pm24.git, branch v4.0-rc1

Linux 4.0-rc1

2015-02-23T02:21:14Z

.. 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.

Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4

2015-02-23T02:05:13Z

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

Merge branch 'for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

2015-02-23T01:42:14Z

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 ...

Merge branch 'fixes' of git://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm

2015-02-22T17:57:16Z

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()

autofs4 copy_dev_ioctl(): keep the value of ->size we'd used for allocation

2015-02-22T16:43:34Z

X-Coverup: just ask spender Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Al Viro

procfs: fix race between symlink removals and traversals

2015-02-22T16:43:12Z

use_pde()/unuse_pde() in ->follow_link()/->put_link() resp. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Al Viro

debugfs: leave freeing a symlink body until inode eviction

2015-02-22T16:38:43Z

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: Al Viro

Documentation/filesystems/Locking: ->get_sb() is long gone

2015-02-22T16:38:43Z

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

trylock_super(): replacement for grab_super_passive()

2015-02-22T16:38:42Z

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: Konstantin Khlebnikov Signed-off-by: Al Viro

fanotify: Fix up scripted S_ISDIR/S_ISREG/S_ISLNK conversions

2015-02-22T16:38:42Z

Fanotify probably doesn't want to watch autodirs so make it use d_can_lookup() rather than d_is_dir() when checking a dir watch and give an error on fake directories. Signed-off-by: David Howells Signed-off-by: Al Viro