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Nick Piggin 4f5a99d64c fs: remove WB_SYNC_HOLD 
Remove WB_SYNC_HOLD.  The primary motiviation is the design of my
anti-starvation code for fsync.  It requires taking an inode lock over the
sync operation, so we could run into lock ordering problems with multiple
inodes.  It is possible to take a single global lock to solve the ordering
problem, but then that would prevent a future nice implementation of "sync
multiple inodes" based on lock order via inode address.

Seems like a backward step to remove this, but actually it is busted
anyway: we can't use the inode lists for data integrity wait: an inode can
be taken off the dirty lists but still be under writeback.  In order to
satisfy data integrity semantics, we should wait for it to finish
writeback, but if we only search the dirty lists, we'll miss it.

It would be possible to have a "writeback" list, for sys_sync, I suppose.
But why complicate things by prematurely optimise?  For unmounting, we
could avoid the "livelock avoidance" code, which would be easier, but
again premature IMO.

Fixing the existing data integrity problem will come next.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06 15:59:09 -08:00
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9p Merge branch 'next' into for-linus 2008-12-25 11:40:09 +11:00
adfs vfs: Use const for kernel parser table 2008-10-13 10:10:37 -07:00
affs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2009-01-05 18:32:06 -08:00
afs fs: symlink write_begin allocation context fix 2009-01-04 13:33:20 -08:00
autofs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
autofs4 zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
befs befs: ensure fast symlinks are NUL-terminated 2008-12-31 18:07:40 -05:00
bfs CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the BFS filesystem 2008-11-14 10:38:47 +11:00
cifs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2009-01-05 18:32:06 -08:00
coda add a vfs_fsync helper 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
configfs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
cramfs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
debugfs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
devpts zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
dlm Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/teigland/dlm 2009-01-05 19:02:09 -08:00
ecryptfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2009-01-05 18:32:06 -08:00
efs [PATCH] switch all filesystems over to d_obtain_alias 2008-10-23 05:13:01 -04:00
exportfs Merge branch 'next' into for-linus 2008-12-25 11:40:09 +11:00
ext2 nfsd race fixes: ext2 2008-12-31 18:07:43 -05:00
ext3 ext3: Add default allocation routines for quota structures 2009-01-05 08:40:25 -08:00
ext4 ext4: Add default allocation routines for quota structures 2009-01-05 08:40:26 -08:00
fat Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hirofumi/fatfs-2.6 2008-12-30 20:33:34 -08:00
freevxfs freevxfs: ensure fast symlinks are NUL-terminated 2008-12-31 18:07:40 -05:00
fuse fs: symlink write_begin allocation context fix 2009-01-04 13:33:20 -08:00
gfs2 GFS2: Use DEFINE_SPINLOCK 2009-01-05 07:45:02 +00:00
hfs CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the HFS filesystem 2008-11-14 10:38:54 +11:00
hfsplus CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the HFSplus filesystem 2008-11-14 10:38:54 +11:00
hostfs fs: symlink write_begin allocation context fix 2009-01-04 13:33:20 -08:00
hpfs CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the HPFS filesystem 2008-11-14 10:38:55 +11:00
hppfs CRED: Use creds in file structs 2008-11-14 10:39:25 +11:00
hugetlbfs hugetlb: unsigned ret cannot be negative 2009-01-06 15:59:08 -08:00
isofs isofs check for NULL ->i_op in root directory is dead code 2009-01-05 11:53:38 -05:00
jbd jbd: don't give up looking for space so easily in __log_wait_for_space 2008-11-06 22:37:59 -05:00
jbd2 jbd2: Add buffer triggers 2009-01-05 08:40:30 -08:00
jffs2 fs: symlink write_begin allocation context fix 2009-01-04 13:33:20 -08:00
jfs fix the treatment of jfs special inodes 2009-01-05 11:54:29 -05:00
lockd Merge branch 'devel' into next 2008-12-30 16:51:43 -05:00
minix CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the Minix filesystem 2008-11-14 10:38:57 +11:00
ncpfs CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the NCPFS filesystem 2008-11-14 10:38:58 +11:00
nfs fs: symlink write_begin allocation context fix 2009-01-04 13:33:20 -08:00
nfs_common SUNRPC: nfsacl_encode/nfsacl_decode should be exported as GPL-only 2008-12-23 15:21:32 -05:00
nfsd add a vfs_fsync helper 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
nls remove CONFIG_KMOD from fs 2008-10-17 02:38:36 +11:00
notify inotify: fix type errors in interfaces 2009-01-05 11:54:29 -05:00
ntfs ntfs: don't NULL i_op 2009-01-05 11:54:27 -05:00
ocfs2 Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfasheh/ocfs2 2009-01-05 18:32:43 -08:00
omfs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
openpromfs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
partitions block/md: fix md autodetection 2008-11-18 15:08:56 +01:00
proc mm: report the MMU pagesize in /proc/pid/smaps 2009-01-06 15:58:58 -08:00
qnx4
ramfs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
reiserfs Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfasheh/ocfs2 2009-01-05 18:32:43 -08:00
romfs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
smbfs fs: symlink write_begin allocation context fix 2009-01-04 13:33:20 -08:00
sysfs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
sysv sysv: ensure fast symlinks are NUL-terminated 2008-12-31 18:07:39 -05:00
ubifs UBIFS: do not use WB_SYNC_HOLD 2009-01-06 15:59:09 -08:00
udf Merge branch 'master' into next 2008-12-04 17:16:36 +11:00
ufs CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the UFS filesystem 2008-11-14 10:39:04 +11:00
xfs [XFS] Fix merge failures 2008-12-29 16:47:18 +11:00
aio.c aio: make the lookup_ioctx() lockless 2008-12-29 08:29:50 +01:00
anon_inodes.c anon_inodes: use fops->owner for module refcount 2008-12-31 16:55:44 +02:00
attr.c CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the filesystem subsystem 2008-11-14 10:39:05 +11:00
bad_inode.c kill ->dir_notify() 2008-12-31 18:07:43 -05:00
binfmt_aout.c sanitize ifdefs in binfmt_aout 2009-01-03 11:45:54 -08:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c CRED: Make execve() take advantage of copy-on-write credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:24 +11:00
binfmt_elf.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6 2008-12-28 12:33:21 -08:00
binfmt_em86.c Allow recursion in binfmt_script and binfmt_misc 2008-10-16 11:21:38 -07:00
binfmt_flat.c CRED: Make execve() take advantage of copy-on-write credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:24 +11:00
binfmt_misc.c zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
binfmt_script.c Allow recursion in binfmt_script and binfmt_misc 2008-10-16 11:21:38 -07:00
binfmt_som.c CRED: Make execve() take advantage of copy-on-write credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:24 +11:00
bio-integrity.c bio: allow individual slabs in the bio_set 2008-12-29 08:29:23 +01:00
bio.c bio: get rid of bio_vec clearing 2008-12-29 08:29:53 +01:00
block_dev.c fs/block_dev.c: __read_mostly improvement and sb_is_blkdev_sb utilization 2008-12-31 18:07:43 -05:00
buffer.c block_write_begin(): remove useless goto 2009-01-06 15:59:08 -08:00
char_dev.c [PATCH] tidy up chrdev_open 2008-10-23 05:12:59 -04:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c
compat.c CRED: Make execve() take advantage of copy-on-write credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:24 +11:00
dcache.c filp_cachep can be static in fs/file_table.c 2008-12-31 18:07:42 -05:00
dcookies.c shrink struct dentry 2008-12-31 18:07:38 -05:00
direct-io.c fs: truncate blocks outside i_size after O_DIRECT write error 2009-01-06 15:59:06 -08:00
dquot.c quota: Export dquot_alloc() and dquot_destroy() functions 2009-01-05 08:40:25 -08:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c
eventpoll.c epoll: introduce resource usage limits 2008-12-01 19:55:24 -08:00
exec.c sys_execve and sys_uselib do not call into fsnotify 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
fcntl.c Merge branch 'next' into for-linus 2008-12-25 11:40:09 +11:00
fifo.c [PATCH] introduce fmode_t, do annotations 2008-10-21 07:47:06 -04:00
file_table.c filp_cachep can be static in fs/file_table.c 2008-12-31 18:07:42 -05:00
file.c [PATCH] merge locate_fd() and get_unused_fd() 2008-08-01 11:25:23 -04:00
filesystems.c vfs: remove duplicate code in get_fs_type() 2009-01-05 11:54:29 -05:00
fs-writeback.c fs: remove WB_SYNC_HOLD 2009-01-06 15:59:09 -08:00
generic_acl.c
inode.c mm: remove GFP_HIGHUSER_PAGECACHE 2009-01-06 15:59:01 -08:00
internal.h CRED: Make execve() take advantage of copy-on-write credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:24 +11:00
ioctl.c GFS2: Support for FIEMAP ioctl 2009-01-05 07:38:46 +00:00
ioprio.c CRED: Use RCU to access another task's creds and to release a task's own creds 2008-11-14 10:39:19 +11:00
Kconfig ocfs2: Assign feature bits and system inodes to quota feature and quota files 2009-01-05 08:40:23 -08:00
Kconfig.binfmt add CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS 2008-10-20 08:52:39 -07:00
libfs.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2009-01-05 18:32:06 -08:00
locks.c CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the filesystem subsystem 2008-11-14 10:39:05 +11:00
Makefile quota: Split off quota tree handling into a separate file 2009-01-05 08:40:21 -08:00
mbcache.c
mpage.c do_mpage_readpage(): remove useless clear_buffer_mapped() call 2009-01-06 15:59:01 -08:00
namei.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2009-01-05 18:32:06 -08:00
namespace.c fs/namespace.c: drop code after return 2008-12-31 18:07:38 -05:00
nfsctl.c pass a struct path * to may_open 2008-12-31 18:07:41 -05:00
no-block.c
open.c inode->i_op is never NULL 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
pipe.c sanitize audit_fd_pair() 2009-01-04 15:14:41 -05:00
pnode.c
pnode.h
posix_acl.c CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the filesystem subsystem 2008-11-14 10:39:05 +11:00
quota_tree.c quota: Split off quota tree handling into a separate file 2009-01-05 08:40:21 -08:00
quota_tree.h quota: Split off quota tree handling into a separate file 2009-01-05 08:40:21 -08:00
quota_v1.c quota: Move quotaio_v[12].h from include/linux/ to fs/ 2009-01-05 08:36:58 -08:00
quota_v2.c quota: Convert union in mem_dqinfo to a pointer 2009-01-05 08:40:21 -08:00
quota.c quota: Introduce DQUOT_QUOTA_SYS_FILE flag 2009-01-05 08:36:57 -08:00
quotaio_v1.h quota: Move quotaio_v[12].h from include/linux/ to fs/ 2009-01-05 08:36:58 -08:00
quotaio_v2.h quota: Split off quota tree handling into a separate file 2009-01-05 08:40:21 -08:00
read_write.c vfs: lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR) race condition 2009-01-05 11:53:07 -05:00
read_write.h
readdir.c [PATCH] prepare vfs_readdir() callers to returning filldir result 2008-10-23 05:13:10 -04:00
select.c select: deal with math overflow from borderline valid userland data 2008-10-26 11:22:08 -07:00
seq_file.c Merge branch 'cpus4096-for-linus-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-01-03 12:04:39 -08:00
signalfd.c
splice.c fs: remove prepare_write/commit_write 2008-10-30 11:38:45 -07:00
stack.c
stat.c inode->i_op is never NULL 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
super.c security: pass mount flags to security_sb_kern_mount() 2008-12-20 09:02:39 +11:00
sync.c mm: do_sync_mapping_range integrity fix 2009-01-06 15:59:00 -08:00
timerfd.c hrtimer: convert timerfd to the new hrtimer apis 2008-09-05 21:35:09 -07:00
utimes.c
xattr_acl.c
xattr.c inode->i_op is never NULL 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00