From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Cyrus Massoumi <cyrusm@gmx.net>
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu, adilger@sun.com,
Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3: remove the BKL in ext3/ioctl.c
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:03:59 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090113000359.60109e46.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <496605AF.7020002@gmx.net>
On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:54:55 +0100 Cyrus Massoumi <cyrusm@gmx.net> wrote:
> Reformat ext3/ioctl.c to make it look more like ext4/ioctl.c and remove the BKL around ext3_ioctl().
> Patch is against 2.6.28. Compile tested only.
Looks OK to me.
Jan, it affects quota a little bit: lost bkl coverage around quota
operations. Does it look OK?
(patch reworked to apply to 2.6.29-rc1):
From: Cyrus Massoumi <cyrusm@gmx.net>
Reformat ext3/ioctl.c to make it look more like ext4/ioctl.c and remove
the BKL around ext3_ioctl().
Signed-off-by: Cyrus Massoumi <cyrusm@gmx.net>
Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
fs/ext3/dir.c | 2 -
fs/ext3/file.c | 2 -
fs/ext3/ioctl.c | 59 ++++++++++++--------------------------
include/linux/ext3_fs.h | 5 +--
4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/ext3/dir.c~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc fs/ext3/dir.c
--- a/fs/ext3/dir.c~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc
+++ a/fs/ext3/dir.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext3_dir_op
.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
.read = generic_read_dir,
.readdir = ext3_readdir, /* we take BKL. needed?*/
- .ioctl = ext3_ioctl, /* BKL held */
+ .unlocked_ioctl = ext3_ioctl,
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
.compat_ioctl = ext3_compat_ioctl,
#endif
diff -puN fs/ext3/file.c~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc fs/ext3/file.c
--- a/fs/ext3/file.c~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc
+++ a/fs/ext3/file.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext3_file_o
.write = do_sync_write,
.aio_read = generic_file_aio_read,
.aio_write = ext3_file_write,
- .ioctl = ext3_ioctl,
+ .unlocked_ioctl = ext3_ioctl,
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
.compat_ioctl = ext3_compat_ioctl,
#endif
diff -puN fs/ext3/ioctl.c~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc fs/ext3/ioctl.c
--- a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc
+++ a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
#include <linux/mount.h>
#include <linux/time.h>
#include <linux/compat.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
-int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd,
- unsigned long arg)
+long ext3_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
+ struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
unsigned int flags;
unsigned short rsv_window_size;
@@ -39,29 +38,25 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, st
unsigned int oldflags;
unsigned int jflag;
+ if (!is_owner_or_cap(inode))
+ return -EACCES;
+
+ if (get_user(flags, (int __user *) arg))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
err = mnt_want_write(filp->f_path.mnt);
if (err)
return err;
- if (!is_owner_or_cap(inode)) {
- err = -EACCES;
- goto flags_out;
- }
-
- if (get_user(flags, (int __user *) arg)) {
- err = -EFAULT;
- goto flags_out;
- }
-
flags = ext3_mask_flags(inode->i_mode, flags);
mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+
/* Is it quota file? Do not allow user to mess with it */
- if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode)) {
- mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
- err = -EPERM;
+ err = -EPERM;
+ if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode))
goto flags_out;
- }
+
oldflags = ei->i_flags;
/* The JOURNAL_DATA flag is modifiable only by root */
@@ -74,11 +69,8 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, st
* This test looks nicer. Thanks to Pauline Middelink
*/
if ((flags ^ oldflags) & (EXT3_APPEND_FL | EXT3_IMMUTABLE_FL)) {
- if (!capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE)) {
- mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
- err = -EPERM;
+ if (!capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE))
goto flags_out;
- }
}
/*
@@ -86,17 +78,12 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, st
* the relevant capability.
*/
if ((jflag ^ oldflags) & (EXT3_JOURNAL_DATA_FL)) {
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) {
- mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
- err = -EPERM;
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
goto flags_out;
- }
}
-
handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, 1);
if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
- mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
err = PTR_ERR(handle);
goto flags_out;
}
@@ -116,15 +103,13 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, st
err = ext3_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &iloc);
flags_err:
ext3_journal_stop(handle);
- if (err) {
- mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
- return err;
- }
+ if (err)
+ goto flags_out;
if ((jflag ^ oldflags) & (EXT3_JOURNAL_DATA_FL))
err = ext3_change_inode_journal_flag(inode, jflag);
- mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
flags_out:
+ mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
mnt_drop_write(filp->f_path.mnt);
return err;
}
@@ -140,6 +125,7 @@ flags_out:
if (!is_owner_or_cap(inode))
return -EPERM;
+
err = mnt_want_write(filp->f_path.mnt);
if (err)
return err;
@@ -147,6 +133,7 @@ flags_out:
err = -EFAULT;
goto setversion_out;
}
+
handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, 1);
if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
err = PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -299,9 +286,6 @@ group_add_out:
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
long ext3_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
- struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
- int ret;
-
/* These are just misnamed, they actually get/put from/to user an int */
switch (cmd) {
case EXT3_IOC32_GETFLAGS:
@@ -341,9 +325,6 @@ long ext3_compat_ioctl(struct file *file
default:
return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
}
- lock_kernel();
- ret = ext3_ioctl(inode, file, cmd, (unsigned long) compat_ptr(arg));
- unlock_kernel();
- return ret;
+ return ext3_ioctl(file, cmd, (unsigned long) compat_ptr(arg));
}
#endif
diff -puN include/linux/ext3_fs.h~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc include/linux/ext3_fs.h
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc
+++ a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -893,9 +893,8 @@ extern int ext3_fiemap(struct inode *ino
u64 start, u64 len);
/* ioctl.c */
-extern int ext3_ioctl (struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned int,
- unsigned long);
-extern long ext3_compat_ioctl (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
+extern long ext3_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
+extern long ext3_compat_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
/* namei.c */
extern int ext3_orphan_add(handle_t *, struct inode *);
_
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-13 8:04 UTC|newest]
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2009-01-08 13:54 [PATCH] ext3: remove the BKL in ext3/ioctl.c Cyrus Massoumi
2009-01-13 8:03 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2009-01-13 14:56 ` Jan Kara
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