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    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Linux 4.0-rc1 · c517d838
      Linus Torvalds authored
      .. after extensive statistical analysis of my G+ polling, I've come to
      the inescapable conclusion that internet polls are bad.
      
      Big surprise.
      
      But "Hurr durr I'ma sheep" trounced "I like online polls" by a 62-to-38%
      margin, in a poll that people weren't even supposed to participate in.
      Who can argue with solid numbers like that? 5,796 votes from people who
      can't even follow the most basic directions?
      
      In contrast, "v4.0" beat out "v3.20" by a slimmer margin of 56-to-44%,
      but with a total of 29,110 votes right now.
      
      Now, arguably, that vote spread is only about 3,200 votes, which is less
      than the almost six thousand votes that the "please ignore" poll got, so
      it could be considered noise.
      
      But hey, I asked, so I'll honor the votes.
      c517d838
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 · feaf2229
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull ext4 fixes from Ted Ts'o:
       "Ext4 bug fixes.
      
        We also reserved code points for encryption and read-only images (for
        which the implementation is mostly just the reserved code point for a
        read-only feature :-)"
      
      * tag 'ext4_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4:
        ext4: fix indirect punch hole corruption
        ext4: ignore journal checksum on remount; don't fail
        ext4: remove duplicate remount check for JOURNAL_CHECKSUM change
        ext4: fix mmap data corruption in nodelalloc mode when blocksize < pagesize
        ext4: support read-only images
        ext4: change to use setup_timer() instead of init_timer()
        ext4: reserve codepoints used by the ext4 encryption feature
        jbd2: complain about descriptor block checksum errors
      feaf2229
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge branch 'for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs · be5e6616
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull more vfs updates from Al Viro:
       "Assorted stuff from this cycle.  The big ones here are multilayer
        overlayfs from Miklos and beginning of sorting ->d_inode accesses out
        from David"
      
      * 'for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (51 commits)
        autofs4 copy_dev_ioctl(): keep the value of ->size we'd used for allocation
        procfs: fix race between symlink removals and traversals
        debugfs: leave freeing a symlink body until inode eviction
        Documentation/filesystems/Locking: ->get_sb() is long gone
        trylock_super(): replacement for grab_super_passive()
        fanotify: Fix up scripted S_ISDIR/S_ISREG/S_ISLNK conversions
        Cachefiles: Fix up scripted S_ISDIR/S_ISREG/S_ISLNK conversions
        VFS: (Scripted) Convert S_ISLNK/DIR/REG(dentry->d_inode) to d_is_*(dentry)
        SELinux: Use d_is_positive() rather than testing dentry->d_inode
        Smack: Use d_is_positive() rather than testing dentry->d_inode
        TOMOYO: Use d_is_dir() rather than d_inode and S_ISDIR()
        Apparmor: Use d_is_positive/negative() rather than testing dentry->d_inode
        Apparmor: mediated_filesystem() should use dentry->d_sb not inode->i_sb
        VFS: Split DCACHE_FILE_TYPE into regular and special types
        VFS: Add a fallthrough flag for marking virtual dentries
        VFS: Add a whiteout dentry type
        VFS: Introduce inode-getting helpers for layered/unioned fs environments
        Infiniband: Fix potential NULL d_inode dereference
        posix_acl: fix reference leaks in posix_acl_create
        autofs4: Wrong format for printing dentry
        ...
      be5e6616
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge branch 'fixes' of git://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm · 90c453ca
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull ARM fix from Russell King:
       "Just one fix this time around.  __iommu_alloc_buffer() can cause a
        BUG() if dma_alloc_coherent() is called with either __GFP_DMA32 or
        __GFP_HIGHMEM set.  The patch from Alexandre addresses this"
      
      * 'fixes' of git://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm:
        ARM: 8305/1: DMA: Fix kzalloc flags in __iommu_alloc_buffer()
      90c453ca
    • Al Viro's avatar
      autofs4 copy_dev_ioctl(): keep the value of ->size we'd used for allocation · 0a280962
      Al Viro authored
      
      
      X-Coverup: just ask spender
      Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
      0a280962
    • Al Viro's avatar
      procfs: fix race between symlink removals and traversals · 7e0e953b
      Al Viro authored
      
      
      use_pde()/unuse_pde() in ->follow_link()/->put_link() resp.
      
      Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
      7e0e953b
    • Al Viro's avatar
      debugfs: leave freeing a symlink body until inode eviction · 0db59e59
      Al Viro authored
      
      
      As it is, we have debugfs_remove() racing with symlink traversals.
      Supply ->evict_inode() and do freeing there - inode will remain
      pinned until we are done with the symlink body.
      
      And rip the idiocy with checking if dentry is positive right after
      we'd verified debugfs_positive(), which is a stronger check...
      
      Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
      0db59e59
    • Al Viro's avatar
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    • Konstantin Khlebnikov's avatar
      trylock_super(): replacement for grab_super_passive() · eb6ef3df
      Konstantin Khlebnikov authored
      
      
      I've noticed significant locking contention in memory reclaimer around
      sb_lock inside grab_super_passive(). Grab_super_passive() is called from
      two places: in icache/dcache shrinkers (function super_cache_scan) and
      from writeback (function __writeback_inodes_wb). Both are required for
      progress in memory allocator.
      
      Grab_super_passive() acquires sb_lock to increment sb->s_count and check
      sb->s_instances. It seems sb->s_umount locked for read is enough here:
      super-block deactivation always runs under sb->s_umount locked for write.
      Protecting super-block itself isn't a problem: in super_cache_scan() sb
      is protected by shrinker_rwsem: it cannot be freed if its slab shrinkers
      are still active. Inside writeback super-block comes from inode from bdi
      writeback list under wb->list_lock.
      
      This patch removes locking sb_lock and checks s_instances under s_umount:
      generic_shutdown_super() unlinks it under sb->s_umount locked for write.
      New variant is called trylock_super() and since it only locks semaphore,
      callers must call up_read(&sb->s_umount) instead of drop_super(sb) when
      they're done.
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatarKonstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
      eb6ef3df