linux-hardened/fs
Chris Mason 7d455e0030 fs/inode.c: properly init address_space->writeback_index
write_cache_pages() uses i_mapping->writeback_index to pick up where it
left off the last time a given inode was found by pdflush or
balance_dirty_pages (or anyone else who sets wbc->range_cyclic)

alloc_inode() should set it to a sane value so that writeback doesn't
start in the middle of a file.  It is somewhat difficult to notice the bug
since write_cache_pages will loop around to the start of the file and the
elevator helps hide the resulting seeks.

For whatever reason, Btrfs hits this often.  Unpatched, untarring 30
copies of the linux kernel in series runs at 47MB/s on a single sata
drive.  With this fix, it jumps to 62MB/s.

Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-15 08:35:44 -07:00
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9p 9p: fix O_APPEND in legacy mode 2008-07-03 09:59:03 -05:00
adfs SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
affs [PATCH] f_count may wrap around 2008-07-26 20:53:40 -04:00
afs mm: rename page trylock 2008-08-04 21:31:34 -07:00
autofs
autofs4 autofs4: remove unused ioctls 2008-07-24 10:47:33 -07:00
befs SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
bfs SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
cifs Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6 2008-08-08 16:18:34 -07:00
coda [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00
configfs [PATCH] configfs: Pin configfs subsystems separately from new config_items. 2008-07-31 16:21:13 -07:00
cramfs fs: Remove unnecessary inclusions of asm/semaphore.h 2008-04-18 22:16:44 -04:00
debugfs debugfs: Implement debugfs_remove_recursive() 2008-07-21 21:54:59 -07:00
devpts [PATCH] devpts: switch to IDA 2008-08-01 11:25:29 -04:00
dlm dlm: rename structs 2008-08-13 12:47:36 -05:00
ecryptfs eCryptfs: use page_alloc not kmalloc to get a page of memory 2008-07-28 16:30:21 -07:00
efs SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
exportfs fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
ext2 vfs: pagecache usage optimization for pagesize!=blocksize 2008-07-28 16:30:21 -07:00
ext3 [PATCH] fix races and leaks in vfs_quota_on() users 2008-08-01 11:25:25 -04:00
ext4 Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 2008-08-03 10:50:44 -07:00
fat fat: Fix allow_utime option 2008-08-02 09:13:55 -07:00
freevxfs fs/freevxfs/: proper externs 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
fuse [PATCH] fix MAY_CHDIR/MAY_ACCESS/LOOKUP_ACCESS mess 2008-07-26 20:53:21 -04:00
gfs2 [PATCH] don't pass nameidata to gfs2_lookupi() 2008-07-26 20:53:36 -04:00
hfs [PATCH] f_count may wrap around 2008-07-26 20:53:40 -04:00
hfsplus [PATCH] f_count may wrap around 2008-07-26 20:53:40 -04:00
hostfs [PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototype 2008-07-26 20:53:14 -04:00
hpfs [patch 05/14] hpfs: dont call permission() 2008-07-26 20:53:13 -04:00
hppfs [patch] hppfs: remove hppfs_permission 2008-07-26 20:53:07 -04:00
hugetlbfs SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
isofs SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
jbd Merge branch 'core/locking' into core/urgent 2008-08-12 00:11:49 +02:00
jbd2 Merge branch 'core/locking' into core/urgent 2008-08-12 00:11:49 +02:00
jffs2 [JFFS2] Fix allocation of summary buffer 2008-08-01 10:07:51 +01:00
jfs [PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototype 2008-07-26 20:53:14 -04:00
lockd Merge branch 'for-2.6.27' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2008-08-12 16:39:22 -07:00
minix SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
msdos fatfs: add UTC timestamp option 2008-07-25 10:53:34 -07:00
ncpfs [PATCH] don't pass nameidata to __ncp_lookup_validate() 2008-07-26 20:53:37 -04:00
nfs Revert "UFS: add const to parser token table" 2008-08-04 16:50:38 -07:00
nfs_common
nfsd Merge branch 'for-2.6.27' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2008-08-12 16:39:22 -07:00
nls
ntfs fs: rename buffer trylock 2008-08-04 21:56:09 -07:00
ocfs2 [PATCH] ocfs2: Release mutex in error handling code 2008-07-31 16:21:14 -07:00
omfs omfs: fix warning 2008-08-05 14:33:49 -07:00
openpromfs SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
partitions fs/partitions/efi: convert to pr_debug 2008-07-25 10:53:44 -07:00
proc proc: fix warnings 2008-08-05 14:33:50 -07:00
qnx4 SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
ramfs ramfs: enable splice write 2008-07-04 09:52:14 +02:00
reiserfs reiserfs: removed duplicated #include 2008-08-12 16:07:30 -07:00
romfs romfs_readpage: don't report errors for pages beyond i_size 2008-07-30 14:30:34 -07:00
smbfs [PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototype 2008-07-26 20:53:14 -04:00
sysfs Use WARN() in fs/sysfs 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
sysv SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
ubifs [PATCH] get rid of indirect users of namei.h 2008-07-26 20:53:42 -04:00
udf SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
ufs Revert "UFS: add const to parser token table" 2008-08-04 16:50:38 -07:00
vfat fatfs: add UTC timestamp option 2008-07-25 10:53:34 -07:00
xfs CRED: Introduce credential access wrappers 2008-08-14 09:35:23 +10:00
aio.c [PATCH] f_count may wrap around 2008-07-26 20:53:40 -04:00
anon_inodes.c flag parameters: NONBLOCK in anon_inode_getfd 2008-07-24 10:47:28 -07:00
attr.c [patch 4/4] vfs: immutable inode checking cleanup 2008-07-26 20:53:28 -04:00
bad_inode.c [PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototype 2008-07-26 20:53:14 -04:00
binfmt_aout.c tracehook: exec 2008-07-26 12:00:08 -07:00
binfmt_elf.c tracehook: exec 2008-07-26 12:00:08 -07:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c binfmt_elf_fdpic: Magical stack pointer index, for NEW_AUX_ENT compat. 2008-07-28 18:10:28 +09:00
binfmt_em86.c binfmt_misc.c: avoid potential kernel stack overflow 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
binfmt_flat.c tracehook: exec 2008-07-26 12:00:08 -07:00
binfmt_misc.c binfmt_misc: use simple_read_from_buffer() 2008-07-24 10:47:27 -07:00
binfmt_script.c binfmt_misc.c: avoid potential kernel stack overflow 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
binfmt_som.c tracehook: exec 2008-07-26 12:00:08 -07:00
bio-integrity.c bio-integrity: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL for bio_integrity_init_slab() 2008-07-28 16:30:21 -07:00
bio.c bio: make use of bvec_nr_vecs 2008-08-06 12:30:04 +02:00
block_dev.c [PATCH] switch mtd and dm-table to lookup_bdev() 2008-08-01 11:25:31 -04:00
buffer.c fs: rename buffer trylock 2008-08-04 21:56:09 -07:00
char_dev.c Remove the lock_kernel() call from chrdev_open() 2008-06-20 14:05:53 -06:00
compat.c [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c remove unused #include <linux/dirent.h>'s 2008-07-25 10:53:34 -07:00
dcache.c dcache: Add case-insensitive support d_ci_add() routine 2008-07-28 16:58:39 +10:00
dcookies.c d_path: Make d_path() use a struct path 2008-02-14 21:17:09 -08:00
direct-io.c dio: use get_user_pages_fast 2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00
dnotify.c [PATCH] split linux/file.h 2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
dquot.c [PATCH] fix races and leaks in vfs_quota_on() users 2008-08-01 11:25:25 -04:00
drop_caches.c vfs: skip inodes without pages to free in drop_pagecache_sb() 2008-04-29 08:06:05 -07:00
eventfd.c flag parameters: check magic constants 2008-07-24 10:47:29 -07:00
eventpoll.c fs/eventpoll.c: fix sys_epoll_create1() comment 2008-08-12 16:07:30 -07:00
exec.c exec: include pagemap.h again to fix build 2008-07-28 16:30:20 -07:00
fcntl.c [PATCH] clean dup2() up a bit 2008-08-01 11:25:24 -04:00
fifo.c [PATCH] reuse xxx_fifo_fops for xxx_pipe_fops 2008-07-26 20:53:06 -04:00
file.c [PATCH] merge locate_fd() and get_unused_fd() 2008-08-01 11:25:23 -04:00
file_table.c [PATCH] f_count may wrap around 2008-07-26 20:53:40 -04:00
filesystems.c
fs-writeback.c VFS: export sync_sb_inodes 2008-07-14 19:10:52 +03:00
generic_acl.c
inode.c fs/inode.c: properly init address_space->writeback_index 2008-08-15 08:35:44 -07:00
inotify.c
inotify_user.c [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00
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
Kconfig omfs: update kbuild to include OMFS 2008-07-26 12:00:05 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt sh: Initial ELF FDPIC support. 2008-07-28 18:10:28 +09:00
libfs.c VFS: increase pseudo-filesystem block size to PAGE_SIZE 2008-07-30 09:41:44 -07:00
locks.c SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
Makefile omfs: update kbuild to include OMFS 2008-07-26 12:00:05 -07:00
mbcache.c vfs: fix possible deadlock in ext2, ext3, ext4 when using xattrs 2008-04-15 19:35:41 -07:00
mpage.c vfs: add hooks for ext4's delayed allocation support 2008-07-11 19:27:31 -04:00
namei.c [patch 3/4] vfs: remove unused nameidata argument of may_create() 2008-08-01 11:25:30 -04:00
namespace.c [PATCH] pass struct path * to do_add_mount() 2008-08-01 11:25:32 -04:00
nfsctl.c Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
no-block.c
open.c [PATCH] merge locate_fd() and get_unused_fd() 2008-08-01 11:25:23 -04:00
pipe.c [PATCH] reuse xxx_fifo_fops for xxx_pipe_fops 2008-07-26 20:53:06 -04:00
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.c quota: cleanup loop in sync_dquots() 2008-07-25 10:53:35 -07:00
quota_v1.c quota: move function-macros from quota.h to quotaops.h 2008-07-25 10:53:35 -07:00
quota_v2.c quota: move function-macros from quota.h to quotaops.h 2008-07-25 10:53:35 -07:00
read_write.c Remove BKL from remote_llseek v2 2008-07-02 15:06:27 -06:00
read_write.h
readdir.c
select.c Fix performance regression on lmbench select benchmark 2008-06-22 12:23:15 -07:00
seq_file.c seq_file: add seq_cpumask(), seq_nodemask() 2008-08-12 16:07:30 -07:00
signalfd.c flag parameters: check magic constants 2008-07-24 10:47:29 -07:00
splice.c mm: rename page trylock 2008-08-04 21:31:34 -07:00
stack.c
stat.c [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00
super.c fix soft lock up at NFS mount via per-SB LRU-list of unused dentries 2008-07-24 10:47:15 -07:00
sync.c SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE may and will block. Document that. 2008-07-24 10:47:17 -07:00
timerfd.c flag parameters: check magic constants 2008-07-24 10:47:29 -07:00
utimes.c [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00
xattr.c [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00
xattr_acl.c