linux/fs
Linus Torvalds 8f5934278d Replace BKL with superblock lock in fat/msdos/vfat
This replaces the use of the BKL in the FAT family of filesystems with the
existing superblock lock instead.

The code already appears to do mostly proper locking with its own private
spinlocks (and mutexes), but while the BKL could possibly have been
dropped entirely, converting it to use the superblock lock (which is just
a regular mutex) is the conservative thing to do.

As a per-filesystem mutex, it not only won't have any of the possible
latency issues related to the BKL, but the lock is obviously private to
the particular filesystem instance and will thus not cause problems for
entirely unrelated users like the BKL can.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2008-06-20 14:05:54 -06:00
..
9p 9p: fix error path during early mount 2008-05-14 19:23:27 -05:00
adfs fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
affs [PATCH] fix reservation discarding in affs 2008-05-06 13:45:33 -04:00
afs afs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
autofs mount options: fix autofs 2008-02-08 09:22:40 -08:00
autofs4 autofs: path_{get,put}() cleanups 2008-05-01 08:04:01 -07:00
befs byteorder: don't directly include linux/byteorder/generic.h 2008-05-16 12:01:45 -07:00
bfs fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
cifs [CIFS] don't allow demultiplex thread to exit until kthread_stop is called 2008-05-11 17:45:44 +00:00
coda codafs: fix build warning 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
configfs fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
cramfs fs: Remove unnecessary inclusions of asm/semaphore.h 2008-04-18 22:16:44 -04:00
debugfs DEBUGFS: Correct location of debugfs API documentation. 2008-04-30 16:52:47 -07:00
devpts devpts: factor out PTY index allocation 2008-04-30 08:29:48 -07:00
dlm fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
ecryptfs eCryptFS: fix imbalanced mutex locking 2008-05-13 08:02:26 -07:00
efs efs: update error msg to not refer to deleted read_inode() 2008-04-02 15:28:19 -07:00
exportfs fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
ext2 ext2: retry block allocation if new blocks are allocated from system zone 2008-04-28 08:58:43 -07:00
ext3 ext3/4: fix uninitialized bs in ext3/4_xattr_set_handle() 2008-05-14 19:11:14 -07:00
ext4 ext4: Retry block allocation if new blocks are allocated from system zone. 2008-05-15 14:43:20 -04:00
fat Replace BKL with superblock lock in fat/msdos/vfat 2008-06-20 14:05:54 -06:00
freevxfs fs/freevxfs/: proper externs 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
fuse fuse: add flag to turn on big writes 2008-05-13 08:02:26 -07:00
gfs2 fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
hfs hfs: fix warning with 64k PAGE_SIZE 2008-04-30 08:29:52 -07:00
hfsplus Fix hfsplus oops on image without extents 2008-05-13 08:02:24 -07:00
hostfs uml: fix hostfs tv_usec calculations 2008-02-05 09:44:30 -08:00
hpfs mount options: fix hpfs 2008-02-08 09:22:40 -08:00
hppfs uml: move hppfs_kern.c to hppfs.c 2008-05-13 08:02:21 -07:00
hugetlbfs mm: bdi: add separate writeback accounting capability 2008-04-30 08:29:50 -07:00
isofs isofs: fix access to unallocated memory when reading corrupted filesystem 2008-04-30 08:29:33 -07:00
jbd jbd: need to hold j_state_lock to updates to transaction t_state to T_COMMIT 2008-05-14 19:11:14 -07:00
jbd2 jbd2: update transaction t_state to T_COMMIT fix 2008-05-15 14:46:17 -04:00
jffs2 Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6 2008-05-01 11:15:28 -07:00
jfs proc: remove proc_root_fs 2008-04-29 08:06:18 -07:00
lockd fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
minix iget: stop the MINIX filesystem from using iget() and read_inode() 2008-02-07 08:42:28 -08:00
msdos Replace BKL with superblock lock in fat/msdos/vfat 2008-06-20 14:05:54 -06:00
ncpfs ncpfs: use get/put_unaligned_* helpers 2008-04-29 08:06:28 -07:00
nfs mm: bdi: expose the BDI object in sysfs for NFS 2008-04-30 08:29:49 -07:00
nfs_common
nfsd fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
nls
ntfs fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
ocfs2 ocfs2: Use GFP_NOFS in kmalloc during localalloc window move 2008-04-30 17:09:58 -07:00
openpromfs iget: stop OPENPROMFS from using iget() and read_inode() 2008-02-07 08:42:29 -08:00
partitions fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
proc capabilities: add bounding set to /proc/self/status 2008-05-13 08:02:24 -07:00
qnx4 iget: stop QNX4 from using iget() and read_inode() 2008-02-07 08:42:28 -08:00
ramfs mm: bdi: add separate writeback accounting capability 2008-04-30 08:29:50 -07:00
reiserfs reiserfs: use open_bdev_excl 2008-04-30 08:29:51 -07:00
romfs ROMFS: Fix up an error in iget removal 2008-03-19 18:53:36 -07:00
smbfs fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
sysfs sysfs: Disallow truncation of files in sysfs 2008-04-30 16:52:46 -07:00
sysv sysv: [bl]e*_add_cpu conversion 2008-04-30 08:29:52 -07:00
udf Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-udf-2.6 2008-05-08 10:48:03 -07:00
ufs ufs: remove unneeded ufs_put_inode prototype 2008-05-13 08:02:23 -07:00
vfat Replace BKL with superblock lock in fat/msdos/vfat 2008-06-20 14:05:54 -06:00
xfs [XFS] Include linux/random.h in all builds, not just debug. 2008-04-30 07:53:50 -07:00
aio.c debugobjects: add timer specific object debugging code 2008-04-30 08:29:53 -07:00
anon_inodes.c [PATCH] sanitize anon_inode_getfd() 2008-05-01 13:08:50 -04:00
attr.c
bad_inode.c iget: introduce a function to register iget failure 2008-02-07 08:42:26 -08:00
binfmt_aout.c fs/binfmt_aout.c: use printk_ratelimit() 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c fdpic: check that the size returned by kernel_read() is what we asked for 2008-04-29 08:06:05 -07:00
binfmt_elf.c elf: fix shadowed variables in fs/binfmt_elf.c 2008-04-29 08:06:16 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c binfmt_misc.c: avoid potential kernel stack overflow 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
binfmt_flat.c procfs task exe symlink 2008-04-29 08:06:17 -07:00
binfmt_misc.c binfmt_misc.c: avoid potential kernel stack overflow 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
binfmt_script.c binfmt_misc.c: avoid potential kernel stack overflow 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
binfmt_som.c [PATCH] sanitize handling of shared descriptor tables in failing execve() 2008-04-25 09:23:53 -04:00
bio.c docbook: fix bio missing parameter 2008-05-07 18:35:03 +02:00
block_dev.c fs/block_dev.c: remove #if 0'ed code 2008-02-19 10:04:00 +01:00
buffer.c fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
char_dev.c Remove the lock_kernel() call from chrdev_open() 2008-06-20 14:05:53 -06:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c x86: compat_binfmt_elf 2008-01-30 13:31:46 +01:00
compat_ioctl.c tty: The big operations rework 2008-04-30 08:29:47 -07:00
compat.c [PATCH] split linux/file.h 2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
dcache.c [patch 2/7] vfs: mountinfo: add seq_file_root() 2008-04-23 00:04:38 -04:00
dcookies.c d_path: Make d_path() use a struct path 2008-02-14 21:17:09 -08:00
direct-io.c Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
dnotify.c [PATCH] split linux/file.h 2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
dquot.c quota: don't call sync_fs() from vfs_quota_off() when there's no quota turn off 2008-05-13 08:02:23 -07:00
drop_caches.c vfs: skip inodes without pages to free in drop_pagecache_sb() 2008-04-29 08:06:05 -07:00
eventfd.c [PATCH] sanitize anon_inode_getfd() 2008-05-01 13:08:50 -04:00
eventpoll.c [PATCH] sanitize anon_inode_getfd() 2008-05-01 13:08:50 -04:00
exec.c memcg: fix possible panic when CONFIG_MM_OWNER=y 2008-05-13 08:02:25 -07:00
fcntl.c [PATCH] split linux/file.h 2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
fifo.c
file_table.c [PATCH] split linux/file.h 2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
file.c [PATCH] fix sysctl_nr_open bugs 2008-05-01 13:08:57 -04:00
filesystems.c
fs-writeback.c fs/fs-writeback.c: make 2 functions static 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
generic_acl.c
inode.c VFS: fix unused variable warning 2008-05-06 13:13:37 -07:00
inotify_user.c Remove duplicated unlikely() in IS_ERR() 2008-04-29 08:06:25 -07:00
inotify.c inotify: remove debug code 2008-02-06 10:41:07 -08:00
internal.h [PATCH] move a bunch of declarations to fs/internal.h 2008-04-21 23:11:01 -04:00
ioctl.c make vfs_ioctl() static 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
ioprio.c cfq-iosched: relax IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE restrictions 2008-01-28 11:38:15 +01:00
Kconfig [S390] System z large page support. 2008-04-30 13:38:47 +02:00
Kconfig.binfmt make BINFMT_FLAT a bool 2008-04-29 08:06:01 -07:00
libfs.c Pagecache zeroing: zero_user_segment, zero_user_segments and zero_user 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
locks.c Add new 'cond_resched_bkl()' helper function 2008-05-11 16:04:48 -07:00
Makefile x86: compat_binfmt_elf Kconfig 2008-01-30 13:31:46 +01:00
mbcache.c vfs: fix possible deadlock in ext2, ext3, ext4 when using xattrs 2008-04-15 19:35:41 -07:00
mpage.c docbook: fix filesystems.tmpl source files 2008-03-03 10:47:13 -08:00
namei.c cgroups: implement device whitelist 2008-04-29 08:06:09 -07:00
namespace.c fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
nfsctl.c Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
no-block.c
open.c [PATCH] split linux/file.h 2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
pipe.c sys_pipe(): fix file descriptor leaks 2008-05-08 10:46:56 -07:00
pnode.c [patch 7/7] vfs: mountinfo: show dominating group id 2008-04-23 00:05:09 -04:00
pnode.h [patch 7/7] vfs: mountinfo: show dominating group id 2008-04-23 00:05:09 -04:00
posix_acl.c
quota_v1.c quota: do not allow setting of quota limits to too high values 2008-04-28 08:58:32 -07:00
quota_v2.c quota: le*_add_cpu conversion 2008-04-30 08:29:51 -07:00
quota.c quota: quota core changes for quotaon on remount 2008-04-28 08:58:33 -07:00
read_write.c fs: use loff_t type instead of long long 2008-04-22 15:17:11 -07:00
read_write.h
readdir.c Use mutex_lock_killable in vfs_readdir 2007-12-06 17:39:54 -05:00
select.c [PATCH] split linux/file.h 2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
seq_file.c [patch 2/7] vfs: mountinfo: add seq_file_root() 2008-04-23 00:04:38 -04:00
signalfd.c [PATCH] sanitize anon_inode_getfd() 2008-05-01 13:08:50 -04:00
splice.c Revert "relay: fix splice problem" 2008-05-08 14:06:19 +02:00
stack.c
stat.c Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
super.c make __put_super() static 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
sync.c vfs: fix unconditional write_super() call in file_fsync() 2008-04-29 08:06:06 -07:00
timerfd.c [PATCH] sanitize anon_inode_getfd() 2008-05-01 13:08:50 -04:00
utimes.c vfs: fix permission checking in sys_utimensat 2008-05-01 08:03:59 -07:00
xattr_acl.c
xattr.c xattr: add missing consts to function arguments 2008-04-29 08:06:06 -07:00