for checkpoint created by internal operationRyusuke Konishi
Nilfs creates checkpoints even for garbage collection or metadata updates such as checkpoint mode change. So, user often sees checkpoints created only by such internal operations. This is inconvenient in some situations. For example, application that monitors checkpoints and changes them to snapshots, will fall into an infinite loop because it cannot distinguish internally created checkpoints. This patch solves this sort of problem by adding a flag to checkpoint for identification. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: clean up sketch fileRyusuke Konishi
The sketch file is a file to mark checkpoints with user data. It was experimentally introduced in the original implementation, and now obsolete. The file was handled differently with regular files; the file size got truncated when a checkpoint was created. This stops the special treatment and will treat it as a regular file. Most users are not affected because mkfs.nilfs2 no longer makes this file. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: super block operations fix endian bugRyusuke Konishi
This adds a missing endian conversion of checksum field in the super block. This fixes compatibility issue on big endian machines which will come to surface after supporting recovery of super block. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: replace BUG_ON and BUG calls triggerable from ioctlRyusuke Konishi
Pekka Enberg advised me: > It would be nice if BUG(), BUG_ON(), and panic() calls would be > converted to proper error handling using WARN_ON() calls. The BUG() > call in nilfs_cpfile_delete_checkpoints(), for example, looks to be > triggerable from user-space via the ioctl() system call. This will follow the comment and keep them to a minimum. Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: extend nilfs_sustat ioctl structRyusuke Konishi
This adds a new argument to the nilfs_sustat structure. The extended field allows to delete volatile active state of segments, which was needed to protect freshly-created segments from garbage collection but has confused code dealing with segments. This extension alleviates the mess and gives room for further simplifications. The volatile active flag is not persistent, so it's eliminable on this occasion without affecting compatibility other than the ioctl change. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: use unlocked_ioctlRyusuke Konishi
Pekka Enberg suggested converting ->ioctl operations to use ->unlocked_ioctl to avoid BKL. The conversion was verified to be safe, so I will take it on this occasion. Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: remove compat ioctl codeRyusuke Konishi
This removes compat code from the nilfs ioctls and applies the same function for both .ioctl and .compat_ioctl file operations. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: use fixed sized types for ioctl structuresRyusuke Konishi
Nilfs ioctl had structures not having fixed sized types such as: struct nilfs_argv { void *v_base; size_t v_nmembs; size_t v_size; int v_index; int v_flags; }; Further, some of them are wrongly aligned: e.g. struct nilfs_cpmode { __u64 cm_cno; int cm_mode; }; The size of wrongly aligned structures varies depending on architectures, and it breaks the identity of ioctl commands, which leads to arch dependent errors. Previously, these are compensated by using compat_ioctl. This fixes these problems and allows removal of compat ioctl. Since this will change sizes of those structures, binary compatibility for the past utilities will once break; new utilities have to be used instead. However, it would be helpful to avoid platform dependent problems in the long term. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: remove timedwait ioctl commandRyusuke Konishi
This removes NILFS_IOCTL_TIMEDWAIT command from ioctl interface along with the related flags and wait queue. The command is terrible because it just sleeps in the ioctl. I prefer to avoid this by devising means of event polling in userland program. By reconsidering the userland GC daemon, I found this is possible without changing behaviour of the daemon and sacrificing efficiency. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: fix buggy behavior seen in enumerating checkpointsRyusuke Konishi
This will fix the weird behavior of lscp command in listing continuously created checkpoints; the output of lscp is rewinded regularly for the recent nilfs. As a result of debugging, a defect was found in nilfs_cpfile_do_get_cpinfo() function. Though the function can be repeatedly called to enumerate checkpoints and it can skip invalid checkpoint entries, the index value was not carried between successive calls. The bug has long been present, and came to surface after applying a bugfix nilfs2-fix-problems-of-memory-allocation-in-ioctl.patch, which increased frequency of calling the function. The similar bugfix was already applied for ``snapshots'' by nilfs2-fix-gc-failure-on-volumes-keeping-numerous-snapshots.patch. This fixes the problem by making the index argument bidirectional on the function. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: clean up indirect function calling conventionsPekka Enberg
This cleans up the strange indirect function calling convention used in nilfs to follow the normal kernel coding style. Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Acked-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: fix improper return values of nilfs_get_cpinfo ioctlRyusuke Konishi
A few tool developers gave me requests for fixing inconvenient return value of nilfs_get_cpinfo() ioctl; if the requested mode is NILFS_SNAPSHOT and the specified start entry is not a snapshot, the ioctl unnaturally returns one as the number of acquired snapshot item. In addition, the ioctl function returns an ENOENT error for checkpoints within blocks deleted by garbage collection. These behaviors require corrections for programs which enumerate snapshots. This resolves the inconvenience by changing the return values to zero for the above cases. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: fix gc failure on volumes keeping numerous snapshotsRyusuke Konishi
This resolves the following failure of nilfs2 cleaner daemon: nilfs_cleanerd[20670]: cannot clean segments: No such file or directory nilfs_cleanerd[20670]: shutdown When creating thousands of snapshots, the cleaner daemon had rarely died as above due to an error returned from the kernel code. After applying the recent patch which fixed memory allocation problems in ioctl (Message-Id: <20081215.155840.105124170.ryusuke@osrg.net>), the problem gets more frequent. It turned out to be a bug of nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy function and one of its callback routines to read out information of snapshots; if the nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy function divided a large read request into multiple requests, the second and later requests have failed since a restart position on snapshot meta data was not properly set forward. It's a deficiency of the callback interface that cannot pass the restart position among multiple requests. This patch fixes the issue by allowing nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy and snapshot read functions to exchange a position argument. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: insert explanations in gcinode fileRyusuke Konishi
The file gcinode.c gives buffer cache functions for on-disk blocks moved in garbage collection. Joern Engel has suggested inserting its explanations in the source file (Message-ID: <20080917144146.GD8750@logfs.org> and <20080917224953.GB14644@logfs.org>). This follows the comment. Cc: Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: avoid double error caused by nilfs_transaction_endRyusuke Konishi
Pekka Enberg pointed out that double error handlings found after nilfs_transaction_end() can be avoided by separating abort operation: OK, I don't understand this. The only way nilfs_transaction_end() can fail is if we have NILFS_TI_SYNC set and we fail to construct the segment. But why do we want to construct a segment if we don't commit? I guess what I'm asking is why don't we have a separate nilfs_transaction_abort() function that can't fail for the erroneous case to avoid this double error value tracking thing? This does the separation and renames nilfs_transaction_end() to nilfs_transaction_commit() for clarification. Since, some calls of these functions were used just for exclusion control against the segment constructor, they are replaced with semaphore operations. Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: cleanup nilfs_clear_inodeRyusuke Konishi
This will remove the following unnecessary locks and cleanup code in nilfs_clear_inode(): - unnecessary protection using nilfs_transaction_begin() and nilfs_transaction_end(). - cleanup code of i_dirty list field which is never chained when this function is called. - spinlock used when releasing i_bh field. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: fix problems of memory allocation in ioctlRyusuke Konishi
This is another patch for fixing the following problems of a memory copy function in nilfs2 ioctl: (1) It tries to allocate 128KB size of memory even for small objects. (2) Though the function repeatedly tries large memory allocations while reducing the size, GFP_NOWAIT flag is not specified. This increases the possibility of system memory shortage. (3) During the retries of (2), verbose warnings are printed because _GFP_NOWARN flag is not used for the kmalloc calls. The first patch was still doing large allocations by kmalloc which are repeatedly tried while reducing the size. Andi Kleen told me that using copy_from_user for large memory is not good from the viewpoint of preempt latency: On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:24:11 +0100, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote: > > In the current interface, each data item is copied twice: one is to > > the allocated memory from user space (via copy_from_user), and another > > For such large copies it is better to use multiple smaller (e.g. 4K) > copy user, that gives better real time preempt latencies. Each cfu has a > cond_resched(), but only one, not multiple times in the inner loop. He also advised me that: On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:13:27 +0100, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote: > Better would be if you could go to PAGE_SIZE. order 0 allocations > are typically the fastest / least likely to stall. > > Also in this case it's a good idea to use __get_free_pages() > directly, kmalloc tends to be become less efficient at larger > sizes. For the function in question, the size of buffer memory can be reduced since the buffer is repeatedly used for a number of small objects. On the other hand, it may incur large preempt latencies for larger buffer because a copy_from_user (and a copy_to_user) was applied only once each cycle. With that, this revision uses the order 0 allocations with __get_free_pages() to fix the original problems. Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: update makefile and KconfigRyusuke Konishi
This adds a Makefile for the nilfs2 file system, and updates the makefile and Kconfig file in the file system directory. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: ioctl operationsKoji Sato
This adds userland interface implemented with ioctl. Signed-off-by: Koji Sato <sato.koji@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: block cache for garbage collectionRyusuke Konishi
This adds the cache of on-disk blocks to be moved in garbage collection. The disk blocks are held with dummy inodes (called gcinodes), and this file provides lookup function of the dummy inodes, and their buffer read function. Signed-off-by: Seiji Kihara <kihara.seiji@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Yoshiji Amagai <amagai.yoshiji@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: another dat for garbage collectionRyusuke Konishi
NILFS2 uses another DAT inode during garbage collection to ensure atomicity and consistency of the DAT in the transient state. This twin inode is called GCDAT. This adds functions to initialize the GCDAT and to switch page caches and B-tree node caches between these two inodes. Signed-off-by: Seiji Kihara <kihara.seiji@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Yoshiji Amagai <amagai.yoshiji@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: recovery functionsRyusuke Konishi
This adds recovery function on mount. Usually the recovery is achieved by just finding the latest super root. When logs without checkpoints were appended for data sync operations after the latest super root, the recovery function will perform roll forwarding and reconstruct new log(s) with a super root. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: fix missed-sync issue for do_sync_mapping_range()Ryusuke Konishi
Chris Mason pointed out that there is a missed sync issue in nilfs_writepages(): On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:52:55 -0500, Chris Mason wrote: > It looks like nilfs_writepage ignores WB_SYNC_NONE, which is used by > do_sync_mapping_range(). where WB_SYNC_NONE in do_sync_mapping_range() was replaced with WB_SYNC_ALL by Nick's patch (commit: ee53a891f47444c53318b98dac947ede963db400). This fixes the problem by letting nilfs_writepages() write out the log of file data within the range if sync_mode is WB_SYNC_ALL. This involves removal of nilfs_file_aio_write() which was previously needed to ensure O_SYNC sync writes. Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: segment constructorRyusuke Konishi
This adds the segment constructor (also called log writer). The segment constructor collects dirty buffers for every dirty inode, makes summaries of the buffers, assigns disk block addresses to the buffers, and then submits BIOs for the buffers. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: segment bufferRyusuke Konishi
This adds the segment buffer which is used to constuct logs. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: BIO_RW_SYNC got removed] Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: super block operationsRyusuke Konishi
This adds super block operations for the nilfs2 file system. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: operations for the_nilfs core objectRyusuke Konishi
This adds functions on the_nilfs object, which keeps shared resources and states among a read/write mount and snapshots mounts going individually. the_nilfs is allocated per block device; it is created when user first mount a snapshot or a read/write mount on the device, then it is reused for successive mounts. It will be freed when all mount instances on the device are detached. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: pathname operationsRyusuke Konishi
This adds pathname operations, most of which comes from the ext2 file system. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: directory entry operationsYoshiji Amagai
This adds directory handling functions, most of which comes from the ext2 file system. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Yoshiji Amagai <amagai.yoshiji@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: file operationsRyusuke Konishi
This adds primitives for regular file handling. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: inode operationsRyusuke Konishi
This adds inode level operations of the nilfs2 file system. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: segment usage fileKoji Sato
This adds a meta data file which stores the allocation state of segments. [konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp: fix wrong counting of checkpoints and dirty segments] Signed-off-by: Koji Sato <sato.koji@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-07nilfs2: checkpoint fileKoji Sato
This adds a meta data file which holds checkpoint entries in its data blocks. Signed-off-by: Koji Sato <sato.koji@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>