Some of the code has been gradually transitioned to using the proper
struct request_queue, but there's lots left. So do a full sweet of
the kernel and get rid of this typedef and replace its uses with
the proper type.
Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>

No need to warn unregister_blkdev() failure by the callers.  (The previous
patch makes unregister_blkdev() print error message in error case)
Signed-off-by: NAkinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

This patch causes device-mapper to reject any barrier requests.  This is done
since most of the targets won't handle this correctly anyway.  So until the
situation improves it is better to reject these requests at the first place.
Since barrier requests won't get to the targets, the checks there can be
removed.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: NStefan Bader <shbader@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Use new KMEM_CACHE() macro and make the newly-exposed structure names more
meaningful.  Also remove some superfluous casts and inlines (let a modern
compiler be the judge).
Acked-by: NChristoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make the mapped device structure accessible to hardware handlers so error
messages can include the device name.
Signed-off-by: NEdward Goggin <egoggin@emc.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Currently we scale the mempool sizes depending on memory installed
in the machine, except for the bio pool itself which sits at a fixed
256 entry pre-allocation.

There's really no point in "optimizing" this OOM path, we just need
enough preallocated to make progress. A single unit is enough, lets
scale it down to 2 just to be on the safe side.

This patch saves ~150kb of pinned kernel memory on a 32-bit box.
Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>

Allow noflush suspend/resume of device-mapper device only for the case
where the device size is unchanged.

Otherwise, dm-multipath devices can stall when resumed if noflush was used
when suspending them, all paths have failed and queue_if_no_path is set.

Explanation:
 1. Something is doing fsync() on the block dev,
    holding inode->i_sem
 2. The fsync write is blocked by all-paths-down and queue_if_no_path
 3. Someone requests to suspend the dm device with noflush.
    Pending writes are left in queue.
 4. In the middle of dm_resume(), __bind() tries to get
    inode->i_sem to do __set_size() and waits forever.

'noflush suspend' is a new device-mapper feature introduced in
early 2.6.20. So I hope the fix being included before 2.6.20 is
released.

Example of reproducer:
 1. Create a multipath device by dmsetup
 2. Fail all paths during mkfs
 3. Do dmsetup suspend --noflush and load new map with healthy paths
 4. Do dmsetup resume
Signed-off-by: NJun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Acked-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

In device-mapper I/O is sometimes queued within targets for later processing.
For example the multipath target can be configured to store I/O when no paths
are available instead of returning it -EIO.

This patch allows the device-mapper core to instruct a target to transfer the
contents of any such in-target queue back into the core.  This frees up the
resources used by the target so the core can replace that target with an
alternative one and then resend the I/O to it.  Without this patch the only
way to change the target in such circumstances involves returning the I/O with
an error back to the filesystem/application.  In the multipath case, this
patch will let us add new paths for existing I/O to try after all the existing
paths have failed.

    DMF_NOFLUSH_SUSPENDING
    ----------------------

If the DM_NOFLUSH_FLAG ioctl option is specified at suspend time, the
DMF_NOFLUSH_SUSPENDING flag is set in md->flags during dm_suspend().  It
is always cleared before dm_suspend() returns.

The flag must be visible while the target is flushing pending I/Os so it
is set before presuspend where the flush starts and unset after the wait
for md->pending where the flush ends.

Target drivers can check this flag by calling dm_noflush_suspending().

    DM_MAPIO_REQUEUE / DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE
    -----------------------------------

A target's map() function can now return DM_MAPIO_REQUEUE to request the
device mapper core queue the bio.

Similarly, a target's end_io() function can return DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE to request
the same.  This has been labelled 'pushback'.

The __map_bio() and clone_endio() functions in the core treat these return
values as errors and call dec_pending() to end the I/O.

    dec_pending
    -----------

dec_pending() saves the pushback request in struct dm_io->error.  Once all
the split clones have ended, dec_pending() will put the original bio on
the md->pushback list.  Note that this supercedes any I/O errors.

It is possible for the suspend with DM_NOFLUSH_FLAG to be aborted while
in progress (e.g. by user interrupt).  dec_pending() checks for this and
returns -EIO if it happened.

    pushdback list and pushback_lock
    --------------------------------

The bio is queued on md->pushback temporarily in dec_pending(), and after
all pending I/Os return, md->pushback is merged into md->deferred in
dm_suspend() for re-issuing at resume time.

md->pushback_lock protects md->pushback.
The lock should be held with irq disabled because dec_pending() can be
called from interrupt context.

Queueing bios to md->pushback in dec_pending() must be done atomically
with the check for DMF_NOFLUSH_SUSPENDING flag.  So md->pushback_lock is
held when checking the flag.  Otherwise dec_pending() may queue a bio to
md->pushback after the interrupted dm_suspend() flushes md->pushback.
Then the bio would be left in md->pushback.

Flag setting in dm_suspend() can be done without md->pushback_lock because
the flag is checked only after presuspend and the set value is already
made visible via the target's presuspend function.

The flag can be checked without md->pushback_lock (e.g. the first part of
the dec_pending() or target drivers), because the flag is checked again
with md->pushback_lock held when the bio is really queued to md->pushback
as described above.  So even if the flag is cleared after the lockless
checkings, the bio isn't left in md->pushback but returned to applications
with -EIO.

    Other notes on the current patch
    --------------------------------

- md->pushback is added to the struct mapped_device instead of using
  md->deferred directly because md->io_lock which protects md->deferred is
  rw_semaphore and can't be used in interrupt context like dec_pending(),
  and md->io_lock protects the DMF_BLOCK_IO flag of md->flags too.

- Don't issue lock_fs() in dm_suspend() if the DM_NOFLUSH_FLAG
  ioctl option is specified, because I/Os generated by lock_fs() would be
  pushed back and never return if there were no valid devices.

- If an error occurs in dm_suspend() after the DMF_NOFLUSH_SUSPENDING
  flag is set, md->pushback must be flushed because I/Os may be queued to
  the list already.  (flush_and_out label in dm_suspend())

    Test results
    ------------

I have tested using multipath target with the next patch.

The following tests are for regression/compatibility:
  - I/Os succeed when valid paths exist;
  - I/Os fail when there are no valid paths and queue_if_no_path is not
    set;
  - I/Os are queued in the multipath target when there are no valid paths and
    queue_if_no_path is set;
  - The queued I/Os above fail when suspend is issued without the
    DM_NOFLUSH_FLAG ioctl option.  I/Os spanning 2 multipath targets also
    fail.

The following tests are for the normal code path of new pushback feature:
  - Queued I/Os in the multipath target are flushed from the target
    but don't return when suspend is issued with the DM_NOFLUSH_FLAG
    ioctl option;
  - The I/Os above are queued in the multipath target again when
    resume is issued without path recovery;
  - The I/Os above succeed when resume is issued after path recovery
    or table load;
  - Queued I/Os in the multipath target succeed when resume is issued
    with the DM_NOFLUSH_FLAG ioctl option after table load. I/Os
    spanning 2 multipath targets also succeed.

The following tests are for the error paths of the new pushback feature:
  - When the bdget_disk() fails in dm_suspend(), the
    DMF_NOFLUSH_SUSPENDING flag is cleared and I/Os already queued to the
    pushback list are flushed properly.
  - When suspend with the DM_NOFLUSH_FLAG ioctl option is interrupted,
      o I/Os which had already been queued to the pushback list
        at the time don't return, and are re-issued at resume time;
      o I/Os which hadn't been returned at the time return with EIO.
Signed-off-by: NKiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: NJun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Tighten the use of return values from the target map and end_io functions.
Values of 2 and above are now explictly reserved for future use.  There are no
existing targets using such values.

The patch has no effect on existing behaviour.

o Reserve return values of 2 and above from target map functions.
  Any positive value currently indicates "mapping complete", but all
  existing drivers use the value 1.  We now make that a requirement
  so we can assign new meaning to higher values in future.

  The new definition of return values from target map functions is:
      < 0 : error
      = 0 : The target will handle the io (DM_MAPIO_SUBMITTED).
      = 1 : Mapping completed (DM_MAPIO_REMAPPED).
      > 1 : Reserved (undefined).  Previously this was the same as '= 1'.

o Reserve return values of 2 and above from target end_io functions
  for similar reasons.
  DM_ENDIO_INCOMPLETE is introduced for a return value of 1.

Test results:

  I have tested by using the multipath target.

  I/Os succeed when valid paths exist.

  I/Os are queued in the multipath target when there are no valid paths and
queue_if_no_path is set.

  I/Os fail when there are no valid paths and queue_if_no_path is not set.
Signed-off-by: NKiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: NJun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Change the interface of dm_suspend() so that we can pass several options
without increasing the number of parameters.  The existing 'do_lockfs' integer
parameter is replaced by a flag DM_SUSPEND_LOCKFS_FLAG.

There is no functional change to the code.

Test results:
I have tested 'dmsetup suspend' command with/without the '--nolockfs'
option and confirmed the do_lockfs value is correctly set.
Signed-off-by: NKiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: NJun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Remove unnecessary spaces in dm.c.
Signed-off-by: NKiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: NJun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Replace all uses of kmem_cache_t with struct kmem_cache.

The patch was generated using the following script:

	#!/bin/sh
	#
	# Replace one string by another in all the kernel sources.
	#

	set -e

	for file in `find * -name "*.c" -o -name "*.h"|xargs grep -l $1`; do
		quilt add $file
		sed -e "1,\$s/$1/$2/g" $file >/tmp/$$
		mv /tmp/$$ $file
		quilt refresh
	done

The script was run like this

	sh replace kmem_cache_t "struct kmem_cache"
Signed-off-by: NChristoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

If the device is already suspended, just return the error and skip the code
that would incorrectly wipe md->suspended_bdev.

(This isn't currently a problem because existing code avoids calling this
function if the device is already suspended.)
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: <dm-devel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

I found a problem within device-mapper that occurs in low-mem situations.  It
was found using a mirror target but I think in theory it would hit any setup
that stacks device-mapper devices (like LVM on top of multipath).

Since device-mapper core uses the common fs_bioset in clone_bio(), and a
private, but still global, bio_set in split_bvec() it is possible that the
filesystem and the first level target successfully get bios but the lower
level target doesn't because there is no more memory and the pool was drained
by upper layers.  So the remapping will be stuck forever.  To solve this
device-mapper core needs to use a private bio_set for each device.
Signed-off-by: NStefan Bader <Stefan.Bader@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

This patch adds a target preresume hook.

It is called before the targets are resumed and if it returns an error the
resume gets cancelled.

The crypt target will use this to indicate that it is unable to process I/O
because no encryption key has been supplied.
Signed-off-by: NMilan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Device-mapper devices are not accessible until a 'resume' ioctl has been
issued.  For userspace to find out when this happens we need to generate an
uevent for udev to take appropriate action.

As discussed at OLS we should send 'change' events for 'resume'.  We can think
of no useful purpose served by also having 'suspend' events.
Signed-off-by: NHannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: NKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

While reading the code I found a bug in the error path in alloc_dev in dm.c

When blk_alloc_queue fails there is no call to free_minor.

This patch fixes the problem.
Signed-off-by: NIshai Rabinovitz <ishai@mellanox.co.il>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Extend the core device-mapper infrastructure to accept arbitrary ioctls on a
mapped device provided that it has exactly one target and it is capable of
supporting ioctls.

[We can't use unlocked_ioctl because we need 'inode': 'file' might be NULL.
Is it worth changing this?]
Signed-off-by: NMilan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:

> Am Wednesday 21 June 2006 21:31 schrieb Alasdair G Kergon:
> > static struct block_device_operations dm_blk_dops = {
> > .open = dm_blk_open,
> > .release = dm_blk_close,
> > +.ioctl = dm_blk_ioctl,
> > .getgeo = dm_blk_getgeo,
> > .owner = THIS_MODULE
>
> I guess this also needs a ->compat_ioctl method, otherwise it won't
> work for ioctl numbers that have a compat_ioctl implementation in the
> low-level device driver.
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Just removes a few unused #defines and fixes some comments due to
devfs now being gone.
Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

Tidy device-mapper error messages to include context information
automatically.
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

If you misuse the device-mapper interface (or there's a bug in your userspace
tools) it's possible to end up with 'unlinked' mapped devices that cannot be
removed until you reboot (along with uninterruptible processes).

This patch prevents you from removing a device that is still open.

It introduces dm_lock_for_deletion() which is called when a device is about to
be removed to ensure that nothing has it open and nothing further can open it.
 It uses a private open_count for this which also lets us remove one of the
problematic bdget_disk() calls elsewhere.
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Move definitions of core device-mapper functions for manipulating mapped
devices and their tables to <linux/device-mapper.h> advertising their
availability for use elsewhere in the kernel.

Protect the contents of device-mapper.h with ifdef __KERNEL__.  And throw
in a few formatting clean-ups and extra comments.
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Merge dm_create() and dm_create_with_minor() by introducing the special value
DM_ANY_MINOR to request the allocation of the next available minor number.
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

In alloc_dev(), we register the device with the block layer and then continue
to initialize the device.  But register_disk() makes the device available to
be opened before we have completed initialising it.

This patch moves the final bits of the initialization above the disk
registration.

[akpm: too late for 2.6.17 - suitable for 2.6.17.x after it has settled]
Signed-off-by: NJeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

The reference counting on dm-mod is zero if no mapped devices are open.  This
is incorrect, and can lead to an oops if the module is unloaded while mapped
devices exist.

This patch claims a reference to the module whenever a device is created, and
drops it again when the device is freed.

Devices must be removed before dm-mod is unloaded.

[akpm: too late for 2.6.17 - suitable for 2.6.17.x after it has settled]
Signed-off-by: NJeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

There is a chicken and egg problem between the block layer and dm in which the
gendisk associated with a mapping keeps a reference-less pointer to the
mapped_device.

This patch uses a new flag DMF_FREEING to indicate when the mapped_device is
no longer valid.  This is checked to prevent any attempt to open the device
from succeeding while the device is being destroyed.

[akpm: too late for 2.6.17 - suitable for 2.6.17.x after it has settled]
Signed-off-by: NJeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

While removing a device, another another thread might attempt to resurrect it.

This patch replaces the _minor_lock mutex with a spinlock and uses
atomic_dec_and_lock() to serialize reference counting in dm_put().

[akpm: too late for 2.6.17 - suitable for 2.6.17.x after it has settled]
Signed-off-by: NJeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

idr_pre_get() can sleep while allocating memory.

The next patch will change _minor_lock into a spinlock, so this patch moves
idr_pre_get() outside the lock in preparation.

[akpm: too late for 2.6.17 - suitable for 2.6.17.x after it has settled]
Signed-off-by: NJeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

One part of the system can attempt to use a mapped device before another has
finished initialising it or while it is being freed.

This patch introduces a place holder value, MINOR_ALLOCED, to mark the minor
as allocated but in a state where it can't be used, such as mid-allocation or
mid-free.  At the end of the initialization, it replaces the place holder with
the pointer to the mapped_device, making it available to the rest of the dm
subsystem.

[akpm: too late for 2.6.17 - suitable for 2.6.17.x after it has settled]
Signed-off-by: NJeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Semaphore to mutex conversion.

The conversion was generated via scripts, and the result was validated
automatically via a script as well.
Signed-off-by: NArjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Allow drive geometry to be stored with a new DM_DEV_SET_GEOMETRY ioctl.
Device-mapper will now respond to HDIO_GETGEO.  If the geometry information is
not available, zero will be returned for all of the parameters.
Signed-off-by: NDarrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Store an up-pointer to the owning struct mapped_device in every table when it
is created.

Access it with:
  struct mapped_device *dm_table_get_md(struct dm_table *t)

Tables linked to md must be destroyed before the md itself.
Signed-off-by: NMike Anderson <andmike@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Change dm_get_mdptr() to take a struct mapped_device instead of dev_t.
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

The patch stores a printable device number in struct mapped_device for use in
warning messages and with a proposed netlink interface.
Signed-off-by: NMike Anderson <andmike@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

If dm_suspend() is cancelled, bios already added to the deferred list need to
be submitted.  Otherwise they remain 'in limbo' until there's a dm_resume().
Signed-off-by: NJun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Modify well over a dozen mempool users to call mempool_create_slab_pool()
rather than calling mempool_create() with extra arguments, saving about 30
lines of code and increasing readability.
Signed-off-by: NMatthew Dobson <colpatch@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>

The code that handles bios that span table target boundaries by breaking
them up into smaller bios will not split an individual struct bio_vec into
more than two pieces.  Sometimes more than that are required.

This patch adds a loop to break the second piece up into as many pieces as
are necessary.

Cc: "Abhishek Gupta" <abhishekgupt@gmail.com>
Cc: Dan Smith <danms@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Minor number should be freed after del_gendisk().  Otherwise, there could
be a window where 2 registered gendisk has same minor number.
Signed-off-by: NJun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Acked-by: NAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>