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authorLinus Torvalds2013-11-08 05:57:46 +0900
committerLinus Torvalds2013-11-08 05:57:46 +0900
commitc224b76b560f3c65f0d10fbb59d3f00379eb0aaf (patch)
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parenta1212d278c05ca0a38f5cbd7ae90ac2e367228a8 (diff)
parentfab99ebe39fe7d11fbd9b5fb84f07432af9ba36f (diff)
Merge tag 'nfs-for-3.13-1' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/linux-nfs
Pull NFS client updates from Trond Myklebust: "Highlights include: - Changes to the RPC socket code to allow NFSv4 to turn off timeout+retry: * Detect TCP connection breakage through the "keepalive" mechanism - Add client side support for NFSv4.x migration (Chuck Lever) - Add support for multiple security flavour arguments to the "sec=" mount option (Dros Adamson) - fs-cache bugfixes from David Howells: * Fix an issue whereby caching can be enabled on a file that is open for writing - More NFSv4 open code stable bugfixes - Various Labeled NFS (selinux) bugfixes, including one stable fix - Fix buffer overflow checking in the RPCSEC_GSS upcall encoding" * tag 'nfs-for-3.13-1' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/linux-nfs: (68 commits) NFSv4.2: Remove redundant checks in nfs_setsecurity+nfs4_label_init_security NFSv4: Sanity check the server reply in _nfs4_server_capabilities NFSv4.2: encode_readdir - only ask for labels when doing readdirplus nfs: set security label when revalidating inode NFSv4.2: Fix a mismatch between Linux labeled NFS and the NFSv4.2 spec NFS: Fix a missing initialisation when reading the SELinux label nfs: fix oops when trying to set SELinux label nfs: fix inverted test for delegation in nfs4_reclaim_open_state SUNRPC: Cleanup xs_destroy() SUNRPC: close a rare race in xs_tcp_setup_socket. SUNRPC: remove duplicated include from clnt.c nfs: use IS_ROOT not DCACHE_DISCONNECTED SUNRPC: Fix buffer overflow checking in gss_encode_v0_msg/gss_encode_v1_msg SUNRPC: gss_alloc_msg - choose _either_ a v0 message or a v1 message SUNRPC: remove an unnecessary if statement nfs: Use PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO in 'nfs/nfs4super.c' nfs: Use PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO in 'nfs41_callback_up' function nfs: Remove useless 'error' assignment sunrpc: comment typo fix SUNRPC: Add correct rcu_dereference annotation in rpc_clnt_set_transport ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.txt
index 11a0a40ce445..aed6b94160b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.txt
@@ -29,15 +29,16 @@ This document contains the following sections:
(6) Index registration
(7) Data file registration
(8) Miscellaneous object registration
- (9) Setting the data file size
+ (9) Setting the data file size
(10) Page alloc/read/write
(11) Page uncaching
(12) Index and data file consistency
- (13) Miscellaneous cookie operations
- (14) Cookie unregistration
- (15) Index invalidation
- (16) Data file invalidation
- (17) FS-Cache specific page flags.
+ (13) Cookie enablement
+ (14) Miscellaneous cookie operations
+ (15) Cookie unregistration
+ (16) Index invalidation
+ (17) Data file invalidation
+ (18) FS-Cache specific page flags.
=============================
@@ -334,7 +335,8 @@ the path to the file:
struct fscache_cookie *
fscache_acquire_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *parent,
const struct fscache_object_def *def,
- void *netfs_data);
+ void *netfs_data,
+ bool enable);
This function creates an index entry in the index represented by parent,
filling in the index entry by calling the operations pointed to by def.
@@ -350,6 +352,10 @@ object needs to be created somewhere down the hierarchy. Furthermore, an index
may be created in several different caches independently at different times.
This is all handled transparently, and the netfs doesn't see any of it.
+A cookie will be created in the disabled state if enabled is false. A cookie
+must be enabled to do anything with it. A disabled cookie can be enabled by
+calling fscache_enable_cookie() (see below).
+
For example, with AFS, a cell would be added to the primary index. This index
entry would have a dependent inode containing a volume location index for the
volume mappings within this cell:
@@ -357,7 +363,7 @@ volume mappings within this cell:
cell->cache =
fscache_acquire_cookie(afs_cache_netfs.primary_index,
&afs_cell_cache_index_def,
- cell);
+ cell, true);
Then when a volume location was accessed, it would be entered into the cell's
index and an inode would be allocated that acts as a volume type and hash chain
@@ -366,7 +372,7 @@ combination:
vlocation->cache =
fscache_acquire_cookie(cell->cache,
&afs_vlocation_cache_index_def,
- vlocation);
+ vlocation, true);
And then a particular flavour of volume (R/O for example) could be added to
that index, creating another index for vnodes (AFS inode equivalents):
@@ -374,7 +380,7 @@ that index, creating another index for vnodes (AFS inode equivalents):
volume->cache =
fscache_acquire_cookie(vlocation->cache,
&afs_volume_cache_index_def,
- volume);
+ volume, true);
======================
@@ -388,7 +394,7 @@ the object definition should be something other than index type.
vnode->cache =
fscache_acquire_cookie(volume->cache,
&afs_vnode_cache_object_def,
- vnode);
+ vnode, true);
=================================
@@ -404,7 +410,7 @@ it would be some other type of object such as a data file.
xattr->cache =
fscache_acquire_cookie(vnode->cache,
&afs_xattr_cache_object_def,
- xattr);
+ xattr, true);
Miscellaneous objects might be used to store extended attributes or directory
entries for example.
@@ -733,6 +739,47 @@ Note that partial updates may happen automatically at other times, such as when
data blocks are added to a data file object.
+=================
+COOKIE ENABLEMENT
+=================
+
+Cookies exist in one of two states: enabled and disabled. If a cookie is
+disabled, it ignores all attempts to acquire child cookies; check, update or
+invalidate its state; allocate, read or write backing pages - though it is
+still possible to uncache pages and relinquish the cookie.
+
+The initial enablement state is set by fscache_acquire_cookie(), but the cookie
+can be enabled or disabled later. To disable a cookie, call:
+
+ void fscache_disable_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
+ bool invalidate);
+
+If the cookie is not already disabled, this locks the cookie against other
+enable and disable ops, marks the cookie as being disabled, discards or
+invalidates any backing objects and waits for cessation of activity on any
+associated object before unlocking the cookie.
+
+All possible failures are handled internally. The caller should consider
+calling fscache_uncache_all_inode_pages() afterwards to make sure all page
+markings are cleared up.
+
+Cookies can be enabled or reenabled with:
+
+ void fscache_enable_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
+ bool (*can_enable)(void *data),
+ void *data)
+
+If the cookie is not already enabled, this locks the cookie against other
+enable and disable ops, invokes can_enable() and, if the cookie is not an index
+cookie, will begin the procedure of acquiring backing objects.
+
+The optional can_enable() function is passed the data argument and returns a
+ruling as to whether or not enablement should actually be permitted to begin.
+
+All possible failures are handled internally. The cookie will only be marked
+as enabled if provisional backing objects are allocated.
+
+
===============================
MISCELLANEOUS COOKIE OPERATIONS
===============================
@@ -778,7 +825,7 @@ COOKIE UNREGISTRATION
To get rid of a cookie, this function should be called.
void fscache_relinquish_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
- int retire);
+ bool retire);
If retire is non-zero, then the object will be marked for recycling, and all
copies of it will be removed from all active caches in which it is present.