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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-08-04 16:44:40 -1000
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-08-04 16:44:40 -1000
commit24f0eed2668b059e847ff145848ddacb75419acc (patch)
tree010c89c06e191b068f8a078b10bfaf1d3699c834 /fs
parent8b6b4628126fd73d0a53b499a26133c15b73c1e6 (diff)
parent3567866bf26190d1e734c975c907eb06e923ba23 (diff)
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: RCUify freeing acls, let check_acl() go ahead in RCU mode if acl is cached get rid of boilerplate switches in posix_acl.h fix block device fallout from ->fsync() changes
Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
-rw-r--r--fs/block_dev.c4
-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c17
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index f28680553288..ff77262e887c 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -387,6 +387,10 @@ int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
struct inode *bd_inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(bd_inode);
int error;
+
+ error = filemap_write_and_wait_range(filp->f_mapping, start, end);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
/*
* There is no need to serialise calls to blkdev_issue_flush with
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 445fd5da11fa..3d607bd80e09 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -179,19 +179,14 @@ static int check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
#ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
struct posix_acl *acl;
- /*
- * Under RCU walk, we cannot even do a "get_cached_acl()",
- * because that involves locking and getting a refcount on
- * a cached ACL.
- *
- * So the only case we handle during RCU walking is the
- * case of a cached "no ACL at all", which needs no locks
- * or refcounts.
- */
if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK) {
- if (negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
+ acl = get_cached_acl_rcu(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+ if (!acl)
return -EAGAIN;
- return -ECHILD;
+ /* no ->get_acl() calls in RCU mode... */
+ if (acl == ACL_NOT_CACHED)
+ return -ECHILD;
+ return posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
}
acl = get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);