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Message-ID: <20070928072953.GA29031@infradead.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:29:53 +0100
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>, laurent.riffard@...e.fr,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC][PATCH] stop abusing filp_open in reiserfs journal code
And here's a patch to stop the filp abuse in the journal code. An additional
benefit is that the block device is now properly claimed when opened by
device number.
Index: linux-2.6/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/reiserfs/journal.c 2007-09-28 09:18:50.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/reiserfs/journal.c 2007-09-28 09:28:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -2544,11 +2544,9 @@ static int release_journal_dev(struct su
result = 0;
- if (journal->j_dev_file != NULL) {
- result = filp_close(journal->j_dev_file, NULL);
- journal->j_dev_file = NULL;
- journal->j_dev_bd = NULL;
- } else if (journal->j_dev_bd != NULL) {
+ if (journal->j_dev_bd != NULL) {
+ if (journal->j_dev_bd->bd_dev != super->s_dev)
+ bd_release(journal->j_dev_bd);
result = blkdev_put(journal->j_dev_bd);
journal->j_dev_bd = NULL;
}
@@ -2573,7 +2571,6 @@ static int journal_init_dev(struct super
result = 0;
journal->j_dev_bd = NULL;
- journal->j_dev_file = NULL;
jdev = SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_DEVICE(super) ?
new_decode_dev(SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_DEVICE(super)) : super->s_dev;
@@ -2590,35 +2587,34 @@ static int journal_init_dev(struct super
"cannot init journal device '%s': %i",
__bdevname(jdev, b), result);
return result;
- } else if (jdev != super->s_dev)
+ } else if (jdev != super->s_dev) {
+ result = bd_claim(journal->j_dev_bd, journal);
+ if (result) {
+ blkdev_put(journal->j_dev_bd);
+ return result;
+ }
+
set_blocksize(journal->j_dev_bd, super->s_blocksize);
+ }
+
return 0;
}
- journal->j_dev_file = filp_open(jdev_name, 0, 0);
- if (!IS_ERR(journal->j_dev_file)) {
- struct inode *jdev_inode = journal->j_dev_file->f_mapping->host;
- if (!S_ISBLK(jdev_inode->i_mode)) {
- reiserfs_warning(super, "journal_init_dev: '%s' is "
- "not a block device", jdev_name);
- result = -ENOTBLK;
- release_journal_dev(super, journal);
- } else {
- /* ok */
- journal->j_dev_bd = I_BDEV(jdev_inode);
- set_blocksize(journal->j_dev_bd, super->s_blocksize);
- reiserfs_info(super,
- "journal_init_dev: journal device: %s\n",
- bdevname(journal->j_dev_bd, b));
- }
- } else {
- result = PTR_ERR(journal->j_dev_file);
- journal->j_dev_file = NULL;
+ journal->j_dev_bd = open_bdev_excl(jdev_name, 0, journal);
+ if (IS_ERR(journal->j_dev_bd)) {
+ result = PTR_ERR(journal->j_dev_bd);
+ journal->j_dev_bd = NULL;
reiserfs_warning(super,
"journal_init_dev: Cannot open '%s': %i",
jdev_name, result);
+ return result;
}
- return result;
+
+ set_blocksize(journal->j_dev_bd, super->s_blocksize);
+ reiserfs_info(super,
+ "journal_init_dev: journal device: %s\n",
+ bdevname(journal->j_dev_bd, b));
+ return 0;
}
/*
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h 2007-09-28 09:24:27.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h 2007-09-28 09:24:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ struct reiserfs_journal {
struct reiserfs_journal_cnode *j_last; /* newest journal block */
struct reiserfs_journal_cnode *j_first; /* oldest journal block. start here for traverse */
- struct file *j_dev_file;
struct block_device *j_dev_bd;
int j_1st_reserved_block; /* first block on s_dev of reserved area journal */
-
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