linux-sg2042/Documentation/filesystems
npiggin@suse.de 7bb46a6734 fs: introduce new truncate sequence
Introduce a new truncate calling sequence into fs/mm subsystems. Rather than
setattr > vmtruncate > truncate, have filesystems call their truncate sequence
from ->setattr if filesystem specific operations are required. vmtruncate is
deprecated, and truncate_pagecache and inode_newsize_ok helpers introduced
previously should be used.

simple_setattr is introduced for simple in-ram filesystems to implement
the new truncate sequence. Eventually all filesystems should be converted
to implement a setattr, and the default code in notify_change should go
away.

simple_setsize is also introduced to perform just the ATTR_SIZE portion
of simple_setattr (ie. changing i_size and trimming pagecache).

To implement the new truncate sequence:
- filesystem specific manipulations (eg freeing blocks) must be done in
  the setattr method rather than ->truncate.
- vmtruncate can not be used by core code to trim blocks past i_size in
  the event of write failure after allocation, so this must be performed
  in the fs code.
- convert usage of helpers block_write_begin, nobh_write_begin,
  cont_write_begin, and *blockdev_direct_IO* to use _newtrunc postfixed
  variants. These avoid calling vmtruncate to trim blocks (see previous).
- inode_setattr should not be used. generic_setattr is a new function
  to be used to copy simple attributes into the generic inode.
- make use of the better opportunity to handle errors with the new sequence.

Big problem with the previous calling sequence: the filesystem is not called
until i_size has already changed.  This means it is not allowed to fail the
call, and also it does not know what the previous i_size was. Also, generic
code calling vmtruncate to truncate allocated blocks in case of error had
no good way to return a meaningful error (or, for example, atomically handle
block deallocation).

Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2010-05-27 22:15:33 -04:00
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caching CacheFiles: Catch an overly long wait for an old active object 2009-11-19 18:12:05 +00:00
configfs docsrc: build Documentation/ sources 2008-08-12 16:07:30 -07:00
nfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-05-20 09:20:59 -07:00
pohmelfs Staging: Pohmelfs: Added IO permissions and priorities. 2009-04-17 11:06:30 -07:00
00-INDEX ceph: some documentations fixes 2010-03-29 09:52:11 -07:00
9p.txt 9p: documentation update 2010-04-05 10:37:36 -05:00
Locking drop unused dentry argument to ->fsync 2010-05-27 22:05:02 -04:00
Makefile Documentation/fs/: split txt and source files 2010-03-12 15:52:35 -08:00
adfs.txt
affs.txt
afs.txt AFS: Documentation updates 2009-08-19 10:40:13 -07:00
autofs4-mount-control.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
automount-support.txt
befs.txt
bfs.txt remove mention of CONFIG_KMOD from documentation 2008-07-22 19:24:29 +10:00
btrfs.txt Btrfs: Add Documentation/filesystem/btrfs.txt, remove old COPYING 2009-01-07 09:54:24 -05:00
ceph.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
cifs.txt
coda.txt
cramfs.txt
debugfs.txt Document the debugfs API 2009-06-06 10:28:14 -06:00
dentry-locking.txt rcu: 1Q2010 update for RCU documentation 2010-01-16 10:25:22 +01:00
devpts.txt Document usage of multiple-instances of devpts 2009-01-02 10:19:36 -08:00
directory-locking
dlmfs.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
dnotify.txt Documentation/fs/: split txt and source files 2010-03-12 15:52:35 -08:00
dnotify_test.c Documentation/fs/: split txt and source files 2010-03-12 15:52:35 -08:00
ecryptfs.txt
exofs.txt trivial: some small fixes in exofs documentation 2009-12-10 09:59:16 +02:00
ext2.txt Doc fix: ext2 can only have 32,000 subdirs, not 32,768 2009-06-18 13:03:44 -07:00
ext3.txt ext3: make barrier options consistent with ext4 2010-05-21 19:30:41 +02:00
ext4.txt ext4: Update documentation to correct the inode_readahead_blks option name 2009-12-24 17:51:42 -05:00
fiemap.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
files.txt fix f_count description in Documentation/filesystems/files.txt 2008-12-31 18:07:42 -05:00
fuse.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
gfs2-glocks.txt GFS2: Update docs 2009-05-19 10:23:23 +01:00
gfs2-uevents.txt GFS2: Add a document explaining GFS2's uevents 2009-08-17 11:11:41 +01:00
gfs2.txt GFS2: docs update 2010-03-29 14:28:52 +01:00
hfs.txt
hfsplus.txt
hpfs.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
inotify.txt
isofs.txt isofs: let mode and dmode mount options override rock ridge mode setting 2009-06-18 13:03:45 -07:00
jfs.txt
locks.txt Documentation: move locks.txt in filesystems/ 2007-10-09 18:32:45 -04:00
logfs.txt fix "seperate" typos in comments 2010-05-10 11:56:30 +02:00
mandatory-locking.txt locks: add warning about mandatory locking races 2007-10-09 18:32:45 -04:00
ncpfs.txt ncpfs: remove dead URL from documentation 2009-09-23 07:39:42 -07:00
nilfs2.txt nilfs2: change default of 'errors' mount option to 'remount-ro' mode 2010-05-10 11:32:30 +09:00
ntfs.txt NTFS: update homepage 2008-09-02 19:21:37 -07:00
ocfs2.txt ocfs2: Add dir_resv_level mount option 2010-05-05 18:18:07 -07:00
omfs.txt omfs: add filesystem documentation 2008-07-26 12:00:05 -07:00
porting nfs: new subdir Documentation/filesystems/nfs 2009-10-27 19:34:04 -04:00
proc.txt Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-05-20 09:20:59 -07:00
quota.txt quota: documentation for sending "below quota" messages via netlink and tiny doc update 2008-08-12 16:07:27 -07:00
ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt Trivial Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt fix 2008-11-30 11:40:56 -08:00
relay.txt relay: add buffer-only channels; useful for early logging 2008-07-26 12:00:04 -07:00
romfs.txt
seq_file.txt seq_file: use proc_create() in documentation 2009-12-16 07:20:07 -08:00
sharedsubtree.txt add several pieces to shared subtree documentation 2010-03-03 13:00:23 -05:00
smbfs.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
spufs.txt
squashfs.txt squashfs: update documentation to include description of xattr layout 2010-05-26 01:12:26 +01:00
sysfs-pci.txt trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes 2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00
sysfs-tagging.txt sysfs-namespaces: add a high-level Documentation file 2010-05-21 09:37:31 -07:00
sysfs.txt Driver core: driver_attribute parameters can often be const* 2009-12-23 11:23:43 -08:00
sysv-fs.txt
tmpfs.txt mempolicy: document cpuset interaction with tmpfs mpol mount option 2010-05-25 08:06:57 -07:00
ubifs.txt UBIFS: remove fast unmounting 2009-01-29 16:34:30 +02:00
udf.txt udf: implement mode and dmode mounting options 2009-04-02 12:29:50 +02:00
ufs.txt
vfat.txt vfat: change the default from shortname=lower to shortname=mixed 2009-08-01 21:35:25 +09:00
vfs.txt fs: introduce new truncate sequence 2010-05-27 22:15:33 -04:00
xfs-delayed-logging-design.txt xfs: Delayed logging design documentation 2010-05-24 10:35:39 -05:00
xfs.txt [XFS] remove restricted chown parameter from xfs linux 2008-10-30 18:30:09 +11:00
xip.txt DOC: update xip method info 2008-11-12 17:17:17 -08:00