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diff --git a/fs/affs/Changes b/fs/affs/Changes new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a29409c1ffe0 --- /dev/null +++ b/fs/affs/Changes @@ -0,0 +1,343 @@ +(Note: I consider version numbers as cheap. That means +that I do not like numbers like 0.1 and the like for +things that can be used since quite some time. But +then, 3.1 doesn't mean 'perfectly stable', too.) + +Known bugs: +----------- + +- Doesn't work on the alpha. The only 64/32-bit + problem that I'm aware of (pointer/int conversion + in readdir()) gives compiler warnings but is + apparently not causing the failure, as directory + reads basically work (but all files are of size 0). + Alas, I've got no alpha to debug. :-( + +- The partition checker (drivers/block/genhd.c) + doesn't work with devices which have 256 byte + blocks (some very old SCSI drives). + +- The feature to automatically make the fs clean + might leave a trashed file system with the + bitmap flag set valid. + +- When a file is truncated to a size that is not + a multiple of the blocksize, the rest of the + last allocated block is not cleared. Well, + this fs never claimed to be Posix conformant. + +Please direct bug reports to: zippel@linux-m68k.org + +Version 3.20 +------------ +- kill kernel lock +- fix for a possible bitmap corruption + +Version 3.19 +------------ + +- sizeof changes from Kernel Janitor Project +- several bug fixes found with fsx + +Version 3.18 +------------ + +- change to global min macro + warning fixes +- add module tags + +Version 3.17 +------------ + +- locking fixes +- wrong sign in __affs_hash_dentry +- remove unnecessary check in affs_new_inode +- enable international mode for dircache fs + +Version 3.16 +------------ + +- use mark_buffer_dirty_inode instead of mark_buffer_dirty. +- introduce affs_lock_{link|dir|ext}. + +Version 3.15 +------------ + +- disable link to directories until we can properly support them. +- locking fixes for link creation/removal. + +Version 3.14 +------------ + +- correctly cut off long file names for compares +- correctly initialize s_last_bmap + +Version 3.13 +------------ + +Major cleanup for 2.4 [Roman Zippel] +- new extended block handling +- new bitmap allocation functions +- locking should be safe for the future +- cleanup of some interfaces + +Version 3.12 +------------ + +more 2.4 fixes: [Roman Zippel] +- s_lock changes +- increased getblock mess +- clear meta blocks + +Version 3.11 +------------ + +- Converted to use 2.3.x page cache [Dave Jones <dave@powertweak.com>] +- Corruption in truncate() bugfix [Ken Tyler <kent@werple.net.au>] + +Version 3.10 +------------ + +- Changed partition checker to allow devices + with physical blocks != 512 bytes. + +- The partition checker now also ignores the + word at 0xd0 that Windows likes to write to. + +Version 3.9 +----------- + +- Moved cleanup from release_file() to put_inode(). + This makes the first one obsolete. + +- truncate() zeroes the unused remainder of a + partially used last block when a file is truncated. + It also marks the inode dirty now (which is not + really necessary as notify_change() will do + it anyway). + +- Added a few comments, fixed some typos (and + introduced some new ones), made the debug messages + more consistent. Changed a bad example in the + doc file (affs.txt). + +- Sets the NOEXEC flag in read_super() for old file + systems, since you can't run programs on them. + +Version 3.8 +----------- +Bill Hawes kindly reviewed the affs and sent me the +patches he did. They're marked (BH). Thanks, Bill! + +- Cleanup of error handling in read_super(). + Didn't release all resources in case of an + error. (BH) + +- put_inode() releases the ext cache only if it's + no longer needed. (BH) + +- One set of dentry callbacks is enough. (BH) + +- Cleanup of error handling in namei.c. (BH) + +- Cleanup of error handling in file.c. (BH) + +- The original blocksize of the device is + restored when the fs is unmounted. (BH) + +- getblock() did not invalidate the key cache + when it allocated a new block. + +- Removed some unnecessary locks as Bill + suggested. + +- Simplified match_name(), changed all hashing + and case insensitive name comparisons to use + uppercase. This makes the tolower() routines + obsolete. + +- Added mount option 'mufs' to force muFS + uid/gid interpretation. + +- File mode changes were not updated on disk. + This was fixed before, but somehow got lost. + +Version 3.7 +----------- + +- Added dentry callbacks to allow the dcache to + operate case insensitive and length ignorant + like the affs itself. + +- getblock() didn't update the lastblock field in the + inode if the fs was not an OFS. This bug only shows + up if a file was enlarged via truncate() and there + was not enough space. + +- Remove some more superfluous code left over from + the old link days ... + +- Fixed some oversights which were in patch 2.1.78. + +- Fixed a few typos. + +Version 3.6 +----------- + +- dentry changes. (Thanks to Jes Sorensen for his help.) + +- Fixed bug in balloc(): Superblock was not set dirty after + the bitmap was changed, so the bitmap wasn't sync'd. + +- Fixed nasty bug in find_new_zone(): If the current + zone number was zero, the loop didn't terminate, + causing a solid lock-up. + +- Removed support for old-style directory reads. + +- Fixed bug in add_entry(): When doing a sorted insert, + the pointer to the next entry in the hash chain wasn't + correctly byte-swapped. Since most of the users of the + affs use it on a 68k, they didn't notice. But why did + I not find this during my tests? + +- Fixed some oversights (version wasn't updated on some + directory changes). + +- Handling of hard links rewritten. To the VFS + they appear now as normal Unix links. They are + now resolved only once in lookup(). The backside + is that unlink(), rename() and rmdir() have to + be smart about them, but the result is worth the + effort. This also led to some code cleanup. + +- Changed name type to unsigned char; the test for + invalid filenames didn't work correctly. + (Thanks to Michael Krause for pointing at this.) + +- Changed mapping of executable flag. + +- Changed all network byte-order macros to the + recommended ones. + +- Added a remount function, so attempts to remount + a dircache filesystem or one with errors read/write + can be trapped. Previously, ro remounts didn't + flush the super block, and rw remounts didn't + create allocation zones ... + +- Call shrink_dcache_parent() in rmdir(). + (Thanks to Bill Hawes.) + +- Permission checks in unlink(). + +- Allow mounting of volumes with superfluous + bitmap pointers read only, also allows them + to be remounted read/write. + +- Owner/Group defaults now to the fs user (i.e. + the one that mounted it) instead of root. This + obsoletes the mount options uid and gid. + +- Argument to volume option could overflow the + name buffer. It is now silently truncated to + 30 characters. (Damn it! This kind of bug + is too embarrassing.) + +- Split inode.c into 2 files, the superblock + routines desperately wanted their own file. + +- truncate() didn't allocate an extension block + cache. If a file was extended by means of + truncate(), this led to an Oops. + +- fsuser is now checked last. + +- rename() will not ignore changes in filename + casing any more (though mv(1) still won't allow + you to do "mv oldname OldName"). + +Version 3.5 +----------- + +- Extension block caches are now allocated on + demand instead of when a file is opened, as + files can be read and written without opening + them (e. g. the loopback device does this). + +- Removed an unused function. + +Version 3.4 +----------- + +- Hash chains are now sorted by block numbers. + (Thanks to Kars de Jong for finding this.) +- Removed all unnecessary external symbols. + +Version 3.3 +----------- + +- Tried to make all types 'correct' and consistent. +- Errors and warnings are now reported via a + function. They are all prefixed by a severity + and have the same appearance: + "AFFS: <function>: <error message>" + (There's one exception to this, as in that function + is no pointer to the super block available.) +- The filesystem is remounted read-only after an + error. +- The names of newly created filesystem objects are + now checked for validity. +- Minor cleanups in comments. +- Added this Changes file. At last! + +Version 3.2 +----------- + +- Extension block cache: Reading/writing of huge files + (several MB) is much faster (of course the added + overhead slows down opening, but this is hardly + noticeable). +- The same get_block()-routine can now be used for + both OFS and FFS. +- The super block is now searched in the block that + was calculated and in the one following. This + should remedy the round-off error introduced by + the 1-k blocks that Linux uses. +- Minor changes to adhere to the new VFS interface. +- The number of used blocks is now also calculated + if the filesystem is mounted read-only. +- Prefixed some constants with AFFS_ to avoid name + clashes. +- Removed 'EXPERIMENTAL' status. + +Version 3.1 +----------- + +- Fixed a nasty bug which didn't allow read-only + mounts. +- Allow dir-cache filesystems to be mounted + read only. +- OFS support. +- Several other changes I just cannot remember + any more. + +Version 3.0 +----------- + +- Almost complete rewrite for the new VFS + interface in Linux 1.3. +- Write support. +- Support for hard and symbolic links. +- Lots of things I remember even less ... + +Version 2.0 +----------- + +- Fixed a few things to get it compiled. +- Automatic root block calculation. +- Partition checker for genhd.c + +======================================== + +Let's just call Ray Burr's original affs +'Version 1.0'. |