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Message-ID: <20140426164605.GB11272@fieldses.org> Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 12:46:05 -0400 From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org> To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] please pull file locking changes for v3.15 (pile #2) On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 06:39:18AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 05:57:39 -0400 > "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 07:45:57AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > > > > > > The following changes since commit 55101e2d6ce1c780f6ee8fee5f37306971aac6cd: > > > > > > Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm (2014-04-14 16:21:28 -0700) > > > > > > are available in the git repository at: > > > > > > > > > git://git.samba.org/jlayton/linux.git tags/locks-v3.15-2 > > > > > > for you to fetch changes up to cff2fce58b2b0f59089e7edcdc38803d65057b9f: > > > > > > locks: rename FL_FILE_PVT and IS_FILE_PVT to use "*_OFDLCK" instead (2014-04-23 16:17:03 -0400) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > File locking related bugfixes for v3.15 (pile #2) > > > > > > - fix for a long-standing bug in __break_lease that can cause soft lockups > > > - renaming of file-private locks to "open file description" locks, and the > > > command macros to more visually distinct names. > > > > > > The fix for __break_lease is also in the pile of patches for which Bruce > > > sent a pull request, but I assume that your merge procedure will handle > > > that correctly. > > > > > > For the other patches, I don't like the fact that we need to rename this > > > stuff at this late stage, but it should be settled now (hopefully). > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Jeff Layton (3): > > > locks: allow __break_lease to sleep even when break_time is 0 > > > locks: rename file-private locks to "open file description locks" > > > > Nit: they're "descriptors", not "descriptions". > > > > But since that only affects comments and changelogs (not even the macros > > names, which are using OFD), that's a very nitty nit.... > > > > --b. > > > > No, they are _descriptions_. The descriptor is the number you get back > from doing something like an open(). The description is the thing that > the descriptor points to. This is the terminology that POSIX uses, and > is what was recommended by the glibc and manpages maintainers. Whoops, I'm pretty sure I'd seen that explained before and just forgot. Thanks to you and Christoph for setting me straight! > The glibc doc patches lay this out in detail. I'm not terribly thrilled > with the name either, fwiw, but it is better than file-private. Sure. --b. > > > > locks: rename FL_FILE_PVT and IS_FILE_PVT to use "*_OFDLCK" instead > > > > > > arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c | 6 +++--- > > > fs/compat.c | 14 +++++++------- > > > fs/fcntl.c | 12 ++++++------ > > > fs/locks.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- > > > include/linux/fs.h | 2 +- > > > include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h | 20 ++++++++++---------- > > > security/selinux/hooks.c | 6 +++--- > > > 7 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-) > > > > > > -- > > > Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com> > > > -- > Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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