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2013-07-28writeback: Fix periodic writeback after fs mountJan Kara
commit a5faeaf9109578e65e1a32e2a3e76c8b47e7dcb6 upstream. Code in blkdev.c moves a device inode to default_backing_dev_info when the last reference to the device is put and moves the device inode back to its bdi when the first reference is acquired. This includes moving to wb.b_dirty list if the device inode is dirty. The code however doesn't setup timer to wake corresponding flusher thread and while wb.b_dirty list is non-empty __mark_inode_dirty() will not set it up either. Thus periodic writeback is effectively disabled until a sync(2) call which can lead to unexpected data loss in case of crash or power failure. Fix the problem by setting up a timer for periodic writeback in case we add the first dirty inode to wb.b_dirty list in bdev_inode_switch_bdi(). Reported-by: Bert De Jonghe <Bert.DeJonghe@amplidata.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-05-08Merge branch 'for-3.10/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-blockLinus Torvalds
Pull block core updates from Jens Axboe: - Major bit is Kents prep work for immutable bio vecs. - Stable candidate fix for a scheduling-while-atomic in the queue bypass operation. - Fix for the hang on exceeded rq->datalen 32-bit unsigned when merging discard bios. - Tejuns changes to convert the writeback thread pool to the generic workqueue mechanism. - Runtime PM framework, SCSI patches exists on top of these in James' tree. - A few random fixes. * 'for-3.10/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (40 commits) relay: move remove_buf_file inside relay_close_buf partitions/efi.c: replace useless kzalloc's by kmalloc's fs/block_dev.c: fix iov_shorten() criteria in blkdev_aio_read() block: fix max discard sectors limit blkcg: fix "scheduling while atomic" in blk_queue_bypass_start Documentation: cfq-iosched: update documentation help for cfq tunables writeback: expose the bdi_wq workqueue writeback: replace custom worker pool implementation with unbound workqueue writeback: remove unused bdi_pending_list aoe: Fix unitialized var usage bio-integrity: Add explicit field for owner of bip_buf block: Add an explicit bio flag for bios that own their bvec block: Add bio_alloc_pages() block: Convert some code to bio_for_each_segment_all() block: Add bio_for_each_segment_all() bounce: Refactor __blk_queue_bounce to not use bi_io_vec raid1: use bio_copy_data() pktcdvd: Use bio_reset() in disabled code to kill bi_idx usage pktcdvd: use bio_copy_data() block: Add bio_copy_data() ...
2013-05-07Merge branch 'akpm' (incoming from Andrew)Linus Torvalds
Merge more incoming from Andrew Morton: - Various fixes which were stalled or which I picked up recently - A large rotorooting of the AIO code. Allegedly to improve performance but I don't really have good performance numbers (I might have lost the email) and I can't raise Kent today. I held this out of 3.9 and we could give it another cycle if it's all too late/scary. I ended up taking only the first two thirds of the AIO rotorooting. I left the percpu parts and the batch completion for later. - Linus * emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (33 commits) aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h aio: kill ki_retry aio: kill ki_key aio: give shared kioctx fields their own cachelines aio: kill struct aio_ring_info aio: kill batch allocation aio: change reqs_active to include unreaped completions aio: use cancellation list lazily aio: use flush_dcache_page() aio: make aio_read_evt() more efficient, convert to hrtimers wait: add wait_event_hrtimeout() aio: refcounting cleanup aio: make aio_put_req() lockless aio: do fget() after aio_get_req() aio: dprintk() -> pr_debug() aio: move private stuff out of aio.h aio: add kiocb_cancel() aio: kill return value of aio_complete() char: add aio_{read,write} to /dev/{null,zero} aio: remove retry-based AIO ...
2013-05-07aio: don't include aio.h in sched.hKent Overstreet
Faster kernel compiles by way of fewer unnecessary includes. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix fallout] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix build] Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com> Cc: Zach Brown <zab@redhat.com> Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com> Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@micron.com> Cc: Selvan Mani <smani@micron.com> Cc: Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@micron.com> Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> Reviewed-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-05-07make blkdev_put() return voidAl Viro
same story as with the previous patches - note that return value of blkdev_close() is lost, since there's nowhere the caller (__fput()) could return it to. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2013-05-07block_device_operations->release() should return voidAl Viro
The value passed is 0 in all but "it can never happen" cases (and those only in a couple of drivers) *and* it would've been lost on the way out anyway, even if something tried to pass something meaningful. Just don't bother. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2013-04-30fs/block_dev.c: no need to check inode->i_bdev in bd_forget()Yan Hong
Its only caller evict() has promised a non-NULL inode->i_bdev. Signed-off-by: Yan Hong <clouds.yan@gmail.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-04-29fs/block_dev.c: fix iov_shorten() criteria in blkdev_aio_read()Gu Zheng
blkdev_aio_read() test 'size' to see if it is equal or greater than the target count we request(iocb->ki_left). If so there is no need to call iov_shorten() to reduce number of segments and the iovec's length. So the judgement should be changed to 'if (size < iocb->ki_left)' instead. Signed-off-by: Jianpeng Ma <majianpeng@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2013-04-01loop: prevent bdev freeing while device in useAnatol Pomozov
struct block_device lifecycle is defined by its inode (see fs/block_dev.c) - block_device allocated first time we access /dev/loopXX and deallocated on bdev_destroy_inode. When we create the device "losetup /dev/loopXX afile" we want that block_device stay alive until we destroy the loop device with "losetup -d". But because we do not hold /dev/loopXX inode its counter goes 0, and inode/bdev can be destroyed at any moment. Usually it happens at memory pressure or when user drops inode cache (like in the test below). When later in loop_clr_fd() we want to use bdev we have use-after-free error with following stack: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000280 bd_set_size+0x10/0xa0 loop_clr_fd+0x1f8/0x420 [loop] lo_ioctl+0x200/0x7e0 [loop] lo_compat_ioctl+0x47/0xe0 [loop] compat_blkdev_ioctl+0x341/0x1290 do_filp_open+0x42/0xa0 compat_sys_ioctl+0xc1/0xf20 do_sys_open+0x16e/0x1d0 sysenter_dispatch+0x7/0x1a To prevent use-after-free we need to grab the device in loop_set_fd() and put it later in loop_clr_fd(). The issue is reprodusible on current Linus head and v3.3. Here is the test: dd if=/dev/zero of=loop.file bs=1M count=1 while [ true ]; do losetup /dev/loop0 loop.file echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches losetup -d /dev/loop0 done [ Doing bdgrab/bput in loop_set_fd/loop_clr_fd is safe, because every time we call loop_set_fd() we check that loop_device->lo_state is Lo_unbound and set it to Lo_bound If somebody will try to set_fd again it will get EBUSY. And if we try to loop_clr_fd() on unbound loop device we'll get ENXIO. loop_set_fd/loop_clr_fd (and any other loop ioctl) is called under loop_device->lo_ctl_mutex. ] Signed-off-by: Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@gmail.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-02-28Merge branch 'for-3.9/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-blockLinus Torvalds
Pull block IO core bits from Jens Axboe: "Below are the core block IO bits for 3.9. It was delayed a few days since my workstation kept crashing every 2-8h after pulling it into current -git, but turns out it is a bug in the new pstate code (divide by zero, will report separately). In any case, it contains: - The big cfq/blkcg update from Tejun and and Vivek. - Additional block and writeback tracepoints from Tejun. - Improvement of the should sort (based on queues) logic in the plug flushing. - _io() variants of the wait_for_completion() interface, using io_schedule() instead of schedule() to contribute to io wait properly. - Various little fixes. You'll get two trivial merge conflicts, which should be easy enough to fix up" Fix up the trivial conflicts due to hlist traversal cleanups (commit b67bfe0d42ca: "hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators"). * 'for-3.9/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (39 commits) block: remove redundant check to bd_openers() block: use i_size_write() in bd_set_size() cfq: fix lock imbalance with failed allocations drivers/block/swim3.c: fix null pointer dereference block: don't select PERCPU_RWSEM block: account iowait time when waiting for completion of IO request sched: add wait_for_completion_io[_timeout] writeback: add more tracepoints block: add block_{touch|dirty}_buffer tracepoint buffer: make touch_buffer() an exported function block: add @req to bio_{front|back}_merge tracepoints block: add missing block_bio_complete() tracepoint block: Remove should_sort judgement when flush blk_plug block,elevator: use new hashtable implementation cfq-iosched: add hierarchical cfq_group statistics cfq-iosched: collect stats from dead cfqgs cfq-iosched: separate out cfqg_stats_reset() from cfq_pd_reset_stats() blkcg: make blkcg_print_blkgs() grab q locks instead of blkcg lock block: RCU free request_queue blkcg: implement blkg_[rw]stat_recursive_sum() and blkg_[rw]stat_merge() ...
2013-02-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs Pull vfs pile (part one) from Al Viro: "Assorted stuff - cleaning namei.c up a bit, fixing ->d_name/->d_parent locking violations, etc. The most visible changes here are death of FS_REVAL_DOT (replaced with "has ->d_weak_revalidate()") and a new helper getting from struct file to inode. Some bits of preparation to xattr method interface changes. Misc patches by various people sent this cycle *and* ocfs2 fixes from several cycles ago that should've been upstream right then. PS: the next vfs pile will be xattr stuff." * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (46 commits) saner proc_get_inode() calling conventions proc: avoid extra pde_put() in proc_fill_super() fs: change return values from -EACCES to -EPERM fs/exec.c: make bprm_mm_init() static ocfs2/dlm: use GFP_ATOMIC inside a spin_lock ocfs2: fix possible use-after-free with AIO ocfs2: Fix oops in ocfs2_fast_symlink_readpage() code path get_empty_filp()/alloc_file() leave both ->f_pos and ->f_version zero target: writev() on single-element vector is pointless export kernel_write(), convert open-coded instances fs: encode_fh: return FILEID_INVALID if invalid fid_type kill f_vfsmnt vfs: kill FS_REVAL_DOT by adding a d_weak_revalidate dentry op nfsd: handle vfs_getattr errors in acl protocol switch vfs_getattr() to struct path default SET_PERSONALITY() in linux/elf.h ceph: prepopulate inodes only when request is aborted d_hash_and_lookup(): export, switch open-coded instances 9p: switch v9fs_set_create_acl() to inode+fid, do it before d_instantiate() 9p: split dropping the acls from v9fs_set_create_acl() ...
2013-02-22new helper: file_inode(file)Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2013-02-22block: remove redundant check to bd_openers()Guo Chao
bd_openers is stable under bd_mutex, no need to check it twice. Signed-off-by: Guo Chao <yan@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Guo Chao <yan@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: M. Hindess <hindessm@uk.ibm.com> Cc: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2013-02-22block: use i_size_write() in bd_set_size()Guo Chao
blkdev_ioctl(GETBLKSIZE) uses i_size_read() to read size of block device. If we update block size directly, reader may see intermediate result in some machines and configurations. Use i_size_write() instead. Signed-off-by: Guo Chao <yan@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Guo Chao <yan@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: M. Hindess <hindessm@uk.ibm.com> Cc: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2013-02-21fs/block_dev.c: page cache wrongly left invalidated after revalidate_disk()MITSUNARI Shigeo
We found that bdev->bd_invalidated was left set once revalidate_disk() is called, which results in page cache flush every time that device is open. Specifically, we found this problem in MD block device. Once we resize a MD device, mdadm --monitor periodically flush all page cache for that device every 60 or 1000 seconds when it opens the device. This bug lies since at least 3.2.0 till the latest kernel(3.6.2). Patch is attached. The following steps will reproduce the problem. 1. prepair a block device (eg /dev/sdb). 2. create two partitions: sudo parted /dev/sdb mklabel gpt mkpart primary 0% 50% mkpart primary 50% 100% 3. create a md device. sudo mdadm -C /dev/md/hoge -l 1 -n 2 -e 1.2 --assume-clean --auto=md --symlink=no /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb2 4. create file system and mount it sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/md/hoge sudo mkdir /mnt/test sudo mount /dev/md/hoge /mnt/test 5. try to resize the device sudo mdadm -G /dev/md/hoge --size=max 6. create a file to fill file cache. sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mnt/test/data bs=1M count=10 and verify the current status of file by free command. 7. mdadm monitor will open the md device every 1000 seconds and you will find all file cache on the device are cleared. The timing can be reduced by the following steps. a) kill mdadm and restart it with --delay option /sbin/mdadm --monitor --delay=30 --pid-file /var/run/mdadm/monitor.pid --daemonise --scan --syslog or open the md device directly. sudo dd if=/dev/md/hoge of=/dev/null bs=4096 count=1 Signed-off-by: MITSUNARI Shigeo <herumi@nifty.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-12-17lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence"Andrew Morton
But the kernel decided to call it "origin" instead. Fix most of the sites. Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-12-08vfs: fix O_DIRECT read past end of block deviceLinus Torvalds
The direct-IO write path already had the i_size checks in mm/filemap.c, but it turns out the read path did not, and removing the block size checks in fs/block_dev.c (commit bbec0270bdd8: "blkdev_max_block: make private to fs/buffer.c") removed the magic "shrink IO to past the end of the device" code there. Fix it by truncating the IO to the size of the block device, like the write path already does. NOTE! I suspect the write path would be *much* better off doing it this way in fs/block_dev.c, rather than hidden deep in mm/filemap.c. The mm/filemap.c code is extremely hard to follow, and has various conditionals on the target being a block device (ie the flag passed in to 'generic_write_checks()', along with a conditional update of the inode timestamp etc). It is also quite possible that we should treat this whole block device size as a "s_maxbytes" issue, and try to make the logic even more generic. However, in the meantime this is the fairly minimal targeted fix. Noted by Milan Broz thanks to a regression test for the cryptsetup reencrypt tool. Reported-and-tested-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-11-29blkdev_max_block: make private to fs/buffer.cLinus Torvalds
We really don't want to look at the block size for the raw block device accesses in fs/block-dev.c, because it may be changing from under us. So get rid of the max_block logic entirely, since the caller should already have done it anyway. That leaves the only user of this function in fs/buffer.c, so move the whole function there and make it static. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-11-29blockdev: remove bd_block_size_semaphore againLinus Torvalds
This reverts the block-device direct access code to the previous unlocked code, now that fs/buffer.c no longer needs external locking. With this, fs/block_dev.c is back to the original version, apart from a whitespace cleanup that I didn't want to revert. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-10-28Lock splice_read and splice_write functionsMikulas Patocka
Functions generic_file_splice_read and generic_file_splice_write access the pagecache directly. For block devices these functions must be locked so that block size is not changed while they are in progress. This patch is an additional fix for commit b87570f5d349 ("Fix a crash when block device is read and block size is changed at the same time") that locked aio_read, aio_write and mmap against block size change. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-10-11Merge branch 'for-3.7/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-blockLinus Torvalds
Pull block IO update from Jens Axboe: "Core block IO bits for 3.7. Not a huge round this time, it contains: - First series from Kent cleaning up and generalizing bio allocation and freeing. - WRITE_SAME support from Martin. - Mikulas patches to prevent O_DIRECT crashes when someone changes the block size of a device. - Make bio_split() work on data-less bio's (like trim/discards). - A few other minor fixups." Fixed up silent semantic mis-merge as per Mikulas Patocka and Andrew Morton. It is due to the VM no longer using a prio-tree (see commit 6b2dbba8b6ac: "mm: replace vma prio_tree with an interval tree"). So make set_blocksize() use mapping_mapped() instead of open-coding the internal VM knowledge that has changed. * 'for-3.7/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (26 commits) block: makes bio_split support bio without data scatterlist: refactor the sg_nents scatterlist: add sg_nents fs: fix include/percpu-rwsem.h export error percpu-rw-semaphore: fix documentation typos fs/block_dev.c:1644:5: sparse: symbol 'blkdev_mmap' was not declared blockdev: turn a rw semaphore into a percpu rw semaphore Fix a crash when block device is read and block size is changed at the same time block: fix request_queue->flags initialization block: lift the initial queue bypass mode on blk_register_queue() instead of blk_init_allocated_queue() block: ioctl to zero block ranges block: Make blkdev_issue_zeroout use WRITE SAME block: Implement support for WRITE SAME block: Consolidate command flag and queue limit checks for merges block: Clean up special command handling logic block/blk-tag.c: Remove useless kfree block: remove the duplicated setting for congestion_threshold block: reject invalid queue attribute values block: Add bio_clone_bioset(), bio_clone_kmalloc() block: Consolidate bio_alloc_bioset(), bio_kmalloc() ...
2012-09-26fs/block_dev.c:1644:5: sparse: symbol 'blkdev_mmap' was not declaredFengguang Wu
blkdev_mmap() isn't used outside of fs/block_dev.c, mark it as static. Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-09-26blockdev: turn a rw semaphore into a percpu rw semaphoreMikulas Patocka
This avoids cache line bouncing when many processes lock the semaphore for read. New percpu lock implementation The lock consists of an array of percpu unsigned integers, a boolean variable and a mutex. When we take the lock for read, we enter rcu read section, check for a "locked" variable. If it is false, we increase a percpu counter on the current cpu and exit the rcu section. If "locked" is true, we exit the rcu section, take the mutex and drop it (this waits until a writer finished) and retry. Unlocking for read just decreases percpu variable. Note that we can unlock on a difference cpu than where we locked, in this case the counter underflows. The sum of all percpu counters represents the number of processes that hold the lock for read. When we need to lock for write, we take the mutex, set "locked" variable to true and synchronize rcu. Since RCU has been synchronized, no processes can create new read locks. We wait until the sum of percpu counters is zero - when it is, there are no readers in the critical section. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-09-26Fix a crash when block device is read and block size is changed at the same timeMikulas Patocka
The kernel may crash when block size is changed and I/O is issued simultaneously. Because some subsystems (udev or lvm) may read any block device anytime, the bug actually puts any code that changes a block device size in jeopardy. The crash can be reproduced if you place "msleep(1000)" to blkdev_get_blocks just before "bh->b_size = max_blocks << inode->i_blkbits;". Then, run "dd if=/dev/ram0 of=/dev/null bs=4k count=1 iflag=direct" While it is waiting in msleep, run "blockdev --setbsz 2048 /dev/ram0" You get a BUG. The direct and non-direct I/O is written with the assumption that block size does not change. It doesn't seem practical to fix these crashes one-by-one there may be many crash possibilities when block size changes at a certain place and it is impossible to find them all and verify the code. This patch introduces a new rw-lock bd_block_size_semaphore. The lock is taken for read during I/O. It is taken for write when changing block size. Consequently, block size can't be changed while I/O is being submitted. For asynchronous I/O, the patch only prevents block size change while the I/O is being submitted. The block size can change when the I/O is in progress or when the I/O is being finished. This is acceptable because there are no accesses to block size when asynchronous I/O is being finished. The patch prevents block size changing while the device is mapped with mmap. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-08-02fs/block-dev.c:fix performance regression in O_DIRECT writes to md block devicesJianpeng Ma
For regular file, write operaion used blk_plug function.But for block file,write operation did not use blk_plug. This patch is also for write-cache mode for block-device. Signed-off-by: Jianpeng Ma <majianpeng@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-07-22vfs: Create function for iterating over block devicesJan Kara
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-05-28Merge tag 'writeback' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/linuxLinus Torvalds
Pull writeback tree from Wu Fengguang: "Mainly from Jan Kara to avoid iput() in the flusher threads." * tag 'writeback' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/linux: writeback: Avoid iput() from flusher thread vfs: Rename end_writeback() to clear_inode() vfs: Move waiting for inode writeback from end_writeback() to evict_inode() writeback: Refactor writeback_single_inode() writeback: Remove wb->list_lock from writeback_single_inode() writeback: Separate inode requeueing after writeback writeback: Move I_DIRTY_PAGES handling writeback: Move requeueing when I_SYNC set to writeback_sb_inodes() writeback: Move clearing of I_SYNC into inode_sync_complete() writeback: initialize global_dirty_limit fs: remove 8 bytes of padding from struct writeback_control on 64 bit builds mm: page-writeback.c: local functions should not be exposed globally
2012-05-11block: don't mark buffers beyond end of disk as mappedJeff Moyer
Hi, We have a bug report open where a squashfs image mounted on ppc64 would exhibit errors due to trying to read beyond the end of the disk. It can easily be reproduced by doing the following: [root@ibm-p750e-02-lp3 ~]# ls -l install.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 142032896 Apr 30 16:46 install.img [root@ibm-p750e-02-lp3 ~]# mount -o loop ./install.img /mnt/test [root@ibm-p750e-02-lp3 ~]# dd if=/dev/loop0 of=/dev/null dd: reading `/dev/loop0': Input/output error 277376+0 records in 277376+0 records out 142016512 bytes (142 MB) copied, 0.9465 s, 150 MB/s In dmesg, you'll find the following: squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher [ 43.106012] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 43.106029] loop0: rw=0, want=277410, limit=277408 [ 43.106039] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 138704 [ 43.106053] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 43.106057] loop0: rw=0, want=277412, limit=277408 [ 43.106061] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 138705 [ 43.106066] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 43.106070] loop0: rw=0, want=277414, limit=277408 [ 43.106073] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 138706 [ 43.106078] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 43.106081] loop0: rw=0, want=277416, limit=277408 [ 43.106085] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 138707 [ 43.106089] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 43.106093] loop0: rw=0, want=277418, limit=277408 [ 43.106096] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 138708 [ 43.106101] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 43.106104] loop0: rw=0, want=277420, limit=277408 [ 43.106108] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 138709 [ 43.106112] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 43.106116] loop0: rw=0, want=277422, limit=277408 [ 43.106120] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 138710 [ 43.106124] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 43.106128] loop0: rw=0, want=277424, limit=277408 [ 43.106131] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 138711 [ 43.106135] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 43.106139] loop0: rw=0, want=277426, limit=277408 [ 43.106143] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 138712 [ 43.106147] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 43.106151] loop0: rw=0, want=277428, limit=277408 [ 43.106154] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 138713 [ 43.106158] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 43.106162] loop0: rw=0, want=277430, limit=277408 [ 43.106166] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 43.106169] loop0: rw=0, want=277432, limit=277408 ... [ 43.106307] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 43.106311] loop0: rw=0, want=277470, limit=2774 Squashfs manages to read in the end block(s) of the disk during the mount operation. Then, when dd reads the block device, it leads to block_read_full_page being called with buffers that are beyond end of disk, but are marked as mapped. Thus, it would end up submitting read I/O against them, resulting in the errors mentioned above. I fixed the problem by modifying init_page_buffers to only set the buffer mapped if it fell inside of i_size. Cheers, Jeff Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Acked-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk> -- Changes from v1->v2: re-used max_block, as suggested by Nick Piggin. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-05-06vfs: Rename end_writeback() to clear_inode()Jan Kara
After we moved inode_sync_wait() from end_writeback() it doesn't make sense to call the function end_writeback() anymore. Rename it to clear_inode() which well says what the function really does - set I_CLEAR flag. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
2012-03-23magic.h: move some FS magic numbers into magic.hMuthu Kumar
- Move open-coded filesystem magic numbers into magic.h - Rearrange magic.h so that the filesystem-related constants are grouped together. Signed-off-by: Muthukumar R <muthur@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-19Merge branch 'stable/cleancache.v13' into linux-nextKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk
* stable/cleancache.v13: mm: cleancache: Use __read_mostly as appropiate. mm: cleancache: report statistics via debugfs instead of sysfs. mm: zcache/tmem/cleancache: s/flush/invalidate/ mm: cleancache: s/flush/invalidate/
2012-03-02block: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sd_revalidate_diskJun'ichi Nomura
Since 2.6.39 (1196f8b), when a driver returns -ENOMEDIUM for open(), __blkdev_get() calls rescan_partitions() to remove in-kernel partition structures and raise KOBJ_CHANGE uevent. However it ends up calling driver's revalidate_disk without open and could cause oops. In the case of SCSI: process A process B ---------------------------------------------- sys_open __blkdev_get sd_open returns -ENOMEDIUM scsi_remove_device <scsi_device torn down> rescan_partitions sd_revalidate_disk <oops> Oopses are reported here: http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=132388619710052 This patch separates the partition invalidation from rescan_partitions() and use it for -ENOMEDIUM case. Reported-by: Huajun Li <huajun.li.lee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-23mm: cleancache: s/flush/invalidate/Dan Magenheimer
Per akpm suggestions alter the use of the term flush to be invalidate. The next patch will do this across all MM. This change is completely cosmetic. [v9: akpm@linux-foundation.org: change "flush" to "invalidate", part 3] Signed-off-by: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@oracle.com> Cc: Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com> Reviewed-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Cc: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Cc: Rik Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> [v10: Fixed fs: move code out of buffer.c conflict change] Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
2012-01-12vfs: cache request_queue in struct block_deviceAndi Kleen
This makes it possible to get from the inode to the request_queue with one less cache miss. Used in followon optimization. The livetime of the pointer is the same as the gendisk. This assumes that the queue will always stay the same in the gendisk while it's visible to block_devices. I think that's safe correct? Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10block_dev: Suppress bdev_cache_init() kmemleak warninigSergey Senozhatsky
Kmemleak reports the following warning in bdev_cache_init() [ 0.003738] kmemleak: Object 0xffff880153035200 (size 256): [ 0.003823] kmemleak: comm "swapper/0", pid 0, jiffies 4294667299 [ 0.003909] kmemleak: min_count = 1 [ 0.003988] kmemleak: count = 0 [ 0.004066] kmemleak: flags = 0x1 [ 0.004144] kmemleak: checksum = 0 [ 0.004224] kmemleak: backtrace: [ 0.004303] [<ffffffff814755ac>] kmemleak_alloc+0x21/0x3e [ 0.004446] [<ffffffff811100ba>] kmem_cache_alloc+0xca/0x1dc [ 0.004592] [<ffffffff811371b1>] alloc_vfsmnt+0x1f/0x198 [ 0.004736] [<ffffffff811375c5>] vfs_kern_mount+0x36/0xd2 [ 0.004879] [<ffffffff8113929a>] kern_mount_data+0x18/0x32 [ 0.005025] [<ffffffff81ab9075>] bdev_cache_init+0x51/0x81 [ 0.005169] [<ffffffff81ab8abf>] vfs_caches_init+0x101/0x10d [ 0.005313] [<ffffffff81a9bae3>] start_kernel+0x344/0x383 [ 0.005456] [<ffffffff81a9b2a7>] x86_64_start_reservations+0xae/0xb2 [ 0.005602] [<ffffffff81a9b3ad>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x102/0x111 [ 0.005747] [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff [ 0.008653] kmemleak: Trying to color unknown object at 0xffff880153035220 as Grey [ 0.008754] Pid: 0, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.3.0-rc0-dbg-04200-g8180888-dirty #888 [ 0.008856] Call Trace: [ 0.008934] [<ffffffff81118704>] ? find_and_get_object+0x44/0x118 [ 0.009023] [<ffffffff81118fe6>] paint_ptr+0x57/0x8f [ 0.009109] [<ffffffff81475935>] kmemleak_not_leak+0x23/0x42 [ 0.009195] [<ffffffff81ab9096>] bdev_cache_init+0x72/0x81 [ 0.009282] [<ffffffff81ab8abf>] vfs_caches_init+0x101/0x10d [ 0.009368] [<ffffffff81a9bae3>] start_kernel+0x344/0x383 [ 0.009466] [<ffffffff81a9b2a7>] x86_64_start_reservations+0xae/0xb2 [ 0.009555] [<ffffffff81a9b140>] ? early_idt_handlers+0x140/0x140 [ 0.009643] [<ffffffff81a9b3ad>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x102/0x111 due to attempt to mark pointer to `struct vfsmount' as a gray object, which is embedded into `struct mount' returned from alloc_vfsmnt(). Make `bd_mnt' static, avoiding need to tell kmemleak to mark it gray, as suggested by Al Viro. Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-03fs: move code out of buffer.cAl Viro
Move invalidate_bdev, block_sync_page into fs/block_dev.c. Export kill_bdev as well, so brd doesn't have to open code it. Reduce buffer_head.h requirement accordingly. Removed a rather large comment from invalidate_bdev, as it looked a bit obsolete to bother moving. The small comment replacing it says enough. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-03vfs: fix the stupidity with i_dentry in inode destructorsAl Viro
Seeing that just about every destructor got that INIT_LIST_HEAD() copied into it, there is no point whatsoever keeping this INIT_LIST_HEAD in inode_init_once(); the cost of taking it into inode_init_always() will be negligible for pipes and sockets and negative for everything else. Not to mention the removal of boilerplate code from ->destroy_inode() instances... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-03trim fs/internal.hAl Viro
some stuff in there can actually become static; some belongs to pnode.h as it's a private interface between namespace.c and pnode.c... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-11-04Merge branch 'for-3.2/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-3.2/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (30 commits) virtio-blk: use ida to allocate disk index hpsa: add small delay when using PCI Power Management to reset for kump cciss: add small delay when using PCI Power Management to reset for kump xen/blkback: Fix two races in the handling of barrier requests. xen/blkback: Check for proper operation. xen/blkback: Fix the inhibition to map pages when discarding sector ranges. xen/blkback: Report VBD_WSECT (wr_sect) properly. xen/blkback: Support 'feature-barrier' aka old-style BARRIER requests. xen-blkfront: plug device number leak in xlblk_init() error path xen-blkfront: If no barrier or flush is supported, use invalid operation. xen-blkback: use kzalloc() in favor of kmalloc()+memset() xen-blkback: fixed indentation and comments xen-blkfront: fix a deadlock while handling discard response xen-blkfront: Handle discard requests. xen-blkback: Implement discard requests ('feature-discard') xen-blkfront: add BLKIF_OP_DISCARD and discard request struct drivers/block/loop.c: remove unnecessary bdev argument from loop_clr_fd() drivers/block/loop.c: emit uevent on auto release drivers/block/cpqarray.c: use pci_dev->revision loop: always allow userspace partitions and optionally support automatic scanning ... Fic up trivial header file includsion conflict in drivers/block/loop.c
2011-10-19block: make gendisk hold a reference to its queueTejun Heo
The following command sequence triggers an oops. # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt # echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_device/0\:0\:1\:0/device/delete # umount /mnt general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU 2 Modules linked in: Pid: 791, comm: umount Not tainted 3.1.0-rc3-work+ #8 Bochs Bochs RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810d0879>] [<ffffffff810d0879>] __lock_acquire+0x389/0x1d60 ... Call Trace: [<ffffffff810d2845>] lock_acquire+0x95/0x140 [<ffffffff81aed87b>] _raw_spin_lock+0x3b/0x50 [<ffffffff811573bc>] bdi_lock_two+0x5c/0x70 [<ffffffff811c2f6c>] bdev_inode_switch_bdi+0x4c/0xf0 [<ffffffff811c3fcb>] __blkdev_put+0x11b/0x1d0 [<ffffffff811c4010>] __blkdev_put+0x160/0x1d0 [<ffffffff811c40df>] blkdev_put+0x5f/0x190 [<ffffffff8118f18d>] kill_block_super+0x4d/0x80 [<ffffffff8118f4a5>] deactivate_locked_super+0x45/0x70 [<ffffffff8119003a>] deactivate_super+0x4a/0x70 [<ffffffff811ac4ad>] mntput_no_expire+0xed/0x130 [<ffffffff811acf2e>] sys_umount+0x7e/0x3a0 [<ffffffff81aeeeab>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b This is because bdev holds on to disk but disk doesn't pin the associated queue. If a SCSI device is removed while the device is still open, the sdev puts the base reference to the queue on release. When the bdev is finally released, the associated queue is already gone along with the bdi and bdev_inode_switch_bdi() ends up dereferencing already freed bdi. Even if it were not for this bug, disk not holding onto the associated queue is very unusual and error-prone. Fix it by making add_disk() take an extra reference to its queue and put it on disk_release() and ensuring that disk and its fops owner are put in that order after all accesses to the disk and queue are complete. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-09-10Avoid dereferencing a 'request_queue' after last close.NeilBrown
On the last close of an 'md' device which as been stopped, the device is destroyed and in particular the request_queue is freed. The free is done in a separate thread so it might happen a short time later. __blkdev_put calls bdev_inode_switch_bdi *after* ->release has been called. Since commit f758eeabeb96f878c860e8f110f94ec8820822a9 bdev_inode_switch_bdi will dereference the 'old' bdi, which lives inside a request_queue, to get a spin lock. This causes the last close on an md device to sometime take a spin_lock which lives in freed memory - which results in an oops. So move the called to bdev_inode_switch_bdi before the call to ->release. Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Acked-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-08-23block: add GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCANTejun Heo
There are cases where suppressing partition scan is useful - e.g. for lo devices and pseudo SATA devices which advertise to be a disk but get upset on partition scan (some port multiplier control devices show such behavior). This patch adds GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN which suppresses partition scan regardless of the number of possible partitions. disk_partitionable() is renamed to disk_part_scan_enabled() as suppressing partition scan doesn't imply the device can't be partitioned using BLKPG_ADD/DEL_PARTITION calls from userland. show_partition() now directly tests disk_max_parts() to maintain backward-compatibility. -v2: Updated to make it clear that only partition scan is suppressed not partitioning itself as suggested by Kay Sievers. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-08-01fix block device fallout from ->fsync() changesRafael J. Wysocki
blkdev_fsync() needs to write pages in pagecache... Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-08-01block: initialise bd_super in bdget()Lachlan McIlroy
bd_super is currently reset to NULL in kill_block_super() so we rely on previous users of the block_device object to initialise this value for the next user. This quirk was exposed on RHEL5 when a third party filesystem did not always use kill_block_super() and therefore bd_super wasn't being reset when a block_device object was recycled within the cache. This may not be a problem upstream but makes sense to be defensive. Signed-off-by: Lachlan McIlroy <lmcilroy@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-07-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/writeback * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/writeback: (27 commits) mm: properly reflect task dirty limits in dirty_exceeded logic writeback: don't busy retry writeback on new/freeing inodes writeback: scale IO chunk size up to half device bandwidth writeback: trace global_dirty_state writeback: introduce max-pause and pass-good dirty limits writeback: introduce smoothed global dirty limit writeback: consolidate variable names in balance_dirty_pages() writeback: show bdi write bandwidth in debugfs writeback: bdi write bandwidth estimation writeback: account per-bdi accumulated written pages writeback: make writeback_control.nr_to_write straight writeback: skip tmpfs early in balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr() writeback: trace event writeback_queue_io writeback: trace event writeback_single_inode writeback: remove .nonblocking and .encountered_congestion writeback: remove writeback_control.more_io writeback: skip balance_dirty_pages() for in-memory fs writeback: add bdi_dirty_limit() kernel-doc writeback: avoid extra sync work at enqueue time writeback: elevate queue_io() into wb_writeback() ... Fix up trivial conflicts in fs/fs-writeback.c and mm/filemap.c
2011-07-25Merge branch 'for-3.1/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-3.1/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (24 commits) block: strict rq_affinity backing-dev: use synchronize_rcu_expedited instead of synchronize_rcu block: fix patch import error in max_discard_sectors check block: reorder request_queue to remove 64 bit alignment padding CFQ: add think time check for group CFQ: add think time check for service tree CFQ: move think time check variables to a separate struct fixlet: Remove fs_excl from struct task. cfq: Remove special treatment for metadata rqs. block: document blk_plug list access block: avoid building too big plug list compat_ioctl: fix make headers_check regression block: eliminate potential for infinite loop in blkdev_issue_discard compat_ioctl: fix warning caused by qemu block: flush MEDIA_CHANGE from drivers on close(2) blk-throttle: Make total_nr_queued unsigned block: Add __attribute__((format(printf...) and fix fallout fs/partitions/check.c: make local symbols static block:remove some spare spaces in genhd.c block:fix the comment error in blkdev.h ...
2011-07-20fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlersJosef Bacik
Btrfs needs to be able to control how filemap_write_and_wait_range() is called in fsync to make it less of a painful operation, so push down taking i_mutex and the calling of filemap_write_and_wait() down into the ->fsync() handlers. Some file systems can drop taking the i_mutex altogether it seems, like ext3 and ocfs2. For correctness sake I just pushed everything down in all cases to make sure that we keep the current behavior the same for everybody, and then each individual fs maintainer can make up their mind about what to do from there. Thanks, Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-07-20fs: handle SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA properly in all fs's that define their own llseekJosef Bacik
This converts everybody to handle SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA properly. In some cases we just return -EINVAL, in others we do the normal generic thing, and in others we're simply making sure that the properly due-dilligence is done. For example in NFS/CIFS we need to make sure the file size is update properly for the SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA case, but since it calls the generic llseek stuff itself that is all we have to do. Thanks, Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-07-01block: flush MEDIA_CHANGE from drivers on close(2)Tejun Heo
Currently, only open(2) is defined as the 'clearing' point. It has two roles - first, it's an acknowledgement from userland indicating that the event has been received and kernel can clear pending states and proceed to generate more events. Secondly, it's passed on to device drivers as a hint indicating that a synchronization point has been reached and it might want to take a deeper look at the device. The latter currently is only used by sr which uses two different mechanisms - GET_EVENT_MEDIA_STATUS_NOTIFICATION and TEST_UNIT_READY to discover events, where the former is lighter weight and safe to be used repeatedly but may not provide full coverage. Among other things, GET_EVENT can't detect media removal while TUR can. This patch makes close(2) - blkdev_put() - indicate clearing hint for MEDIA_CHANGE to drivers. disk_check_events() is renamed to disk_flush_events() and updated to take @mask for events to flush which is or'd to ev->clearing and will be passed to the driver on the next ->check_events() invocation. This change makes sr generate MEDIA_CHANGE when media is ejected from userland - e.g. with eject(1). Note: Given the current usage, it seems @clearing hint is needlessly complex. disk_clear_events() can simply clear all events and the hint can be boolean @flush. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-06-13block: use the passed in @bdev when claiming if partno is zeroTejun Heo
6b4517a791 (block: implement bd_claiming and claiming block) introduced claiming block to support O_EXCL blkdev opens properly. bd_start_claiming() looks up the part 0 bdev and starts claiming block. The function assumed that there is only one part 0 bdev and always used bdget_disk(disk, 0) to look it up; unfortunately, this isn't true for some drivers (floppy) which use multiple block devices to denote different operating parameters for the same physical device. There can be multiple part 0 bdev's for the same device number. This incorrect assumption caused the wrong bdev to be used during claiming leading to unbalanced bd_holders as reported in the following bug. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28522 This patch updates bd_start_claiming() such that it uses the bdev specified as argument if its partno is zero. Note that this means that different bdev's can be used for the same device and O_EXCL check can be effectively bypassed. It has always been broken that way and floppy is fortunately on its way out. Leave that breakage alone. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Alex Villacis Lasso <avillaci@ceibo.fiec.espol.edu.ec> Tested-by: Alex Villacis Lasso <avillaci@ceibo.fiec.espol.edu.ec> Cc: stable@kernel.org # >= v2.6.36 Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>