fallocate() is a new system call being proposed here which will allow
applications to preallocate space to any file(s) in a file system.
Each file system implementation that wants to use this feature will need
to support an inode operation called ->fallocate().
Applications can use this feature to avoid fragmentation to certain
level and thus get faster access speed. With preallocation, applications
also get a guarantee of space for particular file(s) - even if later the
the system becomes full.
Currently, glibc provides an interface called posix_fallocate() which
can be used for similar cause. Though this has the advantage of working
on all file systems, but it is quite slow (since it writes zeroes to
each block that has to be preallocated). Without a doubt, file systems
can do this more efficiently within the kernel, by implementing
the proposed fallocate() system call. It is expected that
posix_fallocate() will be modified to call this new system call first
and incase the kernel/filesystem does not implement it, it should fall
back to the current implementation of writing zeroes to the new blocks.
ToDos:
1. Implementation on other architectures (other than i386, x86_64,
and ppc). Patches for s390(x) and ia64 are already available from
previous posts, but it was decided that they should be added later
once fallocate is in the mainline. Hence not including those patches
in this take.
2. Changes to glibc,
a) to support fallocate() system call
b) to make posix_fallocate() and posix_fallocate64() call fallocate()
Signed-off-by: Amit Arora <aarora@in.ibm.com>
With the slab zeroing allocations cleanups Christoph stubbed in a generic
kzalloc(), which was missed on SLOB. Follow the SLAB/SLUB changes and
kill off the __kzalloc() wrapper that SLOB was using.
Reported-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
The old IDE driver is not ready to take generic SCSI commands, even if
it uses them for some specific issues (ie the tray open/close ioctls for
IDE CD-ROM's). Pointed out by Bartlomiej.
I'm sure we'll have it fixed properly soon enough, but for now we should
not allow it to cause problems.
Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* 'bsg' of git://git.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block:
bsg: fix missing space in version print
Don't define empty struct bsg_class_device if !CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG
bsg: Kconfig updates
bsg: minor cleanup
bsg: device hash table cleanup
bsg: fix initialization error handling bugs
bsg: mark FUJITA Tomonori as bsg maintainer
bsg: convert to dynamic major
bsg: address various review comments
* 'isdn-cleanup' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6:
[ISDN] HiSax hfc_pci: minor cleanups
[ISDN] HiSax bkm_a4t: split setup into two smaller functions
[ISDN] HiSax enternow: split setup into 3 smaller functions
[ISDN] HiSax netjet_u: split setup into 3 smaller functions
[ISDN] HiSax netjet_s: code movement, prep for hotplug
[ISDN] HiSax: move card state alloc/setup code into separate functions
[ISDN] HiSax: move card setup into separate function
* 'uninit-var' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6:
arch/i386/* fs/* ipc/*: mark variables with uninitialized_var()
drivers/*: mark variables with uninitialized_var()
* 'warnings' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6:
drivers/atm/ambassador: kill uninit'd var warning, and fix bug
[libata] sata_mv: use pci_try_set_mwi()
drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_qp: kill uninit'd var warning
drivers/net/wan/sbni: kill uninit'd var warning
drivers/mtd/ubi/eba: minor cleanup: tighten scope of a local var
drivers/telephony/ixj: cleanup and fix gcc warning
drivers/net/wan/pc300_drv: fix bug caught by gcc warning
drivers/usb/misc/auerswald: fix status check, remove redundant check
[netdrvr] eepro100, ne2k-pci: abort resume if pci_enable_device() fails
[netdrvr] natsemi: Fix device removal bug
kernel/auditfilter: kill bogus uninit'd-var compiler warning
... or we end up with header include order problems from hell.
E.g. on m68k this is 100% fatal - local_irq_enable() there
wants preempt_count(), which wants task_struct fields, which
we won't have when we are in smp.h pulled from sched.h.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* trim trailing whitespace
* remove CONFIG_PCI ifdefs, this driver is always PCI (Kconfig enforced)
* remove return statements at the tail of a function
* remove indentation levels by returning an error code immediately.
Makes the code much more readable, and easier to update to PCI hotplug
API.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
No behavior changes, just code movement. Prep for PCI hotplug API.
Well, CONFIG_PCI useless ifdef was removed.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
1) Remove CONFIG_PCI ifdefs. PCI is required in Kconfig.
2) Break up setup_netjet_s() into three separate internal functions.
This helps facilitate upcoming use of PCI hotplug API, and in addition
makes the code much easier to follow.
No code is changed, just moved around. I even kept the out-of-favor
"return(0)" style used in the current source code.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Just code movement. No code changes or cleanups besides that which
is required to call the new functions from the old code site.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Fixes the following build error:
CC sound/pci/mixart/mixart_hwdep.o
sound/pci/mixart/mixart_hwdep.c: In function ‘mixart_hwdep_dsp_load’:
sound/pci/mixart/mixart_hwdep.c:610: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vmalloc’
sound/pci/mixart/mixart_hwdep.c:617: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vfree’
Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This fixes the following build-error:
CC drivers/parisc/hppb.o
drivers/parisc/hppb.c: In function ‘hppb_probe’:
drivers/parisc/hppb.c:73: error: implicit declaration of function ‘ccio_request_resource’
Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Mark variables with uninitialized_var() if such a warning appears,
and analysis proves that the var is initialized properly on all paths
it is used.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Mark variables in drivers/* with uninitialized_var() if such a warning
appears, and analysis proves that the var is initialized properly on all
paths it is used.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
An uninitialized variable warning illuminated an area where indeed the
variable was being used without initialization. Unfortunately, after
verifying all such paths were fixed, the warning still appears. So we
follow the initialization practice of other variables in this function.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_qp.c: In function
‘mthca_tavor_post_send’:
drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_qp.c:1594: warning: ‘f0’ may be used
uninitialized in this function
drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_qp.c: In function
‘mthca_arbel_post_send’:
drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_qp.c:1949: warning: ‘f0’ may be used
uninitialized in this function
Initializing 'f0' is not strictly necessary in either case, AFAICS.
I was considering use of uninitialized_var(), but looking at the
complex flow of control in each function, I feel it is wiser and
safer to simply zero the var and be certain of ourselves.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
1) Fix gcc uninit'd var warnings by adding 'default' switch stmt labels
in two cases. It was lightning-strikes unlikely that a problem would
ever arise, but not impossible.
2) Tighten the scope of 'blankword' in two cases.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
The warning
drivers/net/wan/pc300_drv.c: In function ‘cpc_open’:
drivers/net/wan/pc300_drv.c:2942: warning: ‘br’ may be used
uninitialized in this function
was valid. Ensure 'br' is initialized in all cases.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
1) We should only set 'actual_length' output variable if usb length is
known to be good.
2) No need to check actual_length for NULL. The only caller always
passes non-NULL value.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
This episode illustrates how an overused warning can train people to
ignore that warning, which winds up hiding bugs.
The warning
drivers/net/natsemi.c: In function ‘natsemi_remove1’:
drivers/net/natsemi.c:3222: warning: ignoring return value of
‘device_create_file’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
is oft-ignored, even though at close inspection one notices this occurs
in the /remove/ function, not normally where creation occurs. A quick
s/create/remove/ and we are fixed, with the warning gone.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Kill this warning...
kernel/auditfilter.c: In function ‘audit_receive_filter’:
kernel/auditfilter.c:1213: warning: ‘ndw’ may be used uninitialized in this function
kernel/auditfilter.c:1213: warning: ‘ndp’ may be used uninitialized in this function
...with a simplification of the code. audit_put_nd() can accept NULL
arguments, just like kfree(). It is cleaner to init two existing vars
to NULL, remove the redundant test variable 'putnd_needed' branches, and call
audit_put_nd() directly.
As a desired side effect, the warning goes away.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Introduce is_owner_or_cap() macro in fs.h, and convert over relevant
users to it. This is done because we want to avoid bugs in the future
where we check for only effective fsuid of the current task against a
file's owning uid, without simultaneously checking for CAP_FOWNER as
well, thus violating its semantics.
[ XFS uses special macros and structures, and in general looked ...
untouchable, so we leave it alone -- but it has been looked over. ]
The (current->fsuid != inode->i_uid) check in generic_permission() and
exec_permission_lite() is left alone, because those operations are
covered by CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE and CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH. Similarly operations
falling under the purview of CAP_CHOWN and CAP_LEASE are also left alone.
Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@cse.iitk.ac.in>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* '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
...
* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6:
[IA64] Clean away some code inside some non-existent CONFIG ifdefs
[IA64] ar.itc access must really be after xtime_lock.sequence has been read
[IA64] correctly count CPU objects in the ia64/sn hwperf interface
[IA64] arbitary speed tty ioctl support
[IA64] use machvec=dig on hpzx1 platforms
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Verify that types would match for assignment (under sizeof, so we are safe from
side effects or any code actually getting generated), then explicitly cast
everywhere to the fixed-sized types. Kills a bunch of bogus warnings about
constants being truncated (gcc, sparse), finds a pile of endianness problems
hidden by old noise (sparse).
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
__init and __initdata stuff used from __devinit one
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
... fortunately, termios and ktermios there are identical, so no
run-time breakage happened.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
