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* constify dentry_operations: restAl Viro2009-03-271-1/+1
| | | | Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
* anon_inodes: use fops->owner for module refcountChristian Borntraeger2008-12-311-1/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There is an imbalance for anonymous inodes. If the fops->owner field is set, the module reference count of owner is decreases on release. ("filp_close" --> "__fput" ---> "fops_put") On the other hand, anon_inode_getfd does not increase the module reference count of owner. This causes two problems: - if owner is set, the module refcount goes negative - if owner is not set, the module can be unloaded while code is running This patch changes anon_inode_getfd to be symmetric regarding fops->owner handling. I have checked all existing users of anon_inode_getfd. Noone sets fops->owner, thats why nobody has seen the module refcount negative. The refcounting was tested with a patched and unpatched KVM module.(see patch 2/2) I also did an epoll_open/close test. Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
* CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the filesystem subsystemDavid Howells2008-11-141-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wrap access to task credentials so that they can be separated more easily from the task_struct during the introduction of COW creds. Change most current->(|e|s|fs)[ug]id to current_(|e|s|fs)[ug]id(). Change some task->e?[ug]id to task_e?[ug]id(). In some places it makes more sense to use RCU directly rather than a convenient wrapper; these will be addressed by later patches. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
* flag parameters: NONBLOCK in anon_inode_getfdUlrich Drepper2008-07-241-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Building on the previous change to anon_inode_getfd, this patch introduces support for handling of O_NONBLOCK in addition to the already supported O_CLOEXEC. Following patches will take advantage of this support. As can be seen, the additional support for supporting this functionality is minimal. Signed-off-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> Acked-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* flag parameters: anon_inode_getfd extensionUlrich Drepper2008-07-241-4/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch just extends the anon_inode_getfd interface to take an additional parameter with a flag value. The flag value is passed on to get_unused_fd_flags in anticipation for a use with the O_CLOEXEC flag. No actual semantic changes here, the changed callers all pass 0 for now. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: KVM fix] Signed-off-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> Acked-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] sanitize anon_inode_getfd()Al Viro2008-05-011-10/+3
| | | | | | | | | a) none of the callers even looks at inode or file returned by anon_inode_getfd() b) any caller that would try to look at those would be racy, since by the time it returns we might have raced with close() from another thread and that file would be pining for fjords. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
* [PATCH] fix up new filp allocatorsDave Hansen2008-03-191-10/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some new uses of get_empty_filp() have crept in; switched to alloc_file() to make sure that pieces of initialization won't be missing. We really need to kill get_empty_filp(). [AV] fixed dentry leak on failure exit in anon_inode_getfd() Cc: Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: "J Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
* anon-inodes use open coded atomic_inc for the shared inodeDavide Libenzi2007-10-171-13/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Since we know the shared inode count is always >0, we can avoid igrab() and use an open coded atomic_inc(). This also fixes a bug noticed by Yan Zheng <yanzheng@21cn.com>: were checking for an IS_ERR() return from igrab(), but it actually returns NULL on error. Signed-off-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Cc: Yan Zheng <yanzheng@21cn.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2007-07-171-0/+1
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm: (80 commits) KVM: Use CPU_DYING for disabling virtualization KVM: Tune hotplug/suspend IPIs KVM: Keep track of which cpus have virtualization enabled SMP: Allow smp_call_function_single() to current cpu i386: Allow smp_call_function_single() to current cpu x86_64: Allow smp_call_function_single() to current cpu HOTPLUG: Adapt thermal throttle to CPU_DYING HOTPLUG: Adapt cpuset hotplug callback to CPU_DYING HOTPLUG: Add CPU_DYING notifier KVM: Clean up #includes KVM: Remove kvmfs in favor of the anonymous inodes source KVM: SVM: Reliably detect if SVM was disabled by BIOS KVM: VMX: Remove unnecessary code in vmx_tlb_flush() KVM: MMU: Fix Wrong tlb flush order KVM: VMX: Reinitialize the real-mode tss when entering real mode KVM: Avoid useless memory write when possible KVM: Fix x86 emulator writeback KVM: Add support for in-kernel pio handlers KVM: VMX: Fix interrupt checking on lightweight exit KVM: Adds support for in-kernel mmio handlers ...
| * KVM: Remove kvmfs in favor of the anonymous inodes sourceAvi Kivity2007-07-161-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kvm uses a pseudo filesystem, kvmfs, to generate inodes, a job that the new anonymous inodes source does much better. Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
* | Fix trivial typos in anon_inodes.c commentsJ. Bruce Fields2007-07-161-5/+5
|/ | | | | | | | | Trivial typo and grammar fixes. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* signal/timer/event fds: anonymous inode sourceDavide Libenzi2007-05-111-0/+200
This patch add an anonymous inode source, to be used for files that need and inode only in order to create a file*. We do not care of having an inode for each file, and we do not even care of having different names in the associated dentries (dentry names will be same for classes of file*). This allow code reuse, and will be used by epoll, signalfd and timerfd (and whatever else there'll be). Signed-off-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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