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

Pull VFS changes from Al Viro:
 "First pile out of several (there _definitely_ will be more).  Stuff in
  this one:

   - unification of d_splice_alias()/d_materialize_unique()

   - iov_iter rewrite

   - killing a bunch of ->f_path.dentry users (and f_dentry macro).

     Getting that completed will make life much simpler for
     unionmount/overlayfs, since then we'll be able to limit the places
     sensitive to file _dentry_ to reasonably few.  Which allows to have
     file_inode(file) pointing to inode in a covered layer, with dentry
     pointing to (negative) dentry in union one.

     Still not complete, but much closer now.

   - crapectomy in lustre (dead code removal, mostly)

   - "let's make seq_printf return nothing" preparations

   - assorted cleanups and fixes

  There _definitely_ will be more piles"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (63 commits)
  copy_from_iter_nocache()
  new helper: iov_iter_kvec()
  csum_and_copy_..._iter()
  iov_iter.c: handle ITER_KVEC directly
  iov_iter.c: convert copy_to_iter() to iterate_and_advance
  iov_iter.c: convert copy_from_iter() to iterate_and_advance
  iov_iter.c: get rid of bvec_copy_page_{to,from}_iter()
  iov_iter.c: convert iov_iter_zero() to iterate_and_advance
  iov_iter.c: convert iov_iter_get_pages_alloc() to iterate_all_kinds
  iov_iter.c: convert iov_iter_get_pages() to iterate_all_kinds
  iov_iter.c: convert iov_iter_npages() to iterate_all_kinds
  iov_iter.c: iterate_and_advance
  iov_iter.c: macros for iterating over iov_iter
  kill f_dentry macro
  dcache: fix kmemcheck warning in switch_names
  new helper: audit_file()
  nfsd_vfs_write(): use file_inode()
  ncpfs: use file_inode()
  kill f_dentry uses
  lockd: get rid of ->f_path.dentry->d_sb
  ...

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/Exporting b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/Exporting
index c8f036a9b13f..520a4becb75c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/Exporting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/Exporting
@@ -72,24 +72,11 @@ c/ Helper routines to allocate anonymous dentries, and to help attach
         DCACHE_DISCONNECTED) dentry is allocated and attached.
       In the case of a directory, care is taken that only one dentry
       can ever be attached.
-    d_splice_alias(inode, dentry) or d_materialise_unique(dentry, inode)
-      will introduce a new dentry into the tree; either the passed-in
-      dentry or a preexisting alias for the given inode (such as an
-      anonymous one created by d_obtain_alias), if appropriate.  The two
-      functions differ in their handling of directories with preexisting
-      aliases:
-        d_splice_alias will use any existing IS_ROOT dentry, but it will
-	  return -EIO rather than try to move a dentry with a different
-	  parent.  This is appropriate for local filesystems, which
-	  should never see such an alias unless the filesystem is
-	  corrupted somehow (for example, if two on-disk directory
-	  entries refer to the same directory.)
-	d_materialise_unique will attempt to move any dentry.  This is
-	  appropriate for distributed filesystems, where finding a
-	  directory other than where we last cached it may be a normal
-	  consequence of concurrent operations on other hosts.
-      Both functions return NULL when the passed-in dentry is used,
-      following the calling convention of ->lookup.
+    d_splice_alias(inode, dentry) will introduce a new dentry into the tree;
+      either the passed-in dentry or a preexisting alias for the given inode
+      (such as an anonymous one created by d_obtain_alias), if appropriate.
+      It returns NULL when the passed-in dentry is used, following the calling
+      convention of ->lookup.
 
  
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