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

Pull vfs bits and pieces from Al Viro:
 "Assorted bits that got missed in the first pull request + fixes for a
  couple of coredump regressions"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  fold try_to_ascend() into the sole remaining caller
  dcache.c: get rid of pointless macros
  take read_seqbegin_or_lock() and friends to seqlock.h
  consolidate simple ->d_delete() instances
  gfs2: endianness misannotations
  dump_emit(): use __kernel_write(), not vfs_write()
  dump_align(): fix the dumb braino

2 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index bf5d574ebdf4..121f11f001c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2622,7 +2622,9 @@ extern int simple_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 extern int simple_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
                         loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
                         struct page *page, void *fsdata);
+extern int always_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *);
 extern struct inode *alloc_anon_inode(struct super_block *);
+extern const struct dentry_operations simple_dentry_operations;
 
 extern struct dentry *simple_lookup(struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int flags);
 extern ssize_t generic_read_dir(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
diff --git a/include/linux/seqlock.h b/include/linux/seqlock.h
index 1e8a8b6e837d..cf87a24c0f92 100644
--- a/include/linux/seqlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/seqlock.h
@@ -354,6 +354,35 @@ static inline void read_sequnlock_excl(seqlock_t *sl)
         spin_unlock(&sl->lock);
 }
 
+/**
+ * read_seqbegin_or_lock - begin a sequence number check or locking block
+ * @lock: sequence lock
+ * @seq : sequence number to be checked
+ *
+ * First try it once optimistically without taking the lock. If that fails,
+ * take the lock. The sequence number is also used as a marker for deciding
+ * whether to be a reader (even) or writer (odd).
+ * N.B. seq must be initialized to an even number to begin with.
+ */
+static inline void read_seqbegin_or_lock(seqlock_t *lock, int *seq)
+{
+        if (!(*seq & 1))        /* Even */
+                *seq = read_seqbegin(lock);
+        else                    /* Odd */
+                read_seqlock_excl(lock);
+}
+
+static inline int need_seqretry(seqlock_t *lock, int seq)
+{
+        return !(seq & 1) && read_seqretry(lock, seq);
+}
+
+static inline void done_seqretry(seqlock_t *lock, int seq)
+{
+        if (seq & 1)
+                read_sequnlock_excl(lock);
+}
+
 static inline void read_seqlock_excl_bh(seqlock_t *sl)
 {
         spin_lock_bh(&sl->lock);