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* GFS2: Use DEFINE_SPINLOCKXu Gang2009-04-15
| | | | | | | | | SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED is deprecated, use DEFINE_SPINLOCK instead. (as suggested in Documentation/spinlocks.txt) Signed-off-by: Xu Gang <xug@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* GFS2: Make quotad's waiting interruptibleSteven Whitehouse2009-04-15
| | | | | | | So we don't count its D state in the loadavg. Reported-by: Nathan Straz <nstraz@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* GFS2: Merge lock_dlm module into GFS2Steven Whitehouse2009-03-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is the big patch that I've been working on for some time now. There are many reasons for wanting to make this change such as: o Reducing overhead by eliminating duplicated fields between structures o Simplifcation of the code (reduces the code size by a fair bit) o The locking interface is now the DLM interface itself as proposed some time ago. o Fewer lookups of glocks when processing replies from the DLM o Fewer memory allocations/deallocations for each glock o Scope to do further optimisations in the future (but this patch is more than big enough for now!) Please note that (a) this patch relates to the lock_dlm module and not the DLM itself, that is still a separate module; and (b) that we retain the ability to build GFS2 as a standalone single node filesystem with out requiring the DLM. This patch needs a lot of testing, hence my keeping it I restarted my -git tree after the last merge window. That way, this has the maximum exposure before its merged. This is (modulo a few minor bug fixes) the same patch that I've been posting on and off the the last three months and its passed a number of different tests so far. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* GFS2: Remove "double" locking in quotaSteven Whitehouse2009-03-24
| | | | | | | | We only really need a single spin lock for the quota data, so lets just use the lru lock for now. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Cc: Abhijith Das <adas@redhat.com>
* GFS2: change gfs2_quota_scan into a shrinkerAbhijith Das2009-03-24
| | | | | | | | Deallocation of gfs2_quota_data objects now happens on-demand through a shrinker instead of routinely deallocating through the quotad daemon. Signed-off-by: Abhijith Das <adas@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* GFS2: Fix "truncate in progress" hangSteven Whitehouse2009-01-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Following on from the recent clean up of gfs2_quotad, this patch moves the processing of "truncate in progress" inodes from the glock workqueue into gfs2_quotad. This fixes a hang due to the "truncate in progress" processing requiring glocks in order to complete. It might seem odd to use gfs2_quotad for this particular item, but we have to use a pre-existing thread since creating a thread implies a GFP_KERNEL memory allocation which is not allowed from the glock workqueue context. Of the existing threads, gfs2_logd and gfs2_recoverd may deadlock if used for this operation. gfs2_scand and gfs2_glockd are both scheduled for removal at some (hopefully not too distant) future point. That leaves only gfs2_quotad whose workload is generally fairly light and is easily adapted for this extra task. Also, as a result of this change, it opens the way for a future patch to make the reading of the inode's information asynchronous with respect to the glock workqueue, which is another improvement that has been on the list for some time now. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* GFS2: Clean up & move gfs2_quotadSteven Whitehouse2009-01-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch is a clean up of gfs2_quotad prior to giving it an extra job to do in addition to the current portfolio of updating the quota and statfs information from time to time. As a result it has been moved into quota.c allowing one of the functions it calls to be made static. Also the clean up allows the two existing functions to have separate timeouts and also to coexist with its future role of dealing with the "truncate in progress" inode flag. The (pointless) setting of gfs2_quotad_secs is removed since we arrange to only wake up quotad when one of the two timers expires. In addition the struct gfs2_quota_data is moved into a slab cache, mainly for easier debugging. It should also be possible to use a shrinker in the future, rather than the current scheme of scanning the quota data entries from time to time. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* GFS2: Banish struct gfs2_dinode_hostSteven Whitehouse2009-01-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | The final field in gfs2_dinode_host was the i_flags field. Thats renamed to i_diskflags in order to avoid confusion with the existing inode flags, and moved into the inode proper at a suitable location to avoid creating a "hole". At that point struct gfs2_dinode_host is no longer needed and as promised (quite some time ago!) it can now be removed completely. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* GFS2: Move i_size from gfs2_dinode_host and rename it to i_disksizeSteven Whitehouse2009-01-05
| | | | | | | This patch moved the i_size field from the gfs2_dinode_host and following the ext3 convention renames it i_disksize. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Fix GFS2's use of do_div() in its quota calculationsDavid Howells2008-07-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | Fix GFS2's need_sync()'s use of do_div() on an s64 by using div_s64() instead. This does assume that gt_quota_scale_den can be cast to an s32. This was introduced by patch b3b94faa5fe5968827ba0640ee9fba4b3e7f736e. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] fix GFP_KERNEL misusesJosef Bacik2008-04-10
| | | | | | | | | | | There are several places where GFP_KERNEL allocations happen under a glock, which will result in hangs if we're under memory pressure and go to re-enter the fs in order to flush stuff out. This patch changes the culprits to GFS_NOFS to keep this problem from happening. Thank you, Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <jbacik@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] gfs2_adjust_quota has broken unstuffing codeAbhijith Das2008-03-31
| | | | | | | | | This patch combines the 2 patches in bug 434736 to correct the lock ordering in the unstuffing of the quota inode in gfs2_adjust_quota and adjusting the number of revokes in gfs2_write_jdata_pagevec Signed-off-by: Abhijith Das <adas@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] possible null pointer dereference fixupCyrill Gorcunov2008-03-31
| | | | | | | | gfs2_alloc_get may fail so we have to check it to prevent NULL pointer dereference. Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gamil.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Reduce inode size by moving i_alloc out of lineSteven Whitehouse2008-01-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It is possible to reduce the size of GFS2 inodes by taking the i_alloc structure out of the gfs2_inode. This patch allocates the i_alloc structure whenever its needed, and frees it afterward. This decreases the amount of low memory we use at the expense of requiring a memory allocation for each page or partial page that we write. A quick test with postmark shows that the overhead is not measurable and I also note that OCFS2 use the same approach. In the future I'd like to solve the problem by shrinking down the size of the members of the i_alloc structure, but for now, this reduces the immediate problem of using too much low-memory on x86 and doesn't add too much overhead. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Get rid of useless "found" variable in quota.cBob Peterson2008-01-25
| | | | | | | | This just eliminates an unused variable from the quota code. Not likely to be a time saver. Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Remove function gfs2_get_blockBob Peterson2008-01-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch is just a cleanup. Function gfs2_get_block() just calls function gfs2_block_map reversing the last two parameters. By reversing the parameters, gfs2_block_map() may be called directly and function gfs2_get_block may be eliminated altogether. Since this function is done for every block operation, this streamlines the code and makes it a little bit more efficient. Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Clean up internal read functionSteven Whitehouse2008-01-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | As requested by Christoph, this patch cleans up GFS2's internal read function so that it no longer uses the do_generic_mapping_read function. This function is obsolete and GFS2 is the last user of it. As a side effect the internal read code gets smaller and easier to read and gfs2_readpage is split into two. One function has the locking and the other function has the rest of the logic. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
* [GFS2] Fix quota do_list operation hangAbhijith Das2007-10-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This is the filesystem part of the patches to fix this bz. There are additional userland patches (gfs2_quota, libgfs2) for the complete solution. This patch adds a new field qu_ll_next to the gfs2_quota structure. This field allows us to create linked lists of quotas in the ondisk quota inode. Instead of scanning through the entire sparse quota file for valid quotas, we can now simply walk through the user and group quota linked lists to perform the do_list operation. Signed-off-by: Abhijith Das <adas@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Force unstuff of hidden quota inodeAbhijith Das2007-10-10
| | | | | | | | | | This patch forcibly unstuffs (if stuffed) the hidden quota inode at the first availble opportunity. In any practical scenario the quota inode won't be stuffed, so this is ok to do. Unstuffing the quota inode allows us to ignore the case of a stuffed quota inode in gfs2_adjust_quota(). Signed-off-by: Abhijith Das <adas@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Fix sign problem in quota/statfs and cleanup _host structuresSteven Whitehouse2007-07-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes some sign issues which were accidentally introduced into the quota & statfs code during the endianess annotation process. Also included is a general clean up which moves all of the _host structures out of gfs2_ondisk.h (where they should not have been to start with) and into the places where they are actually used (often only one place). Also those _host structures which are not required any more are removed entirely (which is the eventual plan for all of them). The conversion routines from ondisk.c are also moved into the places where they are actually used, which for almost every one, was just one single place, so all those are now static functions. This also cleans up the end of gfs2_ondisk.h which no longer needs the #ifdef __KERNEL__. The net result is a reduction of about 100 lines of code, many functions now marked static plus the bug fixes as mentioned above. For good measure I ran the code through sparse after making these changes to check that there are no warnings generated. This fixes Red Hat bz #239686 Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Quotas non-functional - fix another bugAbhijith Das2007-07-09
| | | | | | | | This patch fixes a bug where gfs2 was writing update quota usage information to the wrong location in the quota file. Signed-off-by: Abhijith Das <adas@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Quotas non-functional - fix bugAbhijith Das2007-07-09
| | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes an error in the quota code where a 'struct gfs2_quota_lvb*' was being passed to gfs2_adjust_quota() instead of a 'struct gfs2_quota_data*'. Also moved 'struct gfs2_quota_lvb' from fs/gfs2/incore.h to include/linux/gfs2_ondisk.h as per Steve's suggestion. Signed-off-by: Abhijith Das <adas@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] fix locking mistakeJosef Whiter2007-03-07
| | | | | | | | This patch fixes a locking mistake in the quota code, we do a mutex_lock instead of a mutex_unlock. Signed-off-by: Josef Whiter <jwhiter@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Shrink gfs2_inode (4) - di_uid/di_gidSteven Whitehouse2006-11-30
| | | | | | | Remove duplicate di_uid/di_gid fields in favour of using inode->i_uid/inode->i_gid instead. This saves 8 bytes. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] gfs2 misc endianness annotationsAl Viro2006-11-30
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] split and annotate gfs2_quota_changeAl Viro2006-11-30
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] split and annotate gfs2_quotaAl Viro2006-11-30
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Fix bmap to map extents properlySteven Whitehouse2006-10-20
| | | | | | | | | This fix means that bmap will map extents of the length requested by the VFS rather than guessing at it, or just mapping one block at a time. The other callers of gfs2_block_map are audited to ensure they send the correct max extent lengths (i.e. set bh->b_size correctly). Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Mark metadata reads for blktraceSteven Whitehouse2006-10-02
| | | | | | Mark the metadata reads so that blktrace knows what they are. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2/DLM] Fix trailing whitespaceSteven Whitehouse2006-09-25
| | | | | | | As per Andrew Morton's request, removed trailing whitespace. Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Tidy up meta_io codeSteven Whitehouse2006-09-21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix a bug in the directory reading code, where we might have dereferenced a NULL pointer in case of OOM. Updated the directory code to use the new & improved version of gfs2_meta_ra() which now returns the first block that was being read. Previously it was releasing it requiring following code to grab the block again at each point it was called. Also turned off readahead on directory lookups since we are reading a hash table, and therefore reading the entries in order is very unlikely. Readahead is still used for all other calls to the directory reading function (e.g. when growing the hash table). Removed the DIO_START constant. Everywhere this was used, it was used to unconditionally start i/o aside from a couple of places, so I've removed it and made the couple of exceptions to this rule into separate functions. Also hunted through the other DIO flags and removed them as arguments from functions which were always called with the same combination of arguments. Updated gfs2_meta_indirect_buffer to be a bit more efficient and hopefully also be a bit easier to read. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Export lm_interface to kernel headersFabio Massimo Di Nitto2006-09-19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | lm_interface.h has a few out of the tree clients such as GFS1 and userland tools. Right now, these clients keeps a copy of the file in their build tree that can go out of sync. Move lm_interface.h to include/linux, export it to userland and clean up fs/gfs2 to use the new location. Signed-off-by: Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione@ubuntu.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Map multiple blocks at once where possibleSteven Whitehouse2006-09-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is a tidy up of the GFS2 bmap code. The main change is that the bh is passed to gfs2_block_map allowing the flags to be set directly rather than having to repeat that code several times in ops_address.c. At the same time, the extent mapping code from gfs2_extent_map has been moved into gfs2_block_map. This allows all calls to gfs2_block_map to map extents in the case that no allocation is taking place. As a result reads and non-allocating writes should be faster. A quick test with postmark appears to support this. There is a limit on the number of blocks mapped in a single bmap call in that it will only ever map blocks which are pointed to from a single pointer block. So in other words, it will never try to do additional i/o in order to satisfy read-ahead. The maximum number of blocks is thus somewhat less than 512 (the GFS2 4k block size minus the header divided by sizeof(u64)). I've further limited the mapping of "normal" blocks to 32 blocks (to avoid extra work) since readpages() will currently read a maximum of 32 blocks ahead (128k). Some further work will probably be needed to set a suitable value for DIO as well, but for now thats left at the maximum 512 (see ops_address.c:gfs2_get_block_direct). There is probably a lot more that can be done to improve bmap for GFS2, but this is a good first step. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Remove unused code from quotaSteven Whitehouse2006-09-05
| | | | | | | | As per Jan Engelhardt's request, some unused code is removed and some consts added in the quota code. Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Change all types to uX styleSteven Whitehouse2006-09-04
| | | | | | | This makes all fixed size types have consistent names. Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Align all labels against LH sideSteven Whitehouse2006-09-04
| | | | | | This makes everything consistent. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Update copyright, tidy up incore.hSteven Whitehouse2006-09-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | As per comments from Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de> this updates the copyright message to say "version" in full rather than "v.2". Also incore.h has been updated to remove forward structure declarations which are not required. The gfs2_quota_lvb structure has now had endianess annotations added to it. Also quota.c has been updated so that we now store the lvb data locally in endian independant format to avoid needing a structure in host endianess too. As a result the endianess conversions are done as required at various points and thus the conversion routines in lvb.[ch] are no longer required. I've moved the one remaining constant in lvb.h thats used into lm.h and removed the unused lvb.[ch]. I have not changed the HIF_ constants. That is left to a later patch which I hope will unify the gh_flags and gh_iflags fields of the struct gfs2_holder. Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Remove dependance on tty_write_message()Steven Whitehouse2006-07-03
| | | | | | | | This removes the call in GFS2 to tty_write_message and replaces it with a printk. As the export was added by GFS2, we remove this as well. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Remove unused ra_state variableSteven Whitehouse2006-06-20
| | | | | | | | As per Nick Piggin's comments on lkml, remove the unused ra_state variable. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
* [GFS2] Fix unlinked file handlingSteven Whitehouse2006-06-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes the way we have been dealing with unlinked, but still open files. It removes all limits (other than memory for inodes, as per every other filesystem) on numbers of these which we can support on GFS2. It also means that (like other fs) its the responsibility of the last process to close the file to deallocate the storage, rather than the person who did the unlinking. Note that with GFS2, those two events might take place on different nodes. Also there are a number of other changes: o We use the Linux inode subsystem as it was intended to be used, wrt allocating GFS2 inodes o The Linux inode cache is now the point which we use for local enforcement of only holding one copy of the inode in core at once (previous to this we used the glock layer). o We no longer use the unlinked "special" file. We just ignore it completely. This makes unlinking more efficient. o We now use the 4th block allocation state. The previously unused state is used to track unlinked but still open inodes. o gfs2_inoded is no longer needed o Several fields are now no longer needed (and removed) from the in core struct gfs2_inode o Several fields are no longer needed (and removed) from the in core superblock There are a number of future possible optimisations and clean ups which have been made possible by this patch. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Update copyright date to 2006Steven Whitehouse2006-05-18
| | | | Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Remove semaphore.h from C filesSteven Whitehouse2006-05-18
| | | | | | | We no longer use semaphores, everything has been converted to mutex or rwsem, so we don't need to include this header any more. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Readpages supportSteven Whitehouse2006-05-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This adds readpages support (and also corrects a small bug in the readpage error path at the same time). Hopefully this will improve performance by allowing GFS to submit larger lumps of I/O at a time. In order to simplify the setting of BH_Boundary, it currently gets set when we hit the end of a indirect pointer block. There is always a boundary at this point with the current allocation code. It doesn't get all the boundaries right though, so there is still room for improvement in this. See comments in fs/gfs2/ops_address.c for further information about readpages with GFS2. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse
* [GFS2] [-mm patch] fs/gfs2/: possible cleanupsAdrian Bunk2006-04-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch contains the following possible cleanups: - make needlessly global code static - #if 0 unused functions - remove the following global function that was both unused and unimplemented: - super.c: gfs2_do_upgrade() Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Fix a ref count bug and other clean upsSteven Whitehouse2006-04-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This fixes a ref count bug that sometimes showed up a umount time (causing it to hang) but it otherwise mostly harmless. At the same time there are some clean ups including making the log operations structures const, moving a memory allocation so that its not done in the fast path of checking to see if there is an outstanding transaction related to a particular glock. Removes the sd_log_wrap varaible which was updated, but never actually used anywhere. Updates the gfs2 ioctl() to run without the kernel lock (which it never needed anyway). Removes the "invalidate inodes" loop from GFS2's put_super routine. This is done in kill super anyway so we don't need to do it here. The loop was also bogus in that if there are any inodes "stuck" at this point its a bug and we need to know about it rather than hide it by hanging forever. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Macros removal in gfs2.hSteven Whitehouse2006-02-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | As suggested by Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>. The DIV_RU macro is renamed DIV_ROUND_UP and and moved to kernel.h The other macros are gone from gfs2.h as (although not requested by Pekka Enberg) are a number of included header file which are now included individually. The inode number comparison function is now an inline function. The DT2IF and IF2DT may be addressed in a future patch. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] 80 Column audit of GFS2Steven Whitehouse2006-02-27
| | | | | | | Requested by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Use mutices rather than semaphoresSteven Whitehouse2006-02-21
| | | | | | | | As well as a number of minor bug fixes, this patch changes GFS to use mutices rather than semaphores. This results in better information in case there are any locking problems. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Fix for root inode ref count bugSteven Whitehouse2006-02-13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Umount is now working correctly again. The bug was due to not getting an extra ref count when mounting the fs. We should have bumped it by two (once for the internal pointer to the root inode from the super block and once for the inode hanging off the dcache entry for root). Also this patch tidys up the code dealing with looking up and creating inodes. We now pass Linux inodes (with gfs2_inodes attached) rather than the other way around and this reduces code duplication in various places. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
* [GFS2] Make journaled data files identical to normal files on diskSteven Whitehouse2006-02-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is a very large patch, with a few still to be resolved issues so you might want to check out the previous head of the tree since this is known to be unstable. Fixes for the various bugs will be forthcoming shortly. This patch removes the special data format which has been used up till now for journaled data files. Directories still retain the old format so that they will remain on disk compatible with earlier releases. As a result you can now do the following with journaled data files: 1) mmap them 2) export them over NFS 3) convert to/from normal files whenever you want to (the zero length restriction is gone) In addition the level at which GFS' locking is done has changed for all files (since they all now use the page cache) such that the locking is done at the page cache level rather than the level of the fs operations. This should mean that things like loopback mounts and other things which touch the page cache directly should now work. Current known issues: 1. There is a lock mode inversion problem related to the resource group hold function which needs to be resolved. 2. Any significant amount of I/O causes an oops with an offset of hex 320 (NULL pointer dereference) which appears to be related to a journaled data buffer appearing on a list where it shouldn't be. 3. Direct I/O writes are disabled for the time being (will reappear later) 4. There is probably a deadlock between the page lock and GFS' locks under certain combinations of mmap and fs operation I/O. 5. Issue relating to ref counting on internally used inodes causes a hang on umount (discovered before this patch, and not fixed by it) 6. One part of the directory metadata is different from GFS1 and will need to be resolved before next release. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>