nilfs2: fix hang in nilfs_lookup_dirty_data_buffers()

commit 38296afe3c6ee07319e01bb249aa4bb47c07b534 upstream.

Syzbot reported a hang issue in migrate_pages_batch() called by mbind()
and nilfs_loo

nilfs2: fix hang in nilfs_lookup_dirty_data_buffers()

commit 38296afe3c6ee07319e01bb249aa4bb47c07b534 upstream.

Syzbot reported a hang issue in migrate_pages_batch() called by mbind()
and nilfs_lookup_dirty_data_buffers() called in the log writer of nilfs2.

While migrate_pages_batch() locks a folio and waits for the writeback to
complete, the log writer thread that should bring the writeback to
completion picks up the folio being written back in
nilfs_lookup_dirty_data_buffers() that it calls for subsequent log
creation and was trying to lock the folio. Thus causing a deadlock.

In the first place, it is unexpected that folios/pages in the middle of
writeback will be updated and become dirty. Nilfs2 adds a checksum to
verify the validity of the log being written and uses it for recovery at
mount, so data changes during writeback are suppressed. Since this is
broken, an unclean shutdown could potentially cause recovery to fail.

Investigation revealed that the root cause is that the wait for writeback
completion in nilfs_page_mkwrite() is conditional, and if the backing
device does not require stable writes, data may be modified without
waiting.

Fix these issues by making nilfs_page_mkwrite() wait for writeback to
finish regardless of the stable write requirement of the backing device.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240131145657.4209-1-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Fixes: 1d1d1a767206 ("mm: only enforce stable page writes if the backing device requires it")
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com>
Reported-by: syzbot+ee2ae68da3b22d04cd8d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/00000000000047d819061004ad6c@google.com
Tested-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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fs: rename and move block_page_mkwrite_return

block_page_mkwrite_return is neither block nor mkwrite specific, and
should not be under CONFIG_BLOCK. Move it to mm.h and rename it to
vmf_fs_error.

fs: rename and move block_page_mkwrite_return

block_page_mkwrite_return is neither block nor mkwrite specific, and
should not be under CONFIG_BLOCK. Move it to mm.h and rename it to
vmf_fs_error.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801172201.1923299-3-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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splice: Use filemap_splice_read() instead of generic_file_splice_read()

Replace pointers to generic_file_splice_read() with calls to
filemap_splice_read().

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@re

splice: Use filemap_splice_read() instead of generic_file_splice_read()

Replace pointers to generic_file_splice_read() with calls to
filemap_splice_read().

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230522135018.2742245-29-dhowells@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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nilfs2: remove filenames from file comments

Remove filenames that are not particularly useful in file comments, and
suppress checkpatch warnings

WARNING: It's generally not useful to have the fil

nilfs2: remove filenames from file comments

Remove filenames that are not particularly useful in file comments, and
suppress checkpatch warnings

WARNING: It's generally not useful to have the filename in the file

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1635151862-11547-3-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com>
Cc: Qing Wang <wangqing@vivo.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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nilfs2: convert to fileattr

Use the fileattr API to let the VFS handle locking, permission checking and
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
Cc: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.

nilfs2: convert to fileattr

Use the fileattr API to let the VFS handle locking, permission checking and
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
Cc: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com>

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nilfs2: make splice write available again

Since 5.10, splice() or sendfile() to NILFS2 return EINVAL. This was
caused by commit 36e2c7421f02 ("fs: don't allow splice read/write
without explicit ops

nilfs2: make splice write available again

Since 5.10, splice() or sendfile() to NILFS2 return EINVAL. This was
caused by commit 36e2c7421f02 ("fs: don't allow splice read/write
without explicit ops").

This patch initializes the splice_write field in file_operations, like
most file systems do, to restore the functionality.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1612784101-14353-1-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Joachim Henke <joachim.henke@t-systems.com>
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> [5.10+]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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nilfs2: make splice write available again

commit a35d8f016e0b68634035217d06d1c53863456b50 upstream.

Since 5.10, splice() or sendfile() to NILFS2 return EINVAL. This was
caused by commit 36e2c7421f

nilfs2: make splice write available again

commit a35d8f016e0b68634035217d06d1c53863456b50 upstream.

Since 5.10, splice() or sendfile() to NILFS2 return EINVAL. This was
caused by commit 36e2c7421f02 ("fs: don't allow splice read/write
without explicit ops").

This patch initializes the splice_write field in file_operations, like
most file systems do, to restore the functionality.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1612784101-14353-1-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Joachim Henke <joachim.henke@t-systems.com>
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> [5.10+]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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nilfs2: convert to SPDX license tags

Remove the verbose license text from NILFS2 files and replace them with
SPDX tags. This does not change the license of any of the code.

Link: http://lkml.kerne

nilfs2: convert to SPDX license tags

Remove the verbose license text from NILFS2 files and replace them with
SPDX tags. This does not change the license of any of the code.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1535624528-5982-1-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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fs/nilfs2/file.c: use new return type vm_fault_t

Use new return type vm_fault_t for page_mkwrite handler.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1529555928-2411-1-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.

fs/nilfs2/file.c: use new return type vm_fault_t

Use new return type vm_fault_t for page_mkwrite handler.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1529555928-2411-1-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp
Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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mm, fs: reduce fault, page_mkwrite, and pfn_mkwrite to take only vmf

->fault(), ->page_mkwrite(), and ->pfn_mkwrite() calls do not need to
take a vma and vmf parameter when the vma already resides i

mm, fs: reduce fault, page_mkwrite, and pfn_mkwrite to take only vmf

->fault(), ->page_mkwrite(), and ->pfn_mkwrite() calls do not need to
take a vma and vmf parameter when the vma already resides in vmf.

Remove the vma parameter to simplify things.

[arnd@arndb.de: fix ARM build]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170125223558.1451224-1-arnd@arndb.de
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/148521301778.19116.10840599906674778980.stgit@djiang5-desk3.ch.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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nilfs2: clean up old e-mail addresses

E-mail addresses of osrg.net domain are no longer available. This
removes them from authorship notices and prevents reporters from being
confused.

Link: http:

nilfs2: clean up old e-mail addresses

E-mail addresses of osrg.net domain are no longer available. This
removes them from authorship notices and prevents reporters from being
confused.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1461935747-10380-5-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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nilfs2: remove FSF mailing address from GPL notices

This removes the extra paragraph which mentions FSF address in GPL
notices from source code of nilfs2 and avoids the checkpatch.pl error
related t

nilfs2: remove FSF mailing address from GPL notices

This removes the extra paragraph which mentions FSF address in GPL
notices from source code of nilfs2 and avoids the checkpatch.pl error
related to it.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1461935747-10380-4-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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vfs: remove unused wrapper block_page_mkwrite()

The function currently called "__block_page_mkwrite()" used to be called
"block_page_mkwrite()" until a wrapper for this function was added by:

commi

vfs: remove unused wrapper block_page_mkwrite()

The function currently called "__block_page_mkwrite()" used to be called
"block_page_mkwrite()" until a wrapper for this function was added by:

commit 24da4fab5a61 ("vfs: Create __block_page_mkwrite() helper passing
error values back")

This wrapper, the current "block_page_mkwrite()", is currently unused.
__block_page_mkwrite() is used directly by ext4, nilfs2 and xfs.

Remove the unused wrapper, rename __block_page_mkwrite() back to
block_page_mkwrite() and update the comment above block_page_mkwrite().

Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

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make new_sync_{read,write}() static

All places outside of core VFS that checked ->read and ->write for being NULL or
called the methods directly are gone now, so NULL {read,write} with non-NULL
{rea

make new_sync_{read,write}() static

All places outside of core VFS that checked ->read and ->write for being NULL or
called the methods directly are gone now, so NULL {read,write} with non-NULL
{read,write}_iter will do the right thing in all cases.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

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mm: drop vm_ops->remap_pages and generic_file_remap_pages() stub

Nobody uses it anymore.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix filemap_xip.c]
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.inte

mm: drop vm_ops->remap_pages and generic_file_remap_pages() stub

Nobody uses it anymore.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix filemap_xip.c]
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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nilfs2: avoid duplicate segment construction for fsync()

This patch removes filemap_write_and_wait_range() from nilfs_sync_file(),
because it triggers a data segment construction by calling
nilfs_wr

nilfs2: avoid duplicate segment construction for fsync()

This patch removes filemap_write_and_wait_range() from nilfs_sync_file(),
because it triggers a data segment construction by calling
nilfs_writepages() with WB_SYNC_ALL. A data segment construction does not
remove the inode from the i_dirty list and it does not clear the
NILFS_I_DIRTY flag. Therefore nilfs_inode_dirty() still returns true,
which leads to an unnecessary duplicate segment construction in
nilfs_sync_file().

A call to filemap_write_and_wait_range() is not needed, because NILFS2
does not rely on the generic writeback mechanisms. Instead it implements
its own mechanism to collect all dirty pages and write them into segments.
It is more efficient to initiate the segment construction directly in
nilfs_sync_file() without the detour over filemap_write_and_wait_range().

Additionally the lock of i_mutex is not needed, because all code blocks
that are protected by i_mutex are also protected by a NILFS transaction:

Function i_mutex nilfs_transaction
------------------------------------------------------
nilfs_ioctl_setflags: yes yes
nilfs_fiemap: yes no
nilfs_write_begin: yes yes
nilfs_write_end: yes yes
nilfs_lookup: yes no
nilfs_create: yes yes
nilfs_link: yes yes
nilfs_mknod: yes yes
nilfs_symlink: yes yes
nilfs_mkdir: yes yes
nilfs_unlink: yes yes
nilfs_rmdir: yes yes
nilfs_rename: yes yes
nilfs_setattr: yes yes

For nilfs_lookup() i_mutex is held for the parent directory, to protect it
from modification. The segment construction does not modify directory
inodes, so no lock is needed.

nilfs_fiemap() reads the block layout on the disk, by using
nilfs_bmap_lookup_contig(). This is already protected by bmap->b_sem.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Rohner <andreas.rohner@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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nilfs2: add missing blkdev_issue_flush() to nilfs_sync_fs()

Under normal circumstances nilfs_sync_fs() writes out the super block,
which causes a flush of the underlying block device. But this depe

nilfs2: add missing blkdev_issue_flush() to nilfs_sync_fs()

Under normal circumstances nilfs_sync_fs() writes out the super block,
which causes a flush of the underlying block device. But this depends
on the THE_NILFS_SB_DIRTY flag, which is only set if the pointer to the
last segment crosses a segment boundary. So if only a small amount of
data is written before the call to nilfs_sync_fs(), no flush of the
block device occurs.

In the above case an additional call to blkdev_issue_flush() is needed.
To prevent unnecessary overhead, the new flag nilfs->ns_flushed_device
is introduced, which is cleared whenever new logs are written and set
whenever the block device is flushed. For convenience the function
nilfs_flush_device() is added, which contains the above logic.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Rohner <andreas.rohner@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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write_iter variants of {__,}generic_file_aio_write()

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

switch simple generic_file_aio_read() users to ->read_iter()

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

mm: implement ->map_pages for page cache

filemap_map_pages() is generic implementation of ->map_pages() for
filesystems who uses page cache.

It should be safe to use filemap_map_pages() for ->map_p

mm: implement ->map_pages for page cache

filemap_map_pages() is generic implementation of ->map_pages() for
filesystems who uses page cache.

It should be safe to use filemap_map_pages() for ->map_pages() if
filesystem use filemap_fault() for ->fault().

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Ning Qu <quning@gmail.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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new helper: file_inode(file)

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

mm: only enforce stable page writes if the backing device requires it

Create a helper function to check if a backing device requires stable
page writes and, if so, performs the necessary wait. Then

mm: only enforce stable page writes if the backing device requires it

Create a helper function to check if a backing device requires stable
page writes and, if so, performs the necessary wait. Then, make it so
that all points in the memory manager that handle making pages writable
use the helper function. This should provide stable page write support
to most filesystems, while eliminating unnecessary waiting for devices
that don't require the feature.

Before this patchset, all filesystems would block, regardless of whether
or not it was necessary. ext3 would wait, but still generate occasional
checksum errors. The network filesystems were left to do their own
thing, so they'd wait too.

After this patchset, all the disk filesystems except ext3 and btrfs will
wait only if the hardware requires it. ext3 (if necessary) snapshots
pages instead of blocking, and btrfs provides its own bdi so the mm will
never wait. Network filesystems haven't been touched, so either they
provide their own stable page guarantees or they don't block at all.
The blocking behavior is back to what it was before 3.0 if you don't
have a disk requiring stable page writes.

Here's the result of using dbench to test latency on ext2:

3.8.0-rc3:
Operation Count AvgLat MaxLat
----------------------------------------
WriteX 109347 0.028 59.817
ReadX 347180 0.004 3.391
Flush 15514 29.828 287.283

Throughput 57.429 MB/sec 4 clients 4 procs max_latency=287.290 ms

3.8.0-rc3 + patches:
WriteX 105556 0.029 4.273
ReadX 335004 0.005 4.112
Flush 14982 30.540 298.634

Throughput 55.4496 MB/sec 4 clients 4 procs max_latency=298.650 ms

As you can see, the maximum write latency drops considerably with this
patch enabled. The other filesystems (ext3/ext4/xfs/btrfs) behave
similarly, but see the cover letter for those results.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
Cc: Ron Minnich <rminnich@sandia.gov>
Cc: Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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nilfs2: drop vmtruncate

Removed vmtruncate

Signed-off-by: Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

mm: kill vma flag VM_CAN_NONLINEAR

Move actual pte filling for non-linear file mappings into the new special
vma operation: ->remap_pages().

Filesystems must implement this method to get non-linear

mm: kill vma flag VM_CAN_NONLINEAR

Move actual pte filling for non-linear file mappings into the new special
vma operation: ->remap_pages().

Filesystems must implement this method to get non-linear mapping support,
if it uses filemap_fault() then generic_file_remap_pages() can be used.

Now device drivers can implement this method and obtain nonlinear vma support.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@openvz.org>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> #arch/tile
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Cc: Kentaro Takeda <takedakn@nttdata.co.jp>
Cc: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Cc: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@google.com>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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ext4: fix mtime update in nodelalloc mode

Commits 5e8830dc85d0 and 41c4d25f78c0 introduced a regression into
v3.6-rc1 for ext4 in nodealloc mode, such that mtime updates would not
take place for fil

ext4: fix mtime update in nodelalloc mode

Commits 5e8830dc85d0 and 41c4d25f78c0 introduced a regression into
v3.6-rc1 for ext4 in nodealloc mode, such that mtime updates would not
take place for files modified via mmap if the page was already in the
page cache. This would also affect ext3 file systems mounted using
the ext4 file system driver.

The problem was that ext4_page_mkwrite() had a shortcut which would
avoid calling __block_page_mkwrite() under some circumstances, and the
above two commit transferred the responsibility of calling
file_update_time() to __block_page_mkwrite --- which woudln't get
called in some circumstances.

Since __block_page_mkwrite() only has three callers,
block_page_mkwrite(), ext4_page_mkwrite, and nilfs_page_mkwrite(), the
best way to solve this is to move the responsibility for calling
file_update_time() to its caller.

This problem was found via xfstests #215 with a file system mounted
with -o nodelalloc.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: KONISHI Ryusuke <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

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