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Date:	Thu, 8 Nov 2007 01:36:45 -0600
From:	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	nfs@...ts.sourceforge.net, neilb@...e.de, bfields@...ldses.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	chuck.lever@...cle.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: LTP ustat01 test fails on NFSROOT


On Nov 2, 2007, at 9:28 AM, Kumar Gala wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Trond Myklebust wrote:
>
>> Could you please try the following patch?
>>
>> Cheers
>>   Trond
>
> Its a new month so I'll ping again about sending this fix upstream to
> linus for 2.6.24 :) ?
>
> - k

Trond,

any update on sending this to Linus for 2.6.24?

- k

>> --------------------------------- CUT HERE  
>> -----------------------------
>> From: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
>> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:56:10 -0400
>> NFS: Fix the ustat() regression
>>
>> Since 2.6.18, the superblock sb->s_root has been a dummy dentry  
>> with a
>> dummy inode. This breaks ustat(), which actually uses sb->s_root in a
>> vfstat() call.
>>
>> Fix this by making the s_root a dummy alias to the directory inode  
>> that was
>> used when creating the superblock.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
>> ---
>>
>>  fs/nfs/getroot.c |   81 +++++++++++++++++ 
>> +------------------------------------
>>  1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/nfs/getroot.c b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
>> index 522e5ad..0ee4384 100644
>> --- a/fs/nfs/getroot.c
>> +++ b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
>> @@ -43,6 +43,25 @@
>>  #define NFSDBG_FACILITY		NFSDBG_CLIENT
>>
>>  /*
>> + * Set the superblock root dentry.
>> + * Note that this function frees the inode in case of error.
>> + */
>> +static int nfs_superblock_set_dummy_root(struct super_block *sb,  
>> struct inode *inode)
>> +{
>> +	/* The mntroot acts as the dummy root dentry for this superblock */
>> +	if (sb->s_root == NULL) {
>> +		sb->s_root = d_alloc_root(inode);
>> +		if (sb->s_root == NULL) {
>> +			iput(inode);
>> +			return -ENOMEM;
>> +		}
>> +		/* Circumvent igrab(): we know the inode is not being freed */
>> +		atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
>> +	}
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>>   * get an NFS2/NFS3 root dentry from the root filehandle
>>   */
>>  struct dentry *nfs_get_root(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh  
>> *mntfh)
>> @@ -54,33 +73,6 @@ struct dentry *nfs_get_root(struct super_block  
>> *sb, struct nfs_fh *mntfh)
>>  	struct inode *inode;
>>  	int error;
>>
>> -	/* create a dummy root dentry with dummy inode for this  
>> superblock */
>> -	if (!sb->s_root) {
>> -		struct nfs_fh dummyfh;
>> -		struct dentry *root;
>> -		struct inode *iroot;
>> -
>> -		memset(&dummyfh, 0, sizeof(dummyfh));
>> -		memset(&fattr, 0, sizeof(fattr));
>> -		nfs_fattr_init(&fattr);
>> -		fattr.valid = NFS_ATTR_FATTR;
>> -		fattr.type = NFDIR;
>> -		fattr.mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
>> -		fattr.nlink = 2;
>> -
>> -		iroot = nfs_fhget(sb, &dummyfh, &fattr);
>> -		if (IS_ERR(iroot))
>> -			return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(iroot));
>> -
>> -		root = d_alloc_root(iroot);
>> -		if (!root) {
>> -			iput(iroot);
>> -			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>> -		}
>> -
>> -		sb->s_root = root;
>> -	}
>> -
>>  	/* get the actual root for this mount */
>>  	fsinfo.fattr = &fattr;
>>
>> @@ -96,6 +88,10 @@ struct dentry *nfs_get_root(struct super_block  
>> *sb, struct nfs_fh *mntfh)
>>  		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(inode));
>>  	}
>>
>> +	error = nfs_superblock_set_dummy_root(sb, inode);
>> +	if (error != 0)
>> +		return ERR_PTR(error);
>> +
>>  	/* root dentries normally start off anonymous and get spliced in  
>> later
>>  	 * if the dentry tree reaches them; however if the dentry already
>>  	 * exists, we'll pick it up at this point and use it as the root
>> @@ -241,33 +237,6 @@ struct dentry *nfs4_get_root(struct  
>> super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *mntfh)
>>
>>  	dprintk("--> nfs4_get_root()\n");
>>
>> -	/* create a dummy root dentry with dummy inode for this  
>> superblock */
>> -	if (!sb->s_root) {
>> -		struct nfs_fh dummyfh;
>> -		struct dentry *root;
>> -		struct inode *iroot;
>> -
>> -		memset(&dummyfh, 0, sizeof(dummyfh));
>> -		memset(&fattr, 0, sizeof(fattr));
>> -		nfs_fattr_init(&fattr);
>> -		fattr.valid = NFS_ATTR_FATTR;
>> -		fattr.type = NFDIR;
>> -		fattr.mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
>> -		fattr.nlink = 2;
>> -
>> -		iroot = nfs_fhget(sb, &dummyfh, &fattr);
>> -		if (IS_ERR(iroot))
>> -			return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(iroot));
>> -
>> -		root = d_alloc_root(iroot);
>> -		if (!root) {
>> -			iput(iroot);
>> -			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>> -		}
>> -
>> -		sb->s_root = root;
>> -	}
>> -
>>  	/* get the info about the server and filesystem */
>>  	error = nfs4_server_capabilities(server, mntfh);
>>  	if (error < 0) {
>> @@ -289,6 +258,10 @@ struct dentry *nfs4_get_root(struct  
>> super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *mntfh)
>>  		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(inode));
>>  	}
>>
>> +	error = nfs_superblock_set_dummy_root(sb, inode);
>> +	if (error != 0)
>> +		return ERR_PTR(error);
>> +
>>  	/* root dentries normally start off anonymous and get spliced in  
>> later
>>  	 * if the dentry tree reaches them; however if the dentry already
>>  	 * exists, we'll pick it up at this point and use it as the root
>>
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