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2006-02-03[PATCH] v9fs: fix corner cases when flushing requestLatchesar Ionkov1-4/+11
When v9fs_mux_rpc sends a 9P message, it may be put in the queue of unsent request. If the user process receives a signal, v9fs_mux_rpc sets the request error to ERREQFLUSH and assigns NULL to request's send message. If the message was still in the unsent queue, v9fs_write_work would produce an oops while processing it. The patch makes sure that requests that are being flushed are moved to the pending requests queue safely. If a request is being flushed, don't remove it from the list of pending requests even if it receives a reply before the flush is acknoledged. The request will be removed during from the Rflush handler (v9fs_mux_flush_cb). Signed-off-by: Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net> Cc: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@ericvh.myip.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-03[PATCH] v9fs: v9fs_put_str fixLatchesar Ionkov1-9/+19
v9fs_put_str used to store pointer to the source string, instead of the cbuf copy. This patch corrects it. Signed-off-by: Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net> Cc: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@ericvh.myip.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-03[PATCH] v9fs: symlink support fixesLatchesar Ionkov1-3/+3
Two symlink fixes, v9fs_readlink didn't copy the last character of the symlink name, v9fs_vfs_follow_link incorrectly called strlen of newly allocated buffer instead of PATH_MAX. Signed-off-by: Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-03[PATCH] fs/jffs/intrep.c: 255 is unsigned charFelix Oxley1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Felix Oxley <lkml@oxley.org> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-03[PATCH] Fix two ext[23] uninitialized warningsAndreas Gruenbacher2-2/+2
There is a code path that passed size to ext2_xattr_set (ext3_xattr_set_handle) before initializing it. The callees don't use the value in that case, but gcc cannot tell. Always initialize size to get rid of the warnings. Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-03[PATCH] make "struct d_cookie" depend on CONFIG_PROFILINGMarcelo Tosatti1-0/+2
Shrinks "struct dentry" from 128 bytes to 124 on x86, allowing 31 objects per slab instead of 30. Cc: John Levon <levon@movementarian.org> Cc: Philippe Elie <phil.el@wanadoo.fr> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-03[PATCH] ufs: fix hang during `rm'Evgeniy Dushistov2-57/+17
This fixes the code like this: bh = sb_find_get_block (sb, tmp + j); if ((bh && DATA_BUFFER_USED(bh)) || tmp != fs32_to_cpu(sb, *p)) { retry = 1; brelse (bh); goto next1; } bforget (bh); sb_find_get_block() ordinarily returns a buffer_head with b_count>=2, and this code assume that in case if "b_count>1" buffer is used, so this caused infinite loop. (akpm: that is-the-buffer-busy code is incomprehensible. Good riddance. Use of block_truncate_page() seems sane). Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-03[PATCH] ufs: fix oops with `ufs1' typeEvgeniy Dushistov1-4/+6
"rm" command, on file system with "ufs1" type cause system hang up. This is, in fact, not so bad as it seems to be, because of after that in "kernel control path" there are 3-4 places which may cause "oops". So the first patch fix oopses, and the second patch fix "kernel hang up". "oops" appears because of reading of group's summary info partly wrong, and access to not first group's summary info cause "oops". Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-03[PATCH] quota_v2: printk warning fixesAndrew Morton1-1/+1
fs/quota_v2.c: In function `v2_check_quota_file': fs/quota_v2.c:39: warning: int format, different type arg (arg 2) fs/quota_v2.c:39: warning: int format, different type arg (arg 3) Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-03[PATCH] someone broke reiserfs V3 mount options, this fixes itVitaly Fertman1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Fertman <vitaly@namesys.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-02Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6Trond Myklebust4-9/+23
2006-02-01[PATCH] compat: fix compat_sys_openat and friendsStephen Rothwell1-6/+6
Most of the 64 bit architectures will zero extend the first argument to compat_sys_{openat,newfstatat,futimesat} which will fail if the 32 bit syscall was passed AT_FDCWD (which is a small negative number). Declare the first argument to be an unsigned int which will force the correct sign extension when the internal functions are called in each case. Also, do some small white space cleanups in fs/compat.c. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01Merge with /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.gitSteve French26-296/+337
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
2006-02-01NFSv3: fix sync_retry in direct i/o NFSDirk Mueller1-1/+1
Only do a sync_retry if the memcmp failed. Signed-off-by: Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2006-02-01NLM: Ensure that nlmclnt_cancel_callback() doesn't loop foreverTrond Myklebust1-0/+4
If the server returns NLM_LCK_DENIED_NOLOCKS, we currently retry the entire NLM_CANCEL request. This may end up looping forever unless the server changes its mind (why would it do that, though?). Ensure that we limit the number of retries (to 3). See bug# 5957 in bugzilla.kernel.org. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2006-02-01NLM: Fix arguments to NLM_CANCEL callTrond Myklebust1-3/+4
The OpenGroup docs state that the arguments "block", "exclusive" and "alock" must exactly match the arguments for the lock call that we are trying to cancel. Currently, "block" is always set to false, which is wrong. See bug# 5956 on bugzilla.kernel.org. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2006-02-01[PATCH] DocBook: fix some kernel-doc comments in fs and blockMartin Waitz2-1/+3
Update some parameter descriptions to actually match the code. Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] reiserfs: reiserfs: check for files > 2GB on 3.5.x disksJeff Mahoney1-0/+17
When a filesystem has been converted from 3.5.x to 3.6.x, we need an extra check during file write to make sure we are not trying to make a 3.5.x file > 2GB. Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] reiserfs: reiserfs fix journal accounting in journal_transaction_should_endChris Mason1-0/+3
reiserfs: journal_transaction_should_end should increase the count of blocks allocated so the transaction subsystem can keep new writers from creating a transaction that is too large. Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] reiserfs: reiserfs write_ordered_buffers should not oops on dirty non-uptodate bhChris Mason1-2/+13
write_ordered_buffers should handle dirty non-uptodate buffers without a BUG() Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] reiserfs: reiserfs hang and performance fix for data=journal modeChris Mason2-5/+21
In data=journal mode, reiserfs writepage needs to make sure not to trigger transactions while being run under PF_MEMALLOC. This patch makes sure to redirty the page instead of forcing a transaction start in this case. Also, calling filemap_fdata* in order to trigger io on the block device can cause lock inversions on the page lock. Instead, do simple batching from flush_commit_list. Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] reiserfs: zero b_private when allocating buffer headsChris Mason1-0/+1
The b_private field in buffer heads needs to be zero filled when the buffers are allocated. Thanks to Nathan Scott for finding this. It was causing problems on systems with both XFS and reiserfs. Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] resierfs: fix reiserfs_invalidatepage race against data=orderedChris Mason2-1/+16
After a transaction has closed but before it has finished commit, there is a window where data=ordered mode requires invalidatepage to pin pages instead of freeing them. This patch fixes a race between the invalidatepage checks and data=ordered writeback, and it also adds a check to the reiserfs write_ordered_buffers routines to write any anonymous buffers that were dirtied after its first writeback loop. That bug works like this: proc1: transaction closes and a new one starts proc1: write_ordered_buffers starts processing data=ordered list proc1: buffer A is cleaned and written proc2: buffer A is dirtied by another process proc2: File is truncated to zero, page A goes through invalidatepage proc2: reiserfs_invalidatepage sees dirty buffer A with reiserfs journal head, pins it proc1: write_ordered_buffers frees the journal head on buffer A At this point, buffer A stays dirty forever Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] reiserfs: use generic_permissionChristoph Hellwig1-77/+26
Use the generic_permission code with a proper wrapper and callback instead of having a local copy. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Cc: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] reiserfs: remove reiserfs_permission_lockedChristoph Hellwig1-22/+8
This function is completely unused since the xattr permission checking changes. Remove it and fold __reiserfs_permission into reiserfs_permission. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Cc: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] reiserfs: missing kmalloc failure checkDiego Calleja1-0/+2
According to http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5778 fs/reiserfs/file.c is missing this check. Signed-off-by: Diego Calleja <diegocg@gmail.com> Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Cc: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] reiserfs: use __GFP_NOFAIL instead of yield and retry loop for allocationPekka Enberg1-6/+2
This patch replaces yield and retry loop with __GFP_NOFAIL in alloc_journal_list(). Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] reiserfs: remove kmalloc wrapperPekka Enberg7-137/+49
Remove kmalloc() wrapper from fs/reiserfs/. Please note that a reiserfs /proc entry format is changed because kmalloc statistics is removed. Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] Direct Migration V9: Avoid writeback / page_migrate() methodChristoph Lameter5-0/+66
Migrate a page with buffers without requiring writeback This introduces a new address space operation migratepage() that may be used by a filesystem to implement its own version of page migration. A version is provided that migrates buffers attached to pages. Some filesystems (ext2, ext3, xfs) are modified to utilize this feature. The swapper address space operation are modified so that a regular migrate_page() will occur for anonymous pages without writeback (migrate_pages forces every anonymous page to have a swap entry). Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <kravetz@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] mm: hugepage accounting fixHugh Dickins1-2/+2
2.6.15's hugepage faulting introduced huge_pages_needed accounting into hugetlbfs: to count how many pages are already in cache, for spot check on how far a new mapping may be allowed to extend the file. But it's muddled: each hugepage found covers HPAGE_SIZE, not PAGE_SIZE. Once pages were already in cache, it would overshoot, wrap its hugepages count backwards, and so fail a harmless repeat mapping with -ENOMEM. Fixes the problem found by Don Dupuis. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Acked-By: Adam Litke <agl@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: William Irwin <wli@holomorphy.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] Mark CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE as BROKENAlexey Dobriyan1-1/+1
OpenBSD doesn't see "." correctly in directories created by Linux. Copying files over several KB will buy you infinite loop in __getblk_slow(). Copying files smaller than 1 KB seems to be OK. Sometimes files will be filled with zeros. Sometimes incorrectly copied file will reappear after next file with truncated size. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] compat_sys_pselect7() fixAndrew Morton1-1/+1
fs/compat.c: In function `compat_sys_pselect7': fs/compat.c:1820: warning: passing arg 5 of `compat_core_sys_select' from incompatible pointer type Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] fuse: fix async read for legacy filesystemsMiklos Szeredi3-4/+22
While asynchronous reads mean a performance improvement in most cases, if the filesystem assumed that reads are synchronous, then async reads may degrade performance (filesystem may receive reads out of order, which can confuse it's own readahead logic). With sshfs a 1.5 to 4 times slowdown can be measured. There's also a need for userspace filesystems to know whether asynchronous reads are supported by the kernel or not. To achive these, negotiate in the INIT request whether async reads will be used and the maximum readahead value. Update interface version to 7.6 If userspace uses a version earlier than 7.6, then disable async reads, and set maximum readahead value to the maximum read size, as done in previous versions. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] smbfs readdir vs signal fixAndrew Morton1-1/+4
An old patch designed to fix http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4497, "getdents gives empty/random result upon signal". If smbfs's readdir() is interupted by a signal, smb_readdir() failed to noticed that and proceeded to treat the unread-into page as valid directory contents. Fix that up by handling the -ERESTARTSYS. Thanks to Stian Skjelstad for reporting and testing. Cc: Stian Skjelstad <stian@nixia.no> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-02-01[PATCH] knfsd: Restore recently broken ACL functionality to NFS serverAndreas Gruenbacher1-27/+49
A recent patch to Allow run-time selection of NFS versions to export meant that NO nfsacl service versions were exported. This patch restored that functionality. Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-31Merge git://oss.sgi.com:8090/oss/git/xfs-2.6Linus Torvalds2-18/+39
2006-02-01[XFS] Fix regression in xfs_buf_rele dealing with non-hashed buffers, asNathan Scott1-0/+7
occur during log replay. Novell bug 145204, Fedora bug 177848. SGI-PV: 948860 SGI-Modid: xfs-linux-melb:xfs-kern:25064a Signed-off-by: Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>
2006-02-01[XFS] Interim solution for attribute insertion failure during fileYingping Lu1-18/+32
creation due to ENOSPC. The current solution removes the inode when the attribute insertion fails. Long term solution would be to make the inode creation and attribute insertion atomic. SGI-PV: 947610 SGI-Modid: xfs-linux-melb:xfs-kern:205193a Signed-off-by: Yingping Lu <yingping@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>
2006-01-31[BLOCK] A few kerneldoc fixupsJens Axboe1-0/+1
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2006-01-27[CIFS] Remove compiler warningSteve French1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
2006-01-27Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>Steve French1-1/+7
2006-01-24[CIFS] Make cifs default wsize match what we actually want to send (52KSteve French1-1/+9
typically - header + 13 pages). Forgetting to set wsize on the mount command costs more than 10% on large write (can be much more) so this makes a saner default. We still shrink this default smaller if server can not support it. Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
2006-01-23Merge with /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.gitSteve French1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
2006-01-23[CIFS] Do not zero non-existent iovec in SendReceive response processing.Steve French1-1/+0
Could cause memory leak in some readpaths depending on what junk followed it in the stack. Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
2006-01-19[PATCH] Fix regression added by ppoll/pselect code.David S. Miller1-2/+2
The compat layer timeout handling changes in: 9f72949f679df06021c9e43886c9191494fdb007 are busted. This is most easily seen with an X application that uses sub-second select/poll timeout such as emacs. You hit a key and it takes a second or so before the app responds. The two ROUND_UP() calls upon entry are using {tv,ts}_sec where it should instead be using {tv_usec,ts_nsec}, which perfectly explains the observed incorrect behavior. Another bug shot down with git bisect. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-18Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6Linus Torvalds21-183/+729
2006-01-18[PATCH] EDAC: atomic scrub operationsAlan Cox1-0/+1
EDAC requires a way to scrub memory if an ECC error is found and the chipset does not do the work automatically. That means rewriting memory locations atomically with respect to all CPUs _and_ bus masters. That means we can't use atomic_add(foo, 0) as it gets optimised for non-SMP This adds a function to include/asm-foo/atomic.h for the platforms currently supported which implements a scrub of a mapped block. It also adjusts a few other files include order where atomic.h is included before types.h as this now causes an error as atomic_scrub uses u32. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-18[PATCH] Add pselect/ppoll system call implementationDavid Woodhouse2-94/+514
The following implementation of ppoll() and pselect() system calls depends on the architecture providing a TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag in the thread_info. These system calls have to change the signal mask during their operation, and signal handlers must be invoked using the new, temporary signal mask. The old signal mask must be restored either upon successful exit from the system call, or upon returning from the invoked signal handler if the system call is interrupted. We can't simply restore the original signal mask and return to userspace, since the restored signal mask may actually block the signal which interrupted the system call. The TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag deals with this by causing the syscall exit path to trap into do_signal() just as TIF_SIGPENDING does, and by causing do_signal() to use the saved signal mask instead of the current signal mask when setting up the stack frame for the signal handler -- or by causing do_signal() to simply restore the saved signal mask in the case where there is no handler to be invoked. The first patch implements the sys_pselect() and sys_ppoll() system calls, which are present only if TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK is defined. That #ifdef should go away in time when all architectures have implemented it. The second patch implements TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK for the PowerPC kernel (in the -mm tree), and the third patch then removes the arch-specific implementations of sys_rt_sigsuspend() and replaces them with generic versions using the same trick. The fourth and fifth patches, provided by David Howells, implement TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK for FR-V and i386 respectively, and the sixth patch adds the syscalls to the i386 syscall table. This patch: Add the pselect() and ppoll() system calls, providing core routines usable by the original select() and poll() system calls and also the new calls (with their semantics w.r.t timeouts). Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-18[PATCH] vfs: *at functions: coreUlrich Drepper5-71/+300
Here is a series of patches which introduce in total 13 new system calls which take a file descriptor/filename pair instead of a single file name. These functions, openat etc, have been discussed on numerous occasions. They are needed to implement race-free filesystem traversal, they are necessary to implement a virtual per-thread current working directory (think multi-threaded backup software), etc. We have in glibc today implementations of the interfaces which use the /proc/self/fd magic. But this code is rather expensive. Here are some results (similar to what Jim Meyering posted before). The test creates a deep directory hierarchy on a tmpfs filesystem. Then rm -fr is used to remove all directories. Without syscall support I get this: real 0m31.921s user 0m0.688s sys 0m31.234s With syscall support the results are much better: real 0m20.699s user 0m0.536s sys 0m20.149s The interfaces are for obvious reasons currently not much used. But they'll be used. coreutils (and Jeff's posixutils) are already using them. Furthermore, code like ftw/fts in libc (maybe even glob) will also start using them. I expect a patch to make follow soon. Every program which is walking the filesystem tree will benefit. Signed-off-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-18[PATCH] exportfs: add find_acceptable_alias helperChristoph Hellwig1-43/+36
find_exported_dentry contains two duplicate loops to find an alias that the acceptable callback likes. Split this out to a new helper and switch from list_for_each to list_for_each_entry to make it more readable. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Acked-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>