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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/configfs/Makefile | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt | 93 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c | 483 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_macros.c | 446 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/porting | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 21 |
13 files changed, 124 insertions, 999 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 06d443450f21..619af9bfdcb3 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ prototypes: int (*rename2) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int); int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int); - const char *(*follow_link) (struct dentry *, void **); - void (*put_link) (struct inode *, void *); + const char *(*get_link) (struct dentry *, struct inode *, void **); void (*truncate) (struct inode *); int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int); int (*get_acl)(struct inode *, int); @@ -83,8 +82,7 @@ rmdir: yes (both) (see below) rename: yes (all) (see below) rename2: yes (all) (see below) readlink: no -follow_link: no -put_link: no +get_link: no setattr: yes permission: no (may not block if called in rcu-walk mode) get_acl: no diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Makefile b/Documentation/filesystems/Makefile index 13483d192ebb..883010ce5e35 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Makefile @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ -subdir-y := configfs - # List of programs to build hostprogs-y := dnotify_test diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/Makefile b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/Makefile deleted file mode 100644 index be7ec5e67dbc..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/Makefile +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@ -ifneq ($(CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS),) -obj-m += configfs_example_explicit.o configfs_example_macros.o -endif diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt index b40fec9d3f53..e5fe521eea1d 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt @@ -51,15 +51,27 @@ configfs tree is always there, whether mounted on /config or not. An item is created via mkdir(2). The item's attributes will also appear at this time. readdir(3) can determine what the attributes are, read(2) can query their default values, and write(2) can store new -values. Like sysfs, attributes should be ASCII text files, preferably -with only one value per file. The same efficiency caveats from sysfs -apply. Don't mix more than one attribute in one attribute file. - -Like sysfs, configfs expects write(2) to store the entire buffer at -once. When writing to configfs attributes, userspace processes should -first read the entire file, modify the portions they wish to change, and -then write the entire buffer back. Attribute files have a maximum size -of one page (PAGE_SIZE, 4096 on i386). +values. Don't mix more than one attribute in one attribute file. + +There are two types of configfs attributes: + +* Normal attributes, which similar to sysfs attributes, are small ASCII text +files, with a maximum size of one page (PAGE_SIZE, 4096 on i386). Preferably +only one value per file should be used, and the same caveats from sysfs apply. +Configfs expects write(2) to store the entire buffer at once. When writing to +normal configfs attributes, userspace processes should first read the entire +file, modify the portions they wish to change, and then write the entire +buffer back. + +* Binary attributes, which are somewhat similar to sysfs binary attributes, +but with a few slight changes to semantics. The PAGE_SIZE limitation does not +apply, but the whole binary item must fit in single kernel vmalloc'ed buffer. +The write(2) calls from user space are buffered, and the attributes' +write_bin_attribute method will be invoked on the final close, therefore it is +imperative for user-space to check the return code of close(2) in order to +verify that the operation finished successfully. +To avoid a malicious user OOMing the kernel, there's a per-binary attribute +maximum buffer value. When an item needs to be destroyed, remove it with rmdir(2). An item cannot be destroyed if any other item has a link to it (via @@ -160,12 +172,6 @@ among other things. For that, it needs a type. struct configfs_item_operations { void (*release)(struct config_item *); - ssize_t (*show_attribute)(struct config_item *, - struct configfs_attribute *, - char *); - ssize_t (*store_attribute)(struct config_item *, - struct configfs_attribute *, - const char *, size_t); int (*allow_link)(struct config_item *src, struct config_item *target); int (*drop_link)(struct config_item *src, @@ -177,15 +183,14 @@ among other things. For that, it needs a type. struct configfs_item_operations *ct_item_ops; struct configfs_group_operations *ct_group_ops; struct configfs_attribute **ct_attrs; + struct configfs_bin_attribute **ct_bin_attrs; }; The most basic function of a config_item_type is to define what operations can be performed on a config_item. All items that have been allocated dynamically will need to provide the ct_item_ops->release() method. This method is called when the config_item's reference count -reaches zero. Items that wish to display an attribute need to provide -the ct_item_ops->show_attribute() method. Similarly, storing a new -attribute value uses the store_attribute() method. +reaches zero. [struct configfs_attribute] @@ -193,6 +198,8 @@ attribute value uses the store_attribute() method. char *ca_name; struct module *ca_owner; umode_t ca_mode; + ssize_t (*show)(struct config_item *, char *); + ssize_t (*store)(struct config_item *, const char *, size_t); }; When a config_item wants an attribute to appear as a file in the item's @@ -202,10 +209,36 @@ config_item_type->ct_attrs. When the item appears in configfs, the attribute file will appear with the configfs_attribute->ca_name filename. configfs_attribute->ca_mode specifies the file permissions. -If an attribute is readable and the config_item provides a -ct_item_ops->show_attribute() method, that method will be called +If an attribute is readable and provides a ->show method, that method will +be called whenever userspace asks for a read(2) on the attribute. If an +attribute is writable and provides a ->store method, that method will be +be called whenever userspace asks for a write(2) on the attribute. + +[struct configfs_bin_attribute] + + struct configfs_attribute { + struct configfs_attribute cb_attr; + void *cb_private; + size_t cb_max_size; + }; + +The binary attribute is used when the one needs to use binary blob to +appear as the contents of a file in the item's configfs directory. +To do so add the binary attribute to the NULL-terminated array +config_item_type->ct_bin_attrs, and the item appears in configfs, the +attribute file will appear with the configfs_bin_attribute->cb_attr.ca_name +filename. configfs_bin_attribute->cb_attr.ca_mode specifies the file +permissions. +The cb_private member is provided for use by the driver, while the +cb_max_size member specifies the maximum amount of vmalloc buffer +to be used. + +If binary attribute is readable and the config_item provides a +ct_item_ops->read_bin_attribute() method, that method will be called whenever userspace asks for a read(2) on the attribute. The converse -will happen for write(2). +will happen for write(2). The reads/writes are bufferred so only a +single read/write will occur; the attributes' need not concern itself +with it. [struct config_group] @@ -311,20 +344,10 @@ the subsystem must be ready for it. [An Example] The best example of these basic concepts is the simple_children -subsystem/group and the simple_child item in configfs_example_explicit.c -and configfs_example_macros.c. It shows a trivial object displaying and -storing an attribute, and a simple group creating and destroying these -children. - -The only difference between configfs_example_explicit.c and -configfs_example_macros.c is how the attributes of the childless item -are defined. The childless item has extended attributes, each with -their own show()/store() operation. This follows a convention commonly -used in sysfs. configfs_example_explicit.c creates these attributes -by explicitly defining the structures involved. Conversely -configfs_example_macros.c uses some convenience macros from configfs.h -to define the attributes. These macros are similar to their sysfs -counterparts. +subsystem/group and the simple_child item in +samples/configfs/configfs_sample.c. It shows a trivial object displaying +and storing an attribute, and a simple group creating and destroying +these children. [Hierarchy Navigation and the Subsystem Mutex] diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c deleted file mode 100644 index 1420233dfa55..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c +++ /dev/null @@ -1,483 +0,0 @@ -/* - * vim: noexpandtab ts=8 sts=0 sw=8: - * - * configfs_example_explicit.c - This file is a demonstration module - * containing a number of configfs subsystems. It explicitly defines - * each structure without using the helper macros defined in - * configfs.h. - * - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public - * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either - * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. - * - * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - * General Public License for more details. - * - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public - * License along with this program; if not, write to the - * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, - * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA. - * - * Based on sysfs: - * sysfs is Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Patrick Mochel - * - * configfs Copyright (C) 2005 Oracle. All rights reserved. - */ - -#include <linux/init.h> -#include <linux/module.h> -#include <linux/slab.h> - -#include <linux/configfs.h> - - - -/* - * 01-childless - * - * This first example is a childless subsystem. It cannot create - * any config_items. It just has attributes. - * - * Note that we are enclosing the configfs_subsystem inside a container. - * This is not necessary if a subsystem has no attributes directly - * on the subsystem. See the next example, 02-simple-children, for - * such a subsystem. - */ - -struct childless { - struct configfs_subsystem subsys; - int showme; - int storeme; -}; - -struct childless_attribute { - struct configfs_attribute attr; - ssize_t (*show)(struct childless *, char *); - ssize_t (*store)(struct childless *, const char *, size_t); -}; - -static inline struct childless *to_childless(struct config_item *item) -{ - return item ? container_of(to_configfs_subsystem(to_config_group(item)), struct childless, subsys) : NULL; -} - -static ssize_t childless_showme_read(struct childless *childless, - char *page) -{ - ssize_t pos; - - pos = sprintf(page, "%d\n", childless->showme); - childless->showme++; - - return pos; -} - -static ssize_t childless_storeme_read(struct childless *childless, - char *page) -{ - return sprintf(page, "%d\n", childless->storeme); -} - -static ssize_t childless_storeme_write(struct childless *childless, - const char *page, - size_t count) -{ - unsigned long tmp; - char *p = (char *) page; - - tmp = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 10); - if ((*p != '\0') && (*p != '\n')) - return -EINVAL; - - if (tmp > INT_MAX) - return -ERANGE; - - childless->storeme = tmp; - - return count; -} - -static ssize_t childless_description_read(struct childless *childless, - char *page) -{ - return sprintf(page, -"[01-childless]\n" -"\n" -"The childless subsystem is the simplest possible subsystem in\n" -"configfs. It does not support the creation of child config_items.\n" -"It only has a few attributes. In fact, it isn't much different\n" -"than a directory in /proc.\n"); -} - -static struct childless_attribute childless_attr_showme = { - .attr = { .ca_owner = THIS_MODULE, .ca_name = "showme", .ca_mode = S_IRUGO }, - .show = childless_showme_read, -}; -static struct childless_attribute childless_attr_storeme = { - .attr = { .ca_owner = THIS_MODULE, .ca_name = "storeme", .ca_mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR }, - .show = childless_storeme_read, - .store = childless_storeme_write, -}; -static struct childless_attribute childless_attr_description = { - .attr = { .ca_owner = THIS_MODULE, .ca_name = "description", .ca_mode = S_IRUGO }, - .show = childless_description_read, -}; - -static struct configfs_attribute *childless_attrs[] = { - &childless_attr_showme.attr, - &childless_attr_storeme.attr, - &childless_attr_description.attr, - NULL, -}; - -static ssize_t childless_attr_show(struct config_item *item, - struct configfs_attribute *attr, - char *page) -{ - struct childless *childless = to_childless(item); - struct childless_attribute *childless_attr = - container_of(attr, struct childless_attribute, attr); - ssize_t ret = 0; - - if (childless_attr->show) - ret = childless_attr->show(childless, page); - return ret; -} - -static ssize_t childless_attr_store(struct config_item *item, - struct configfs_attribute *attr, - const char *page, size_t count) -{ - struct childless *childless = to_childless(item); - struct childless_attribute *childless_attr = - container_of(attr, struct childless_attribute, attr); - ssize_t ret = -EINVAL; - - if (childless_attr->store) - ret = childless_attr->store(childless, page, count); - return ret; -} - -static struct configfs_item_operations childless_item_ops = { - .show_attribute = childless_attr_show, - .store_attribute = childless_attr_store, -}; - -static struct config_item_type childless_type = { - .ct_item_ops = &childless_item_ops, - .ct_attrs = childless_attrs, - .ct_owner = THIS_MODULE, -}; - -static struct childless childless_subsys = { - .subsys = { - .su_group = { - .cg_item = { - .ci_namebuf = "01-childless", - .ci_type = &childless_type, - }, - }, - }, -}; - - -/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */ - -/* - * 02-simple-children - * - * This example merely has a simple one-attribute child. Note that - * there is no extra attribute structure, as the child's attribute is - * known from the get-go. Also, there is no container for the - * subsystem, as it has no attributes of its own. - */ - -struct simple_child { - struct config_item item; - int storeme; -}; - -static inline struct simple_child *to_simple_child(struct config_item *item) -{ - return item ? container_of(item, struct simple_child, item) : NULL; -} - -static struct configfs_attribute simple_child_attr_storeme = { - .ca_owner = THIS_MODULE, - .ca_name = "storeme", - .ca_mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, -}; - -static struct configfs_attribute *simple_child_attrs[] = { - &simple_child_attr_storeme, - NULL, -}; - -static ssize_t simple_child_attr_show(struct config_item *item, - struct configfs_attribute *attr, - char *page) -{ - ssize_t count; - struct simple_child *simple_child = to_simple_child(item); - - count = sprintf(page, "%d\n", simple_child->storeme); - - return count; -} - -static ssize_t simple_child_attr_store(struct config_item *item, - struct configfs_attribute *attr, - const char *page, size_t count) -{ - struct simple_child *simple_child = to_simple_child(item); - unsigned long tmp; - char *p = (char *) page; - - tmp = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 10); - if (!p || (*p && (*p != '\n'))) - return -EINVAL; - - if (tmp > INT_MAX) - return -ERANGE; - - simple_child->storeme = tmp; - - return count; -} - -static void simple_child_release(struct config_item *item) -{ - kfree(to_simple_child(item)); -} - -static struct configfs_item_operations simple_child_item_ops = { - .release = simple_child_release, - .show_attribute = simple_child_attr_show, - .store_attribute = simple_child_attr_store, -}; - -static struct config_item_type simple_child_type = { - .ct_item_ops = &simple_child_item_ops, - .ct_attrs = simple_child_attrs, - .ct_owner = THIS_MODULE, -}; - - -struct simple_children { - struct config_group group; -}; - -static inline struct simple_children *to_simple_children(struct config_item *item) -{ - return item ? container_of(to_config_group(item), struct simple_children, group) : NULL; -} - -static struct config_item *simple_children_make_item(struct config_group *group, const char *name) -{ - struct simple_child *simple_child; - - simple_child = kzalloc(sizeof(struct simple_child), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!simple_child) - return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); - - config_item_init_type_name(&simple_child->item, name, - &simple_child_type); - - simple_child->storeme = 0; - - return &simple_child->item; -} - -static struct configfs_attribute simple_children_attr_description = { - .ca_owner = THIS_MODULE, - .ca_name = "description", - .ca_mode = S_IRUGO, -}; - -static struct configfs_attribute *simple_children_attrs[] = { - &simple_children_attr_description, - NULL, -}; - -static ssize_t simple_children_attr_show(struct config_item *item, - struct configfs_attribute *attr, - char *page) -{ - return sprintf(page, -"[02-simple-children]\n" -"\n" -"This subsystem allows the creation of child config_items. These\n" -"items have only one attribute that is readable and writeable.\n"); -} - -static void simple_children_release(struct config_item *item) -{ - kfree(to_simple_children(item)); -} - -static struct configfs_item_operations simple_children_item_ops = { - .release = simple_children_release, - .show_attribute = simple_children_attr_show, -}; - -/* - * Note that, since no extra work is required on ->drop_item(), - * no ->drop_item() is provided. - */ -static struct configfs_group_operations simple_children_group_ops = { - .make_item = simple_children_make_item, -}; - -static struct config_item_type simple_children_type = { - .ct_item_ops = &simple_children_item_ops, - .ct_group_ops = &simple_children_group_ops, - .ct_attrs = simple_children_attrs, - .ct_owner = THIS_MODULE, -}; - -static struct configfs_subsystem simple_children_subsys = { - .su_group = { - .cg_item = { - .ci_namebuf = "02-simple-children", - .ci_type = &simple_children_type, - }, - }, -}; - - -/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */ - -/* - * 03-group-children - * - * This example reuses the simple_children group from above. However, - * the simple_children group is not the subsystem itself, it is a - * child of the subsystem. Creation of a group in the subsystem creates - * a new simple_children group. That group can then have simple_child - * children of its own. - */ - -static struct config_group *group_children_make_group(struct config_group *group, const char *name) -{ - struct simple_children *simple_children; - - simple_children = kzalloc(sizeof(struct simple_children), - GFP_KERNEL); - if (!simple_children) - return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); - - config_group_init_type_name(&simple_children->group, name, - &simple_children_type); - - return &simple_children->group; -} - -static struct configfs_attribute group_children_attr_description = { - .ca_owner = THIS_MODULE, - .ca_name = "description", - .ca_mode = S_IRUGO, -}; - -static struct configfs_attribute *group_children_attrs[] = { - &group_children_attr_description, - NULL, -}; - -static ssize_t group_children_attr_show(struct config_item *item, - struct configfs_attribute *attr, - char *page) -{ - return sprintf(page, -"[03-group-children]\n" -"\n" -"This subsystem allows the creation of child config_groups. These\n" -"groups are like the subsystem simple-children.\n"); -} - -static struct configfs_item_operations group_children_item_ops = { - .show_attribute = group_children_attr_show, -}; - -/* - * Note that, since no extra work is required on ->drop_item(), - * no ->drop_item() is provided. - */ -static struct configfs_group_operations group_children_group_ops = { - .make_group = group_children_make_group, -}; - -static struct config_item_type group_children_type = { - .ct_item_ops = &group_children_item_ops, - .ct_group_ops = &group_children_group_ops, - .ct_attrs = group_children_attrs, - .ct_owner = THIS_MODULE, -}; - -static struct configfs_subsystem group_children_subsys = { - .su_group = { - .cg_item = { - .ci_namebuf = "03-group-children", - .ci_type = &group_children_type, - }, - }, -}; - -/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */ - -/* - * We're now done with our subsystem definitions. - * For convenience in this module, here's a list of them all. It - * allows the init function to easily register them. Most modules - * will only have one subsystem, and will only call register_subsystem - * on it directly. - */ -static struct configfs_subsystem *example_subsys[] = { - &childless_subsys.subsys, - &simple_children_subsys, - &group_children_subsys, - NULL, -}; - -static int __init configfs_example_init(void) -{ - int ret; - int i; - struct configfs_subsystem *subsys; - - for (i = 0; example_subsys[i]; i++) { - subsys = example_subsys[i]; - - config_group_init(&subsys->su_group); - mutex_init(&subsys->su_mutex); - ret = configfs_register_subsystem(subsys); - if (ret) { - printk(KERN_ERR "Error %d while registering subsystem %s\n", - ret, - subsys->su_group.cg_item.ci_namebuf); - goto out_unregister; - } - } - - return 0; - -out_unregister: - for (i--; i >= 0; i--) - configfs_unregister_subsystem(example_subsys[i]); - - return ret; -} - -static void __exit configfs_example_exit(void) -{ - int i; - - for (i = 0; example_subsys[i]; i++) - configfs_unregister_subsystem(example_subsys[i]); -} - -module_init(configfs_example_init); -module_exit(configfs_example_exit); -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_macros.c b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_macros.c deleted file mode 100644 index 327dfbc640a9..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_macros.c +++ /dev/null @@ -1,446 +0,0 @@ -/* - * vim: noexpandtab ts=8 sts=0 sw=8: - * - * configfs_example_macros.c - This file is a demonstration module - * containing a number of configfs subsystems. It uses the helper - * macros defined by configfs.h - * - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public - * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either - * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. - * - * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - * General Public License for more details. - * - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public - * License along with this program; if not, write to the - * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, - * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA. - * - * Based on sysfs: - * sysfs is Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Patrick Mochel - * - * configfs Copyright (C) 2005 Oracle. All rights reserved. - */ - -#include <linux/init.h> -#include <linux/module.h> -#include <linux/slab.h> - -#include <linux/configfs.h> - - - -/* - * 01-childless - * - * This first example is a childless subsystem. It cannot create - * any config_items. It just has attributes. - * - * Note that we are enclosing the configfs_subsystem inside a container. - * This is not necessary if a subsystem has no attributes directly - * on the subsystem. See the next example, 02-simple-children, for - * such a subsystem. - */ - -struct childless { - struct configfs_subsystem subsys; - int showme; - int storeme; -}; - -static inline struct childless *to_childless(struct config_item *item) -{ - return item ? container_of(to_configfs_subsystem(to_config_group(item)), struct childless, subsys) : NULL; -} - -CONFIGFS_ATTR_STRUCT(childless); -#define CHILDLESS_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \ -struct childless_attribute childless_attr_##_name = __CONFIGFS_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) -#define CHILDLESS_ATTR_RO(_name, _show) \ -struct childless_attribute childless_attr_##_name = __CONFIGFS_ATTR_RO(_name, _show); - -static ssize_t childless_showme_read(struct childless *childless, - char *page) -{ - ssize_t pos; - - pos = sprintf(page, "%d\n", childless->showme); - childless->showme++; - - return pos; -} - -static ssize_t childless_storeme_read(struct childless *childless, - char *page) -{ - return sprintf(page, "%d\n", childless->storeme); -} - -static ssize_t childless_storeme_write(struct childless *childless, - const char *page, - size_t count) -{ - unsigned long tmp; - char *p = (char *) page; - - tmp = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 10); - if (!p || (*p && (*p != '\n'))) - return -EINVAL; - - if (tmp > INT_MAX) - return -ERANGE; - - childless->storeme = tmp; - - return count; -} - -static ssize_t childless_description_read(struct childless *childless, - char *page) -{ - return sprintf(page, -"[01-childless]\n" -"\n" -"The childless subsystem is the simplest possible subsystem in\n" -"configfs. It does not support the creation of child config_items.\n" -"It only has a few attributes. In fact, it isn't much different\n" -"than a directory in /proc.\n"); -} - -CHILDLESS_ATTR_RO(showme, childless_showme_read); -CHILDLESS_ATTR(storeme, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, childless_storeme_read, - childless_storeme_write); -CHILDLESS_ATTR_RO(description, childless_description_read); - -static struct configfs_attribute *childless_attrs[] = { - &childless_attr_showme.attr, - &childless_attr_storeme.attr, - &childless_attr_description.attr, - NULL, -}; - -CONFIGFS_ATTR_OPS(childless); -static struct configfs_item_operations childless_item_ops = { - .show_attribute = childless_attr_show, - .store_attribute = childless_attr_store, -}; - -static struct config_item_type childless_type = { - .ct_item_ops = &childless_item_ops, - .ct_attrs = childless_attrs, - .ct_owner = THIS_MODULE, -}; - -static struct childless childless_subsys = { - .subsys = { - .su_group = { - .cg_item = { - .ci_namebuf = "01-childless", - .ci_type = &childless_type, - }, - }, - }, -}; - - -/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */ - -/* - * 02-simple-children - * - * This example merely has a simple one-attribute child. Note that - * there is no extra attribute structure, as the child's attribute is - * known from the get-go. Also, there is no container for the - * subsystem, as it has no attributes of its own. - */ - -struct simple_child { - struct config_item item; - int storeme; -}; - -static inline struct simple_child *to_simple_child(struct config_item *item) -{ - return item ? container_of(item, struct simple_child, item) : NULL; -} - -static struct configfs_attribute simple_child_attr_storeme = { - .ca_owner = THIS_MODULE, - .ca_name = "storeme", - .ca_mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, -}; - -static struct configfs_attribute *simple_child_attrs[] = { - &simple_child_attr_storeme, - NULL, -}; - -static ssize_t simple_child_attr_show(struct config_item *item, - struct configfs_attribute *attr, - char *page) -{ - ssize_t count; - struct simple_child *simple_child = to_simple_child(item); - - count = sprintf(page, "%d\n", simple_child->storeme); - - return count; -} - -static ssize_t simple_child_attr_store(struct config_item *item, - struct configfs_attribute *attr, - const char *page, size_t count) -{ - struct simple_child *simple_child = to_simple_child(item); - unsigned long tmp; - char *p = (char *) page; - - tmp = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 10); - if (!p || (*p && (*p != '\n'))) - return -EINVAL; - - if (tmp > INT_MAX) - return -ERANGE; - - simple_child->storeme = tmp; - - return count; -} - -static void simple_child_release(struct config_item *item) -{ - kfree(to_simple_child(item)); -} - -static struct configfs_item_operations simple_child_item_ops = { - .release = simple_child_release, - .show_attribute = simple_child_attr_show, - .store_attribute = simple_child_attr_store, -}; - -static struct config_item_type simple_child_type = { - .ct_item_ops = &simple_child_item_ops, - .ct_attrs = simple_child_attrs, - .ct_owner = THIS_MODULE, -}; - - -struct simple_children { - struct config_group group; -}; - -static inline struct simple_children *to_simple_children(struct config_item *item) -{ - return item ? container_of(to_config_group(item), struct simple_children, group) : NULL; -} - -static struct config_item *simple_children_make_item(struct config_group *group, const char *name) -{ - struct simple_child *simple_child; - - simple_child = kzalloc(sizeof(struct simple_child), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!simple_child) - return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); - - config_item_init_type_name(&simple_child->item, name, - &simple_child_type); - - simple_child->storeme = 0; - - return &simple_child->item; -} - -static struct configfs_attribute simple_children_attr_description = { - .ca_owner = THIS_MODULE, - .ca_name = "description", - .ca_mode = S_IRUGO, -}; - -static struct configfs_attribute *simple_children_attrs[] = { - &simple_children_attr_description, - NULL, -}; - -static ssize_t simple_children_attr_show(struct config_item *item, - struct configfs_attribute *attr, - char *page) -{ - return sprintf(page, -"[02-simple-children]\n" -"\n" -"This subsystem allows the creation of child config_items. These\n" -"items have only one attribute that is readable and writeable.\n"); -} - -static void simple_children_release(struct config_item *item) -{ - kfree(to_simple_children(item)); -} - -static struct configfs_item_operations simple_children_item_ops = { - .release = simple_children_release, - .show_attribute = simple_children_attr_show, -}; - -/* - * Note that, since no extra work is required on ->drop_item(), - * no ->drop_item() is provided. - */ -static struct configfs_group_operations simple_children_group_ops = { - .make_item = simple_children_make_item, -}; - -static struct config_item_type simple_children_type = { - .ct_item_ops = &simple_children_item_ops, - .ct_group_ops = &simple_children_group_ops, - .ct_attrs = simple_children_attrs, - .ct_owner = THIS_MODULE, -}; - -static struct configfs_subsystem simple_children_subsys = { - .su_group = { - .cg_item = { - .ci_namebuf = "02-simple-children", - .ci_type = &simple_children_type, - }, - }, -}; - - -/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */ - -/* - * 03-group-children - * - * This example reuses the simple_children group from above. However, - * the simple_children group is not the subsystem itself, it is a - * child of the subsystem. Creation of a group in the subsystem creates - * a new simple_children group. That group can then have simple_child - * children of its own. - */ - -static struct config_group *group_children_make_group(struct config_group *group, const char *name) -{ - struct simple_children *simple_children; - - simple_children = kzalloc(sizeof(struct simple_children), - GFP_KERNEL); - if (!simple_children) - return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); - - config_group_init_type_name(&simple_children->group, name, - &simple_children_type); - - return &simple_children->group; -} - -static struct configfs_attribute group_children_attr_description = { - .ca_owner = THIS_MODULE, - .ca_name = "description", - .ca_mode = S_IRUGO, -}; - -static struct configfs_attribute *group_children_attrs[] = { - &group_children_attr_description, - NULL, -}; - -static ssize_t group_children_attr_show(struct config_item *item, - struct configfs_attribute *attr, - char *page) -{ - return sprintf(page, -"[03-group-children]\n" -"\n" -"This subsystem allows the creation of child config_groups. These\n" -"groups are like the subsystem simple-children.\n"); -} - -static struct configfs_item_operations group_children_item_ops = { - .show_attribute = group_children_attr_show, -}; - -/* - * Note that, since no extra work is required on ->drop_item(), - * no ->drop_item() is provided. - */ -static struct configfs_group_operations group_children_group_ops = { - .make_group = group_children_make_group, -}; - -static struct config_item_type group_children_type = { - .ct_item_ops = &group_children_item_ops, - .ct_group_ops = &group_children_group_ops, - .ct_attrs = group_children_attrs, - .ct_owner = THIS_MODULE, -}; - -static struct configfs_subsystem group_children_subsys = { - .su_group = { - .cg_item = { - .ci_namebuf = "03-group-children", - .ci_type = &group_children_type, - }, - }, -}; - -/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */ - -/* - * We're now done with our subsystem definitions. - * For convenience in this module, here's a list of them all. It - * allows the init function to easily register them. Most modules - * will only have one subsystem, and will only call register_subsystem - * on it directly. - */ -static struct configfs_subsystem *example_subsys[] = { - &childless_subsys.subsys, - &simple_children_subsys, - &group_children_subsys, - NULL, -}; - -static int __init configfs_example_init(void) -{ - int ret; - int i; - struct configfs_subsystem *subsys; - - for (i = 0; example_subsys[i]; i++) { - subsys = example_subsys[i]; - - config_group_init(&subsys->su_group); - mutex_init(&subsys->su_mutex); - ret = configfs_register_subsystem(subsys); - if (ret) { - printk(KERN_ERR "Error %d while registering subsystem %s\n", - ret, - subsys->su_group.cg_item.ci_namebuf); - goto out_unregister; - } - } - - return 0; - -out_unregister: - for (i--; i >= 0; i--) - configfs_unregister_subsystem(example_subsys[i]); - - return ret; -} - -static void __exit configfs_example_exit(void) -{ - int i; - - for (i = 0; example_subsys[i]; i++) - configfs_unregister_subsystem(example_subsys[i]); -} - -module_init(configfs_example_init); -module_exit(configfs_example_exit); -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt index b102b436563e..e1c9f0849da6 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ background_gc=%s Turn on/off cleaning operations, namely garbage collection, triggered in background when I/O subsystem is idle. If background_gc=on, it will turn on the garbage collection and if background_gc=off, garbage collection - will be truned off. If background_gc=sync, it will turn + will be turned off. If background_gc=sync, it will turn on synchronous garbage collection running in background. Default value for this option is on. So garbage collection is on by default. @@ -145,10 +145,12 @@ extent_cache Enable an extent cache based on rb-tree, it can cache as many as extent which map between contiguous logical address and physical address per inode, resulting in increasing the cache hit ratio. Set by default. -noextent_cache Diable an extent cache based on rb-tree explicitly, see +noextent_cache Disable an extent cache based on rb-tree explicitly, see the above extent_cache mount option. noinline_data Disable the inline data feature, inline data feature is enabled by default. +data_flush Enable data flushing before checkpoint in order to + persist data of regular and symlink. ================================================================================ DEBUGFS ENTRIES @@ -192,7 +194,7 @@ Files in /sys/fs/f2fs/<devname> policy for garbage collection. Setting gc_idle = 0 (default) will disable this option. Setting gc_idle = 1 will select the Cost Benefit approach - & setting gc_idle = 2 will select the greedy aproach. + & setting gc_idle = 2 will select the greedy approach. reclaim_segments This parameter controls the number of prefree segments to be reclaimed. If the number of prefree @@ -298,7 +300,7 @@ The dump.f2fs shows the information of specific inode and dumps SSA and SIT to file. Each file is dump_ssa and dump_sit. The dump.f2fs is used to debug on-disk data structures of the f2fs filesystem. -It shows on-disk inode information reconized by a given inode number, and is +It shows on-disk inode information recognized by a given inode number, and is able to dump all the SSA and SIT entries into predefined files, ./dump_ssa and ./dump_sit respectively. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt index 6db0e5d1da07..28091457b71a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Written by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> +Written by: Neil Brown +Please see MAINTAINERS file for where to send questions. Overlay Filesystem ================== diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting index f24d1b833957..f1b87d8aa2da 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting @@ -504,3 +504,24 @@ in your dentry operations instead. [mandatory] __fd_install() & fd_install() can now sleep. Callers should not hold a spinlock or other resources that do not allow a schedule. +-- +[mandatory] + any symlink that might use page_follow_link_light/page_put_link() must + have inode_nohighmem(inode) called before anything might start playing with + its pagecache. No highmem pages should end up in the pagecache of such + symlinks. That includes any preseeding that might be done during symlink + creation. __page_symlink() will honour the mapping gfp flags, so once + you've done inode_nohighmem() it's safe to use, but if you allocate and + insert the page manually, make sure to use the right gfp flags. +-- +[mandatory] + ->follow_link() is replaced with ->get_link(); same API, except that + * ->get_link() gets inode as a separate argument + * ->get_link() may be called in RCU mode - in that case NULL + dentry is passed +-- +[mandatory] + ->get_link() gets struct delayed_call *done now, and should do + set_delayed_call() where it used to set *cookie. + ->put_link() is gone - just give the destructor to set_delayed_call() + in ->get_link(). diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index 402ab99e409f..fde9fd06fa98 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ read the file /proc/PID/status: VmLck: 0 kB VmHWM: 476 kB VmRSS: 476 kB + RssAnon: 352 kB + RssFile: 120 kB + RssShmem: 4 kB VmData: 156 kB VmStk: 88 kB VmExe: 68 kB @@ -231,14 +234,20 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 4.1) VmSize total program size VmLck locked memory size VmHWM peak resident set size ("high water mark") - VmRSS size of memory portions + VmRSS size of memory portions. It contains the three + following parts (VmRSS = RssAnon + RssFile + RssShmem) + RssAnon size of resident anonymous memory + RssFile size of resident file mappings + RssShmem size of resident shmem memory (includes SysV shm, + mapping of tmpfs and shared anonymous mappings) VmData size of data, stack, and text segments VmStk size of data, stack, and text segments VmExe size of text segment VmLib size of shared library code VmPTE size of page table entries VmPMD size of second level page tables - VmSwap size of swap usage (the number of referred swapents) + VmSwap amount of swap used by anonymous private data + (shmem swap usage is not included) HugetlbPages size of hugetlb memory portions Threads number of threads SigQ number of signals queued/max. number for queue @@ -265,7 +274,8 @@ Table 1-3: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.8-rc3) Field Content size total program size (pages) (same as VmSize in status) resident size of memory portions (pages) (same as VmRSS in status) - shared number of pages that are shared (i.e. backed by a file) + shared number of pages that are shared (i.e. backed by a file, same + as RssFile+RssShmem in status) trs number of pages that are 'code' (not including libs; broken, includes data segment) lrs number of pages of library (always 0 on 2.6) @@ -459,7 +469,10 @@ and a page is modified, the file page is replaced by a private anonymous copy. hugetlbfs page which is *not* counted in "RSS" or "PSS" field for historical reasons. And these are not included in {Shared,Private}_{Clean,Dirty} field. "Swap" shows how much would-be-anonymous memory is also used, but out on swap. -"SwapPss" shows proportional swap share of this mapping. +For shmem mappings, "Swap" includes also the size of the mapped (and not +replaced by copy-on-write) part of the underlying shmem object out on swap. +"SwapPss" shows proportional swap share of this mapping. Unlike "Swap", this +does not take into account swapped out page of underlying shmem objects. "Locked" indicates whether the mapping is locked in memory or not. "VmFlags" field deserves a separate description. This member represents the kernel @@ -807,7 +820,7 @@ by migrate-type and finishes with details on how many page blocks of each type exist. If min_free_kbytes has been tuned correctly (recommendations made by hugeadm -from libhugetlbfs http://sourceforge.net/projects/libhugetlbfs/), one can +from libhugetlbfs https://github.com/libhugetlbfs/libhugetlbfs/), one can make an estimate of the likely number of huge pages that can be allocated at a given point in time. All the "Movable" blocks should be allocatable unless memory has been mlock()'d. Some of the Reclaimable blocks should @@ -842,6 +855,7 @@ Dirty: 968 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 861800 kB Mapped: 280372 kB +Shmem: 644 kB Slab: 284364 kB SReclaimable: 159856 kB SUnreclaim: 124508 kB @@ -898,6 +912,7 @@ MemAvailable: An estimate of how much memory is available for starting new AnonPages: Non-file backed pages mapped into userspace page tables AnonHugePages: Non-file backed huge pages mapped into userspace page tables Mapped: files which have been mmaped, such as libraries + Shmem: Total memory used by shared memory (shmem) and tmpfs Slab: in-kernel data structures cache SReclaimable: Part of Slab, that might be reclaimed, such as caches SUnreclaim: Part of Slab, that cannot be reclaimed on memory pressure diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt index 32a173dd3158..e3f4c778eb98 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. if one rbind mounts a tree within the same subtree 'n' times the number of mounts created is an exponential function of 'n'. Having unbindable mount can help prune the unneeded bind - mounts. Here is a example. + mounts. Here is an example. step 1: let's say the root tree has just two directories with diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt index 98ef55124158..d392e1505f17 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt @@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ RAM, where you have to create an ordinary filesystem on top. Ramdisks cannot swap and you do not have the possibility to resize them. Since tmpfs lives completely in the page cache and on swap, all tmpfs -pages currently in memory will show up as cached. It will not show up -as shared or something like that. Further on you can check the actual -RAM+swap use of a tmpfs instance with df(1) and du(1). - +pages will be shown as "Shmem" in /proc/meminfo and "Shared" in +free(1). Notice that these counters also include shared memory +(shmem, see ipcs(1)). The most reliable way to get the count is +using df(1) and du(1). tmpfs has the following uses: diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index 8c6f07ad373a..b02a7d598258 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ struct inode_operations { int (*rename2) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int); int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int); - const char *(*follow_link) (struct dentry *, void **); - void (*put_link) (struct inode *, void *); + const char *(*get_link) (struct dentry *, struct inode *, + struct delayed_call *); int (*permission) (struct inode *, int); int (*get_acl)(struct inode *, int); int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *); @@ -434,20 +434,19 @@ otherwise noted. readlink: called by the readlink(2) system call. Only required if you want to support reading symbolic links - follow_link: called by the VFS to follow a symbolic link to the + get_link: called by the VFS to follow a symbolic link to the inode it points to. Only required if you want to support symbolic links. This method returns the symlink body to traverse (and possibly resets the current position with nd_jump_link()). If the body won't go away until the inode is gone, nothing else is needed; if it needs to be otherwise - pinned, the data needed to release whatever we'd grabbed - is to be stored in void * variable passed by address to - follow_link() instance. - - put_link: called by the VFS to release resources allocated by - follow_link(). The cookie stored by follow_link() is passed - to this method as the last parameter; only called when - cookie isn't NULL. + pinned, arrange for its release by having get_link(..., ..., done) + do set_delayed_call(done, destructor, argument). + In that case destructor(argument) will be called once VFS is + done with the body you've returned. + May be called in RCU mode; that is indicated by NULL dentry + argument. If request can't be handled without leaving RCU mode, + have it return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD). permission: called by the VFS to check for access rights on a POSIX-like filesystem. |
