linux/fs
Takashi Sato c4be0c1dc4 filesystem freeze: add error handling of write_super_lockfs/unlockfs
Currently, ext3 in mainline Linux doesn't have the freeze feature which
suspends write requests.  So, we cannot take a backup which keeps the
filesystem's consistency with the storage device's features (snapshot and
replication) while it is mounted.

In many case, a commercial filesystem (e.g.  VxFS) has the freeze feature
and it would be used to get the consistent backup.

If Linux's standard filesystem ext3 has the freeze feature, we can do it
without a commercial filesystem.

So I have implemented the ioctls of the freeze feature.
I think we can take the consistent backup with the following steps.
1. Freeze the filesystem with the freeze ioctl.
2. Separate the replication volume or create the snapshot
   with the storage device's feature.
3. Unfreeze the filesystem with the unfreeze ioctl.
4. Take the backup from the separated replication volume
   or the snapshot.

This patch:

VFS:
Changed the type of write_super_lockfs and unlockfs from "void"
to "int" so that they can return an error.
Rename write_super_lockfs and unlockfs of the super block operation
freeze_fs and unfreeze_fs to avoid a confusion.

ext3, ext4, xfs, gfs2, jfs:
Changed the type of write_super_lockfs and unlockfs from "void"
to "int" so that write_super_lockfs returns an error if needed,
and unlockfs always returns 0.

reiserfs:
Changed the type of write_super_lockfs and unlockfs from "void"
to "int" so that they always return 0 (success) to keep a current behavior.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Sato <t-sato@yk.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Masayuki Hamaguchi <m-hamaguchi@ys.jp.nec.com>
Cc: <xfs-masters@oss.sgi.com>
Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@austin.ibm.com>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-09 16:54:42 -08:00
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9p Merge branch 'next' into for-linus 2008-12-25 11:40:09 +11:00
adfs
affs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2009-01-05 18:32:06 -08:00
afs fs: symlink write_begin allocation context fix 2009-01-04 13:33:20 -08:00
autofs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
autofs4 autofs4: fix string validation check order 2009-01-06 15:59:23 -08:00
befs befs: ensure fast symlinks are NUL-terminated 2008-12-31 18:07:40 -05:00
bfs bfs: check that filesystem fits on the blockdevice 2009-01-06 15:59:31 -08:00
btrfs Btrfs: explicitly mark the tree log root for writeback 2009-01-09 13:14:17 -05:00
cifs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2009-01-05 18:32:06 -08:00
coda coda: fix fs/coda/sysctl.c build warnings when !CONFIG_SYSCTL 2009-01-08 08:31:01 -08:00
configfs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
cramfs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
debugfs debugfs: add helpers for exporting a size_t simple value 2009-01-07 10:00:16 -08:00
devpts zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
dlm Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/teigland/dlm 2009-01-05 19:02:09 -08:00
ecryptfs fs/ecryptfs/inode.c: cleanup kerneldoc 2009-01-06 15:59:22 -08:00
efs
exportfs Merge branch 'next' into for-linus 2008-12-25 11:40:09 +11:00
ext2 ext2: tighten restrictions on inode flags 2009-01-08 08:31:00 -08:00
ext3 filesystem freeze: add error handling of write_super_lockfs/unlockfs 2009-01-09 16:54:42 -08:00
ext4 filesystem freeze: add error handling of write_super_lockfs/unlockfs 2009-01-09 16:54:42 -08:00
fat Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hirofumi/fatfs-2.6 2008-12-30 20:33:34 -08:00
freevxfs freevxfs: ensure fast symlinks are NUL-terminated 2008-12-31 18:07:40 -05:00
fuse Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/fuse 2009-01-06 17:01:20 -08:00
gfs2 filesystem freeze: add error handling of write_super_lockfs/unlockfs 2009-01-09 16:54:42 -08:00
hfs CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the HFS filesystem 2008-11-14 10:38:54 +11:00
hfsplus CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the HFSplus filesystem 2008-11-14 10:38:54 +11:00
hostfs fs: symlink write_begin allocation context fix 2009-01-04 13:33:20 -08:00
hpfs CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the HPFS filesystem 2008-11-14 10:38:55 +11:00
hppfs CRED: Use creds in file structs 2008-11-14 10:39:25 +11:00
hugetlbfs hugetlb: unsigned ret cannot be negative 2009-01-06 15:59:08 -08:00
isofs isofs check for NULL ->i_op in root directory is dead code 2009-01-05 11:53:38 -05:00
jbd jbd: remove excess kernel-doc notation 2009-01-08 08:31:01 -08:00
jbd2 Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 2009-01-08 17:14:59 -08:00
jffs2 [JFFS2] remove junk prototypes 2009-01-09 21:05:21 +00:00
jfs filesystem freeze: add error handling of write_super_lockfs/unlockfs 2009-01-09 16:54:42 -08:00
lockd NLM: Clean up flow of control in make_socks() function 2009-01-07 15:40:44 -05:00
minix minix: fix add link's wrong position calculation 2009-01-06 15:59:27 -08:00
ncpfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2009-01-07 11:31:52 -08:00
nfs fs: symlink write_begin allocation context fix 2009-01-04 13:33:20 -08:00
nfs_common SUNRPC: nfsacl_encode/nfsacl_decode should be exported as GPL-only 2008-12-23 15:21:32 -05:00
nfsd nfsd: last_byte_offset 2009-01-07 17:38:31 -05:00
nls
notify inotify: fix type errors in interfaces 2009-01-05 11:54:29 -05:00
ntfs ntfs: don't NULL i_op 2009-01-05 11:54:27 -05:00
ocfs2 fix similar typos to successfull 2009-01-08 08:31:15 -08:00
omfs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
openpromfs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
partitions block: fix bug in ptbl lookup cache 2009-01-09 21:46:13 +01:00
proc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-2.6-nommu 2009-01-09 14:00:58 -08:00
qnx4
ramfs NOMMU: Fix cleanup handling in ramfs_nommu_get_umapped_area() 2009-01-08 12:04:46 +00:00
reiserfs filesystem freeze: add error handling of write_super_lockfs/unlockfs 2009-01-09 16:54:42 -08:00
romfs romfs: romfs_iget() - unsigned ino >= 0 is always true 2009-01-08 08:31:14 -08:00
smbfs fs: symlink write_begin allocation context fix 2009-01-04 13:33:20 -08:00
squashfs Squashfs: Makefiles 2009-01-05 08:46:27 +00:00
sysfs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
sysv sysv: ensure fast symlinks are NUL-terminated 2008-12-31 18:07:39 -05:00
ubifs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2009-01-07 11:31:52 -08:00
udf Merge branch 'master' into next 2008-12-04 17:16:36 +11:00
ufs CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the UFS filesystem 2008-11-14 10:39:04 +11:00
xfs filesystem freeze: add error handling of write_super_lockfs/unlockfs 2009-01-09 16:54:42 -08:00
aio.c aio: make the lookup_ioctx() lockless 2008-12-29 08:29:50 +01:00
anon_inodes.c anon_inodes: use fops->owner for module refcount 2008-12-31 16:55:44 +02:00
attr.c CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the filesystem subsystem 2008-11-14 10:39:05 +11:00
bad_inode.c kill ->dir_notify() 2008-12-31 18:07:43 -05:00
binfmt_aout.c sanitize ifdefs in binfmt_aout 2009-01-03 11:45:54 -08:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c FDPIC: Don't attempt to expand the userspace stack to fill the space allocated 2009-01-08 12:04:47 +00:00
binfmt_elf.c ELF: implement AT_RANDOM for glibc PRNG seeding 2009-01-08 08:31:12 -08:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c FLAT: Don't attempt to expand the userspace stack to fill the space allocated 2009-01-08 12:04:47 +00:00
binfmt_misc.c fs/binfmt_misc.c: add terminating newline to /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/status 2009-01-06 15:59:19 -08:00
binfmt_script.c
binfmt_som.c CRED: Make execve() take advantage of copy-on-write credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:24 +11:00
bio-integrity.c bio: allow individual slabs in the bio_set 2008-12-29 08:29:23 +01:00
bio.c [SCSI] block: make blk_rq_map_user take a NULL user-space buffer for WRITE 2009-01-02 11:10:35 -06:00
block_dev.c Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 2009-01-08 17:14:59 -08:00
buffer.c filesystem freeze: add error handling of write_super_lockfs/unlockfs 2009-01-09 16:54:42 -08:00
char_dev.c fs: fix name overwrite in __register_chrdev_region() 2009-01-06 15:59:13 -08:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c
compat.c add missing accounting calls to compat_sys_{readv,writev} 2009-01-06 15:59:13 -08:00
dcache.c generic swap(): dcache: use swap() instead of private do_switch() 2009-01-08 08:31:15 -08:00
dcookies.c shrink struct dentry 2008-12-31 18:07:38 -05:00
direct-io.c fs: truncate blocks outside i_size after O_DIRECT write error 2009-01-06 15:59:06 -08:00
dquot.c quota: don't set grace time when user isn't above softlimit 2009-01-08 08:31:01 -08:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c
eventpoll.c epoll: introduce resource usage limits 2008-12-01 19:55:24 -08:00
exec.c fs/exec.c: make do_coredump() void 2009-01-06 15:59:29 -08:00
fcntl.c Merge branch 'next' into for-linus 2008-12-25 11:40:09 +11:00
fifo.c
file_table.c filp_cachep can be static in fs/file_table.c 2008-12-31 18:07:42 -05:00
file.c
filesystems.c vfs: remove duplicate code in get_fs_type() 2009-01-05 11:54:29 -05:00
fs-writeback.c fs: sys_sync fix 2009-01-06 15:59:09 -08:00
generic_acl.c
inode.c partial revert of asynchronous inode delete 2009-01-09 13:15:49 -08:00
internal.h CRED: Make execve() take advantage of copy-on-write credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:24 +11:00
ioctl.c GFS2: Support for FIEMAP ioctl 2009-01-05 07:38:46 +00:00
ioprio.c ext4: Add mount option to set kjournald's I/O priority 2009-01-05 22:46:26 -05:00
Kconfig Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pkl/squashfs-linus 2009-01-09 15:18:49 -08:00
Kconfig.binfmt CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS depends on ELF_CORE 2009-01-09 16:54:41 -08:00
libfs.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2009-01-05 18:32:06 -08:00
locks.c CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the filesystem subsystem 2008-11-14 10:39:05 +11:00
Makefile Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pkl/squashfs-linus 2009-01-09 15:18:49 -08:00
mbcache.c
mpage.c do_mpage_readpage(): remove useless clear_buffer_mapped() call 2009-01-06 15:59:01 -08:00
namei.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2009-01-05 18:32:06 -08:00
namespace.c fs/namespace.c: drop code after return 2008-12-31 18:07:38 -05:00
nfsctl.c pass a struct path * to may_open 2008-12-31 18:07:41 -05:00
no-block.c
open.c inode->i_op is never NULL 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
pipe.c sanitize audit_fd_pair() 2009-01-04 15:14:41 -05:00
pnode.c
pnode.h
posix_acl.c CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the filesystem subsystem 2008-11-14 10:39:05 +11:00
quota_tree.c quota: Split off quota tree handling into a separate file 2009-01-05 08:40:21 -08:00
quota_tree.h quota: Split off quota tree handling into a separate file 2009-01-05 08:40:21 -08:00
quota_v1.c quota: Move quotaio_v[12].h from include/linux/ to fs/ 2009-01-05 08:36:58 -08:00
quota_v2.c quota: Convert union in mem_dqinfo to a pointer 2009-01-05 08:40:21 -08:00
quota.c quota: Introduce DQUOT_QUOTA_SYS_FILE flag 2009-01-05 08:36:57 -08:00
quotaio_v1.h quota: Move quotaio_v[12].h from include/linux/ to fs/ 2009-01-05 08:36:58 -08:00
quotaio_v2.h quota: Split off quota tree handling into a separate file 2009-01-05 08:40:21 -08:00
read_write.c vfs: lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR) race condition 2009-01-05 11:53:07 -05:00
read_write.h
readdir.c
select.c poll: allow f_op->poll to sleep 2009-01-06 15:59:12 -08:00
seq_file.c Merge branch 'cpus4096-for-linus-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-01-03 12:04:39 -08:00
signalfd.c
splice.c memcg: synchronized LRU 2009-01-08 08:31:05 -08:00
stack.c
stat.c inode->i_op is never NULL 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
super.c Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 2009-01-08 17:14:59 -08:00
sync.c mm: do_sync_mapping_range integrity fix 2009-01-06 15:59:00 -08:00
timerfd.c
utimes.c
xattr_acl.c
xattr.c inode->i_op is never NULL 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00