Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6:
  remove detritus left by "mm: make read_cache_page synchronous"
  fix fs/sysv s_dirt handling
  fat: convert to use the new truncate convention.
  ext2: convert to use the new truncate convention.
  tmpfs: convert to use the new truncate convention
  fs: convert simple fs to new truncate
  kill spurious reference to vmtruncate
  fs: introduce new truncate sequence
  fs/super: fix kernel-doc warning
  fs/minix: bugfix, number of indirect block ptrs per block depends on block size
  rename the generic fsync implementations
  drop unused dentry argument to ->fsync
  fs: Add missing mutex_unlock
  Fix racy use of anon_inode_getfd() in perf_event.c
  get rid of the magic around f_count in aio
  VFS: fix recent breakage of FS_REVAL_DOT
  Revert "anon_inode: set S_IFREG on the anon_inode"

93 files changed, 666 insertions, 336 deletions

diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index 25b300e1c9d..2bedc6c94fc 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -257,15 +257,13 @@ v9fs_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user * data,
 	return total;
 }
 
-static int v9fs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry,
-					int datasync)
+static int v9fs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
 	struct p9_fid *fid;
 	struct p9_wstat wstat;
 	int retval;
 
-	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp %p dentry %p datasync %x\n", filp,
-						dentry, datasync);
+	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp %p datasync %x\n", filp, datasync);
 
 	fid = filp->private_data;
 	v9fs_blank_wstat(&wstat);
diff --git a/fs/adfs/dir.c b/fs/adfs/dir.c
index 23aa52f548a..f4287e4de74 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/dir.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ const struct file_operations adfs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.readdir	= adfs_readdir,
-	.fsync		= simple_fsync,
+	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
 };
 
 static int
diff --git a/fs/adfs/file.c b/fs/adfs/file.c
index 005ea34d175..a36da5382b4 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/file.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const struct file_operations adfs_file_operations = {
 	.read		= do_sync_read,
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
-	.fsync		= simple_fsync,
+	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
 	.write		= do_sync_write,
 	.aio_write	= generic_file_aio_write,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
diff --git a/fs/adfs/inode.c b/fs/adfs/inode.c
index 0f5e3097813..6f850b06ab6 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/inode.c
@@ -322,8 +322,9 @@ adfs_notify_change(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* XXX: this is missing some actual on-disk truncation.. */
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
-		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		error = simple_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
 
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index 861dae68ac1..f05b6155ccc 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ extern int			 affs_add_entry(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode, struct dent
 
 void		affs_free_prealloc(struct inode *inode);
 extern void	affs_truncate(struct inode *);
-int		affs_file_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+int		affs_file_fsync(struct file *, int);
 
 /* dir.c */
 
diff --git a/fs/affs/file.c b/fs/affs/file.c
index 184e55c1c9b..322710c3eed 100644
--- a/fs/affs/file.c
+++ b/fs/affs/file.c
@@ -916,9 +916,9 @@ affs_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 	affs_free_prealloc(inode);
 }
 
-int affs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int affs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
 	int ret, err;
 
 	ret = write_inode_now(inode, 0);
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 807f284cc75..5f679b77ce2 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ extern void afs_pages_written_back(struct afs_vnode *, struct afs_call *);
 extern ssize_t afs_file_write(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *,
 			      unsigned long, loff_t);
 extern int afs_writeback_all(struct afs_vnode *);
-extern int afs_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+extern int afs_fsync(struct file *, int);
 
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/fs/afs/write.c b/fs/afs/write.c
index 3bed54a294d..3dab9e9948d 100644
--- a/fs/afs/write.c
+++ b/fs/afs/write.c
@@ -701,8 +701,9 @@ int afs_writeback_all(struct afs_vnode *vnode)
  * - the return status from this call provides a reliable indication of
  *   whether any write errors occurred for this process.
  */
-int afs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int afs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct afs_writeback *wb, *xwb;
 	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(dentry->d_inode);
 	int ret;
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 48fdeebdb54..1ccf25cef1f 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ static void aio_fput_routine(struct work_struct *data)
 
 		/* Complete the fput(s) */
 		if (req->ki_filp != NULL)
-			__fput(req->ki_filp);
+			fput(req->ki_filp);
 
 		/* Link the iocb into the context's free list */
 		spin_lock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
@@ -560,11 +560,11 @@ static int __aio_put_req(struct kioctx *ctx, struct kiocb *req)
 
 	/*
 	 * Try to optimize the aio and eventfd file* puts, by avoiding to
-	 * schedule work in case it is not __fput() time. In normal cases,
+	 * schedule work in case it is not final fput() time. In normal cases,
 	 * we would not be holding the last reference to the file*, so
 	 * this function will be executed w/out any aio kthread wakeup.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(atomic_long_dec_and_test(&req->ki_filp->f_count))) {
+	if (unlikely(!fput_atomic(req->ki_filp))) {
 		get_ioctx(ctx);
 		spin_lock(&fput_lock);
 		list_add(&req->ki_list, &fput_head);
diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
index 9bd4b3876c9..e4b75d6eda8 100644
--- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
+++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static struct inode *anon_inode_mkinode(void)
 	 * that it already _is_ on the dirty list.
 	 */
 	inode->i_state = I_DIRTY;
-	inode->i_mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
+	inode->i_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
 	inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
 	inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
 	inode->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE;
diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index 0815e93bb48..b4fa3b0aa59 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_change_ok);
  * @offset:	the new size to assign to the inode
  * @Returns:	0 on success, -ve errno on failure
  *
+ * inode_newsize_ok must be called with i_mutex held.
+ *
  * inode_newsize_ok will check filesystem limits and ulimits to check that the
  * new inode size is within limits. inode_newsize_ok will also send SIGXFSZ
  * when necessary. Caller must not proceed with inode size change if failure is
  * returned. @inode must be a file (not directory), with appropriate
  * permissions to allow truncate (inode_newsize_ok does NOT check these
  * conditions).
- *
- * inode_newsize_ok must be called with i_mutex held.
  */
 int inode_newsize_ok(const struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
 {
@@ -104,17 +104,25 @@ out_big:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_newsize_ok);
 
-int inode_setattr(struct inode * inode, struct iattr * attr)
+/**
+ * generic_setattr - copy simple metadata updates into the generic inode
+ * @inode:	the inode to be updated
+ * @attr:	the new attributes
+ *
+ * generic_setattr must be called with i_mutex held.
+ *
+ * generic_setattr updates the inode's metadata with that specified
+ * in attr. Noticably missing is inode size update, which is more complex
+ * as it requires pagecache updates. See simple_setsize.
+ *
+ * The inode is not marked as dirty after this operation. The rationale is
+ * that for "simple" filesystems, the struct inode is the inode storage.
+ * The caller is free to mark the inode dirty afterwards if needed.
+ */
+void generic_setattr(struct inode *inode, const struct iattr *attr)
 {
 	unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
 
-	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE &&
-	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
-		int error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
-	}
-
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_UID)
 		inode->i_uid = attr->ia_uid;
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_GID)
@@ -135,6 +143,28 @@ int inode_setattr(struct inode * inode, struct iattr * attr)
 			mode &= ~S_ISGID;
 		inode->i_mode = mode;
 	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_setattr);
+
+/*
+ * note this function is deprecated, the new truncate sequence should be
+ * used instead -- see eg. simple_setsize, generic_setattr.
+ */
+int inode_setattr(struct inode *inode, const struct iattr *attr)
+{
+	unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
+
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		int error;
+
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	generic_setattr(inode, attr);
+
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index a05287a23f6..52e59bf4aa5 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ static int bad_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
-static int bad_file_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry,
-			int datasync)
+static int bad_file_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	return -EIO;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bfs/dir.c b/fs/bfs/dir.c
index 8f73841fc97..d967e052b77 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int bfs_readdir(struct file *f, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 const struct file_operations bfs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.readdir	= bfs_readdir,
-	.fsync		= simple_fsync,
+	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 26e5f502662..7346c96308a 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -172,8 +172,9 @@ blkdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 
-	return blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking(rw, iocb, inode, I_BDEV(inode),
-				iov, offset, nr_segs, blkdev_get_blocks, NULL);
+	return blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking_newtrunc(rw, iocb, inode,
+				I_BDEV(inode), iov, offset, nr_segs,
+				blkdev_get_blocks, NULL);
 }
 
 int __sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev, int wait)
@@ -309,8 +310,8 @@ static int blkdev_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
 	*pagep = NULL;
-	return block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
-				blkdev_get_block);
+	return block_write_begin_newtrunc(file, mapping, pos, len, flags,
+				pagep, fsdata, blkdev_get_block);
 }
 
 static int blkdev_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
@@ -358,12 +359,7 @@ static loff_t block_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 	return retval;
 }
 	
-/*
- *	Filp is never NULL; the only case when ->fsync() is called with
- *	NULL first argument is nfsd_sync_dir() and that's not a directory.
- */
- 
-int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 {
 	struct inode *bd_inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
 	struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(bd_inode);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index e9bf86415e8..29c20092847 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@ void btrfs_update_iflags(struct inode *inode);
 void btrfs_inherit_iflags(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir);
 
 /* file.c */
-int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync);
+int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, int datasync);
 int btrfs_drop_extent_cache(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
 			    int skip_pinned);
 int btrfs_check_file(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 79437c5eeb1..787b50a16a1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1101,8 +1101,9 @@ int btrfs_release_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
  * important optimization for directories because holding the mutex prevents
  * new operations on the dir while we write to disk.
  */
-int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *fi