[PATCH 0/5] remove superflous ->write_super instances

[PATCH 0/5] remove superflous ->write_super instances

[Christoph Hellwig]

Remove empty write_super methods and unessecary s_dirt maintainance.

To be applied ontop of Jan's sync patches.

[PATCH 1/5] btrfs: remove ->write_super and stop maintaining ->s_dirt

[Christoph Hellwig]

[-- Attachment #1: btrfs-remove-write_super --]
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Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Index: linux-2.6/fs/btrfs/inode.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/btrfs/inode.c	2009-04-26 20:13:46.753074547 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/btrfs/inode.c	2009-04-26 20:13:56.233950575 +0200
@@ -2260,7 +2260,6 @@ err:
 	btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, dir);
 	btrfs_drop_nlink(inode);
 	ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
-	dir->i_sb->s_dirt = 1;
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -2744,7 +2743,6 @@ error:
 				      pending_del_nr);
 	}
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
-	inode->i_sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -3681,7 +3679,6 @@ static int btrfs_mknod(struct inode *dir
 		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
 		btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
 	}
-	dir->i_sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	btrfs_update_inode_block_group(trans, inode);
 	btrfs_update_inode_block_group(trans, dir);
 out_unlock:
@@ -3746,7 +3743,6 @@ static int btrfs_create(struct inode *di
 		inode->i_op = &btrfs_file_inode_operations;
 		BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree.ops = &btrfs_extent_io_ops;
 	}
-	dir->i_sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	btrfs_update_inode_block_group(trans, inode);
 	btrfs_update_inode_block_group(trans, dir);
 out_unlock:
@@ -3793,7 +3789,6 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old
 	if (err)
 		drop_inode = 1;
 
-	dir->i_sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	btrfs_update_inode_block_group(trans, dir);
 	err = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
 
@@ -3875,7 +3870,6 @@ static int btrfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir
 
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	drop_on_err = 0;
-	dir->i_sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	btrfs_update_inode_block_group(trans, inode);
 	btrfs_update_inode_block_group(trans, dir);
 
@@ -4915,7 +4909,6 @@ static int btrfs_symlink(struct inode *d
 		inode->i_op = &btrfs_file_inode_operations;
 		BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree.ops = &btrfs_extent_io_ops;
 	}
-	dir->i_sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	btrfs_update_inode_block_group(trans, inode);
 	btrfs_update_inode_block_group(trans, dir);
 	if (drop_inode)
Index: linux-2.6/fs/btrfs/super.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/btrfs/super.c	2009-04-26 20:13:14.072949756 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/btrfs/super.c	2009-04-26 20:13:36.733950315 +0200
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ int btrfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb
 	if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
 		return 0;
 
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
 	if (!wait) {
 		filemap_flush(root->fs_info->btree_inode->i_mapping);
 		return 0;
@@ -392,7 +391,6 @@ int btrfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb
 
 	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
 	ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root);
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -431,11 +429,6 @@ static int btrfs_show_options(struct seq
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void btrfs_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
-}
-
 static int btrfs_test_super(struct super_block *s, void *data)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_devices *test_fs_devices = data;
@@ -669,7 +662,6 @@ static int btrfs_unfreeze(struct super_b
 static struct super_operations btrfs_super_ops = {
 	.delete_inode	= btrfs_delete_inode,
 	.put_super	= btrfs_put_super,
-	.write_super	= btrfs_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= btrfs_sync_fs,
 	.show_options	= btrfs_show_options,
 	.write_inode	= btrfs_write_inode,

[PATCH 2/5] ext3: remove ->write_super and stop maintaining ->s_dirt

[Christoph Hellwig]

[-- Attachment #1: ext3-remove-write_super --]
[-- Type: text/plain, Size: 6123 bytes --]

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Index: linux-2.6/fs/ext3/balloc.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ext3/balloc.c	2009-04-26 20:15:22.659103761 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/ext3/balloc.c	2009-04-26 20:15:28.904948812 +0200
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ do_more:
 		count = overflow;
 		goto do_more;
 	}
-	sb->s_dirt = 1;
+
 error_return:
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	ext3_std_error(sb, err);
@@ -1708,7 +1708,6 @@ allocated:
 	if (!fatal)
 		fatal = err;
 
-	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	if (fatal)
 		goto out;
 
Index: linux-2.6/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ext3/ialloc.c	2009-04-26 20:15:31.497949796 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/ext3/ialloc.c	2009-04-26 20:15:36.303949623 +0200
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void ext3_free_inode (handle_t *handle, 
 	err = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, bitmap_bh);
 	if (!fatal)
 		fatal = err;
-	sb->s_dirt = 1;
+
 error_return:
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	ext3_std_error(sb, fatal);
@@ -537,7 +537,6 @@ got:
 	percpu_counter_dec(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode))
 		percpu_counter_inc(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);
-	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
 	inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
 	if (test_opt (sb, GRPID))
Index: linux-2.6/fs/ext3/inode.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ext3/inode.c	2009-04-26 20:15:39.101074778 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/ext3/inode.c	2009-04-26 20:15:41.178074904 +0200
@@ -2960,7 +2960,6 @@ static int ext3_do_update_inode(handle_t
 				ext3_update_dynamic_rev(sb);
 				EXT3_SET_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
 					EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE);
-				sb->s_dirt = 1;
 				handle->h_sync = 1;
 				err = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle,
 						EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
Index: linux-2.6/fs/ext3/resize.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ext3/resize.c	2009-04-26 20:15:44.601075139 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/ext3/resize.c	2009-04-26 20:15:50.336949513 +0200
@@ -934,7 +934,6 @@ int ext3_group_add(struct super_block *s
 			   EXT3_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb));
 
 	ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, sbi->s_sbh);
-	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
 exit_journal:
 	unlock_super(sb);
@@ -1066,7 +1065,6 @@ int ext3_group_extend(struct super_block
 	}
 	es->s_blocks_count = cpu_to_le32(o_blocks_count + add);
 	ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
-	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	unlock_super(sb);
 	ext3_debug("freeing blocks %lu through "E3FSBLK"\n", o_blocks_count,
 		   o_blocks_count + add);
Index: linux-2.6/fs/ext3/super.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ext3/super.c	2009-04-26 20:14:35.602949501 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/ext3/super.c	2009-04-26 20:15:12.931075180 +0200
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static const char *ext3_decode_error(str
 static int ext3_remount (struct super_block * sb, int * flags, char * data);
 static int ext3_statfs (struct dentry * dentry, struct kstatfs * buf);
 static int ext3_unfreeze(struct super_block *sb);
-static void ext3_write_super (struct super_block * sb);
 static int ext3_freeze(struct super_block *sb);
 
 /*
@@ -761,7 +760,6 @@ static const struct super_operations ext
 	.dirty_inode	= ext3_dirty_inode,
 	.delete_inode	= ext3_delete_inode,
 	.put_super	= ext3_put_super,
-	.write_super	= ext3_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= ext3_sync_fs,
 	.freeze_fs	= ext3_freeze,
 	.unfreeze_fs	= ext3_unfreeze,
@@ -1785,7 +1783,6 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super
 #else
 		es->s_flags |= cpu_to_le32(EXT2_FLAGS_SIGNED_HASH);
 #endif
-		sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	}
 
 	if (sbi->s_blocks_per_group > blocksize * 8) {
@@ -2264,7 +2261,6 @@ static int ext3_load_journal(struct supe
 	if (journal_devnum &&
 	    journal_devnum != le32_to_cpu(es->s_journal_dev)) {
 		es->s_journal_dev = cpu_to_le32(journal_devnum);
-		sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
 		/* Make sure we flush the recovery flag to disk. */
 		ext3_commit_super(sb, es, 1);
@@ -2307,7 +2303,6 @@ static int ext3_create_journal(struct su
 	EXT3_SET_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_HAS_JOURNAL);
 
 	es->s_journal_inum = cpu_to_le32(journal_inum);
-	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
 	/* Make sure we flush the recovery flag to disk. */
 	ext3_commit_super(sb, es, 1);
@@ -2353,7 +2348,6 @@ static void ext3_mark_recovery_complete(
 	if (EXT3_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER) &&
 	    sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
 		EXT3_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
-		sb->s_dirt = 0;
 		ext3_commit_super(sb, es, 1);
 	}
 	unlock_super(sb);
@@ -2412,29 +2406,14 @@ int ext3_force_commit(struct super_block
 		return 0;
 
 	journal = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal;
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
 	ret = ext3_journal_force_commit(journal);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * Ext3 always journals updates to the superblock itself, so we don't
- * have to propagate any other updates to the superblock on disk at this
- * point.  (We can probably nuke this function altogether, and remove
- * any mention to sb->s_dirt in all of fs/ext3; eventual cleanup...)
- */
-static void ext3_write_super (struct super_block * sb)
-{
-	if (mutex_trylock(&sb->s_lock) != 0)
-		BUG();
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
-}
-
 static int ext3_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
 	tid_t target;
 
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
 	if (journal_start_commit(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, &target)) {
 		if (wait)
 			log_wait_commit(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, target);
@@ -2450,7 +2429,6 @@ static int ext3_freeze(struct super_bloc
 {
 	int error = 0;
 	journal_t *journal;
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
 
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		journal = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal;
Index: linux-2.6/fs/ext3/xattr.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ext3/xattr.c	2009-04-26 20:15:55.757949096 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/ext3/xattr.c	2009-04-26 20:15:58.356074759 +0200
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ static void ext3_xattr_update_super_bloc
 
 	if (ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh) == 0) {
 		EXT3_SET_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR);
-		sb->s_dirt = 1;
 		ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
 	}
 }

[PATCH 3/5] gfs2: remove ->write_super and stop maintaining ->s_dirt

[Christoph Hellwig]

[-- Attachment #1: gfs2-remove-write_super --]
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Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Index: linux-2.6/fs/gfs2/log.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/gfs2/log.c	2009-04-26 20:16:25.197978791 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/gfs2/log.c	2009-04-26 20:16:33.128077096 +0200
@@ -764,7 +764,6 @@ void __gfs2_log_flush(struct gfs2_sbd *s
 	}
 	gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
 
-	sdp->sd_vfs->s_dirt = 0;
 	up_write(&sdp->sd_log_flush_lock);
 
 	kfree(ai);
@@ -823,7 +822,6 @@ void gfs2_log_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sd
 	log_refund(sdp, tr);
 	buf_lo_incore_commit(sdp, tr);
 
-	sdp->sd_vfs->s_dirt = 1;
 	up_read(&sdp->sd_log_flush_lock);
 
 	gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
Index: linux-2.6/fs/gfs2/ops_super.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/gfs2/ops_super.c	2009-04-26 20:16:36.808074171 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/gfs2/ops_super.c	2009-04-26 20:16:49.267951560 +0200
@@ -185,17 +185,6 @@ static void gfs2_put_super(struct super_
 }
 
 /**
- * gfs2_write_super
- * @sb: the superblock
- *
- */
-
-static void gfs2_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
-}
-
-/**
  * gfs2_sync_fs - sync the filesystem
  * @sb: the superblock
  *
@@ -204,7 +193,6 @@ static void gfs2_write_super(struct supe
 
 static int gfs2_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
 	if (wait && sb->s_fs_info)
 		gfs2_log_flush(sb->s_fs_info, NULL);
 	return 0;
@@ -710,7 +698,6 @@ const struct super_operations gfs2_super
 	.write_inode		= gfs2_write_inode,
 	.delete_inode		= gfs2_delete_inode,
 	.put_super		= gfs2_put_super,
-	.write_super		= gfs2_write_super,
 	.sync_fs		= gfs2_sync_fs,
 	.freeze_fs 		= gfs2_freeze,
 	.unfreeze_fs		= gfs2_unfreeze,

Re: [PATCH 3/5] gfs2: remove ->write_super and stop maintaining ->s_dirt

[Steven Whitehouse]

Hi,

Acked-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>

Steve.

On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 09:46 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> plain text document attachment (gfs2-remove-write_super)
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/gfs2/log.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/gfs2/log.c	2009-04-26 20:16:25.197978791 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/gfs2/log.c	2009-04-26 20:16:33.128077096 +0200
> @@ -764,7 +764,6 @@ void __gfs2_log_flush(struct gfs2_sbd *s
>  	}
>  	gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
>  
> -	sdp->sd_vfs->s_dirt = 0;
>  	up_write(&sdp->sd_log_flush_lock);
>  
>  	kfree(ai);
> @@ -823,7 +822,6 @@ void gfs2_log_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sd
>  	log_refund(sdp, tr);
>  	buf_lo_incore_commit(sdp, tr);
>  
> -	sdp->sd_vfs->s_dirt = 1;
>  	up_read(&sdp->sd_log_flush_lock);
>  
>  	gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/gfs2/ops_super.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/gfs2/ops_super.c	2009-04-26 20:16:36.808074171 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/gfs2/ops_super.c	2009-04-26 20:16:49.267951560 +0200
> @@ -185,17 +185,6 @@ static void gfs2_put_super(struct super_
>  }
>  
>  /**
> - * gfs2_write_super
> - * @sb: the superblock
> - *
> - */
> -
> -static void gfs2_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
> -{
> -	sb->s_dirt = 0;
> -}
> -
> -/**
>   * gfs2_sync_fs - sync the filesystem
>   * @sb: the superblock
>   *
> @@ -204,7 +193,6 @@ static void gfs2_write_super(struct supe
>  
>  static int gfs2_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
>  {
> -	sb->s_dirt = 0;
>  	if (wait && sb->s_fs_info)
>  		gfs2_log_flush(sb->s_fs_info, NULL);
>  	return 0;
> @@ -710,7 +698,6 @@ const struct super_operations gfs2_super
>  	.write_inode		= gfs2_write_inode,
>  	.delete_inode		= gfs2_delete_inode,
>  	.put_super		= gfs2_put_super,
> -	.write_super		= gfs2_write_super,
>  	.sync_fs		= gfs2_sync_fs,
>  	.freeze_fs 		= gfs2_freeze,
>  	.unfreeze_fs		= gfs2_unfreeze,
> 
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[PATCH 4/5] ocfs2: remove ->write_super and stop maintaining ->s_dirt

[Christoph Hellwig]

[-- Attachment #1: ocfs2-remove-write_super --]
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Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Index: linux-2.6/fs/ocfs2/super.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ocfs2/super.c	2009-04-26 20:17:12.088104363 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/ocfs2/super.c	2009-04-26 20:17:22.988951278 +0200
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ static int ocfs2_get_sector(struct super
 			    struct buffer_head **bh,
 			    int block,
 			    int sect_size);
-static void ocfs2_write_super(struct super_block *sb);
 static struct inode *ocfs2_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb);
 static void ocfs2_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode);
 static int ocfs2_susp_quotas(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int unsuspend);
@@ -141,7 +140,6 @@ static const struct super_operations ocf
 	.clear_inode	= ocfs2_clear_inode,
 	.delete_inode	= ocfs2_delete_inode,
 	.sync_fs	= ocfs2_sync_fs,
-	.write_super	= ocfs2_write_super,
 	.put_super	= ocfs2_put_super,
 	.remount_fs	= ocfs2_remount,
 	.show_options   = ocfs2_show_options,
@@ -365,24 +363,12 @@ static struct file_operations ocfs2_osb_
 	.llseek =	generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
-/*
- * write_super and sync_fs ripped right out of ext3.
- */
-static void ocfs2_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	if (mutex_trylock(&sb->s_lock) != 0)
-		BUG();
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
-}
-
 static int ocfs2_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
 	int status;
 	tid_t target;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
 
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
-
 	if (ocfs2_is_hard_readonly(osb))
 		return -EROFS;
 

Re: [PATCH 4/5] ocfs2: remove ->write_super and stop maintaining ->s_dirt

[Joel Becker]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 09:46:44AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Acked-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>

> 
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/ocfs2/super.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ocfs2/super.c	2009-04-26 20:17:12.088104363 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/ocfs2/super.c	2009-04-26 20:17:22.988951278 +0200
> @@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ static int ocfs2_get_sector(struct super
>  			    struct buffer_head **bh,
>  			    int block,
>  			    int sect_size);
> -static void ocfs2_write_super(struct super_block *sb);
>  static struct inode *ocfs2_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb);
>  static void ocfs2_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode);
>  static int ocfs2_susp_quotas(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int unsuspend);
> @@ -141,7 +140,6 @@ static const struct super_operations ocf
>  	.clear_inode	= ocfs2_clear_inode,
>  	.delete_inode	= ocfs2_delete_inode,
>  	.sync_fs	= ocfs2_sync_fs,
> -	.write_super	= ocfs2_write_super,
>  	.put_super	= ocfs2_put_super,
>  	.remount_fs	= ocfs2_remount,
>  	.show_options   = ocfs2_show_options,
> @@ -365,24 +363,12 @@ static struct file_operations ocfs2_osb_
>  	.llseek =	generic_file_llseek,
>  };
>  
> -/*
> - * write_super and sync_fs ripped right out of ext3.
> - */
> -static void ocfs2_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
> -{
> -	if (mutex_trylock(&sb->s_lock) != 0)
> -		BUG();
> -	sb->s_dirt = 0;
> -}
> -
>  static int ocfs2_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
>  {
>  	int status;
>  	tid_t target;
>  	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
>  
> -	sb->s_dirt = 0;
> -
>  	if (ocfs2_is_hard_readonly(osb))
>  		return -EROFS;
>  
> 
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[PATCH 5/5] qnx4: remove ->write_super

[Christoph Hellwig]

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Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Index: linux-2.6/fs/qnx4/inode.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/qnx4/inode.c	2009-04-26 20:18:17.453949315 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/qnx4/inode.c	2009-04-26 20:18:32.763951562 +0200
@@ -70,14 +70,6 @@ static void qnx4_delete_inode(struct ino
 	unlock_kernel();
 }
 
-static void qnx4_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	lock_kernel();
-	QNX4DEBUG(("qnx4: write_super\n"));
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
-	unlock_kernel();
-}
-
 static int qnx4_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int unused)
 {
 	struct qnx4_inode_entry *raw_inode;
@@ -138,7 +130,6 @@ static const struct super_operations qnx
 #ifdef CONFIG_QNX4FS_RW
 	.write_inode	= qnx4_write_inode,
 	.delete_inode	= qnx4_delete_inode,
-	.write_super	= qnx4_write_super,
 #endif
 };
 

Re: [PATCH 0/5] remove superflous ->write_super instances

[Theodore Tso]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 09:46:40AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Remove empty write_super methods and unessecary s_dirt maintainance.

I noticed you didn't supply a patch for ext4, so I'm guessing you
figured it out, but there is an (outdated) comment saying we should do
this for ext4; however, given that we now support non-journalled
operation, we do need to keep write_super() for when we aren't using
the journal to write the superblock.  I'll make a note to myself that
we need to update the comment in ext4/super.c.

   	   	   	      	      	 - Ted

Re: [PATCH 0/5] remove superflous ->write_super instances

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:32:21AM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 09:46:40AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Remove empty write_super methods and unessecary s_dirt maintainance.
> 
> I noticed you didn't supply a patch for ext4, so I'm guessing you
> figured it out, but there is an (outdated) comment saying we should do
> this for ext4; however, given that we now support non-journalled
> operation, we do need to keep write_super() for when we aren't using
> the journal to write the superblock.  I'll make a note to myself that
> we need to update the comment in ext4/super.c.

Exactly, ext4 needs it for non-journaled mode.  It might make sense
to just give the two modes different super_operations so that the normal
journaled mode doesn't need a write_super at all.

Re: [PATCH 0/5] remove superflous ->write_super instances

[Theodore Tso]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:36:00AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:32:21AM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 09:46:40AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > Remove empty write_super methods and unessecary s_dirt maintainance.
> > 
> > I noticed you didn't supply a patch for ext4, so I'm guessing you
> > figured it out, but there is an (outdated) comment saying we should do
> > this for ext4; however, given that we now support non-journalled
> > operation, we do need to keep write_super() for when we aren't using
> > the journal to write the superblock.  I'll make a note to myself that
> > we need to update the comment in ext4/super.c.
> 
> Exactly, ext4 needs it for non-journaled mode.  It might make sense
> to just give the two modes different super_operations so that the normal
> journaled mode doesn't need a write_super at all.
> 

True.  We'll bloat the kernel text space a little by having a separate
super_operations but it will allow us to clean up the code; it's
probably a worthwhile tradeoff, since we it's not just
ext4_write_super(), but also ext4_freeze() and ext4_unfreeze().

							- Ted

Re: [PATCH 0/5] remove superflous ->write_super instances

[Jan Kara]

On Mon 27-04-09 09:46:40, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Remove empty write_super methods and unessecary s_dirt maintainance.
> 
> To be applied ontop of Jan's sync patches.
  I've looked through the patches and they look fine.

									Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR