- 26 2月, 2015 6 次提交
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由 Christian Borntraeger 提交于
The hardware folks told me that for page clearing "when you exactly know what to do, hand written xc+pfd is usally faster then mvcl for page clearing, as it saves millicode overhead and parameter parsing and checking" as long as you dont need the cache bypassing. Turns out that gcc already does a proper xc,pfd loop. A small test on z196 that does buff = mmap(NULL, bufsize,PROT_EXEC|PROT_WRITE|PROT_READ,AP_PRIVATE| MAP_ANONYMOUS,0,0); for ( i = 0; i < bufsize; i+= 256) buff[i] = 0x5; gets 20% faster (touches every cache line of a page) and buff = mmap(NULL, bufsize,PROT_EXEC|PROT_WRITE|PROT_READ,AP_PRIVATE| MAP_ANONYMOUS,0,0); for ( i = 0; i < bufsize; i+= 4096) buff[i] = 0x5; is within noise ratio (touches one cache line of a page). As the clear_page is usually called for first memory accesses we can assume that at least one cache line is used afterwards, so this change should be always better. Another benchmark, a make -j 40 of my testsuite in tmpfs with hot caches on a 32cpu system: -- unpatched -- -- patched -- real 0m1.017s real 0m0.994s (~2% faster, but in noise) user 0m5.339s user 0m5.016s (~6% faster) sys 0m0.691s sys 0m0.632s (~8% faster) Let use the same define to memset as the asm-generic variant Signed-off-by: NChristian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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由 Sebastian Ott 提交于
Make sure that even in error situations we do not use copy_to_user on uninitialized kernel memory. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.19+ Signed-off-by: NSebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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由 Ameen Ali 提交于
Avoid out-of-bounds-read by checking count before indexing. Signed-off-by : Ameen Ali <Ameenali023@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: NKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: NHeiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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由 Sebastian Ott 提交于
We increase the msb_count after we're finished building the request. That way we can always access the current request via scmrq->request[msb_count] . But once the request is started we need to make sure that the array index stays below msb_count. Signed-off-by: NSebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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由 Heiko Carstens 提交于
Fix the output of the jump label sanity check and also print the code pattern that is supposed to be written to the jump label. Signed-off-by: NHeiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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由 Heiko Carstens 提交于
When modules are loaded we want to transform the compile time generated nops into runtime generated nops. Otherwise the jump label sanity check will detect invalid code when trying to patch code. Fixes this crash: Jump label code mismatch at __rds_conn_create+0x3c/0x720 Found: c0 04 00 00 00 01 Expected: c0 04 00 00 00 00 Kernel panic - not syncing: Corrupted kernel text CPU: 0 PID: 10 Comm: migration/0 Not tainted 3.19.0-01935-g006610f #14 Call Trace: <0000000000113260> show_trace+0xf8/0x158) <000000000011332a> show_stack+0x6a/0xe8 <000000000069fd64> dump_stack+0x7c/0xd8 <0000000000698d54> panic+0xe4/0x288 <00000000006984c6> jump_label_bug.isra.2+0xbe/0xc001 <000000000011200c> __jump_label_transform+0x94/0xc8 Reported-by: NSebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NHeiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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- 25 2月, 2015 4 次提交
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip由 Linus Torvalds 提交于
Pull xen bugfixes from David Vrabel: "Xen regression and bug fixes for 4.0-rc1 - Fix two regressions introduced in 4.0-rc1 affecting PV/PVH guests in certain configurations. - Prevent pvscsi frontends bypassing backend checks. - Allow privcmd hypercalls to be preempted even on kernel with voluntary preemption. This fixes soft-lockups with long running toolstack hypercalls (e.g., when creating/destroying large domains)" * tag 'stable/for-linus-4.0-rc1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip: x86/xen: Initialize cr4 shadow for 64-bit PV(H) guests xen-scsiback: mark pvscsi frontend request consumed only after last read x86/xen: allow privcmd hypercalls to be preempted x86/xen: Make sure X2APIC_ENABLE bit of MSR_IA32_APICBASE is not set
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux由 Linus Torvalds 提交于
Pull lguest fixes from Rusty Russell: "Lguest weird config build fix, and update to the documentation" * tag 'fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux: lguest: update help text. lguest: now depends on PCI
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching由 Linus Torvalds 提交于
Pull livepatching fixes from Jiri Kosina: "Two tiny fixes for livepatching infrastructure: - extending RCU critical section to cover all accessess to RCU-protected variable, by Petr Mladek - proper format string passing to kobject_init_and_add(), by Jiri Kosina" * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching: livepatch: RCU protect struct klp_func all the time when used in klp_ftrace_handler() livepatch: fix format string in kobject_init_and_add()
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid由 Linus Torvalds 提交于
Pull HID fixes from Jiri Kosina: - a few fixes to Sony driver (rmmod breakage, spinlock initialization), by Antonio Ospite, Frank Praznik and Jiri Kosina - fix for wMaxInputLength handling regression in i2c-hid, by Seth Forshee - IRQ safety spinlock fix in sensor hub driver, by Srinivas Pandruvada - IRQ level sensitivity fix to i2c-hid to be compliant with the spec, by Mika Westerberg - a couple device ID additions piggy-backing on top of that * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid: HID: microsoft: Add ID for NE7K wireless keyboard HID: i2c-hid: Limit reads to wMaxInputLength bytes for input events HID: sony: fix uninitialized per-controller spinlock HID: sony: initialize sony_dev_list_lock properly HID: sony: Fix a WARNING shown when rmmod-ing the driver HID: sensor-hub: correct dyn_callback_lock IRQ-safe change HID: hid-sensor-hub: Correct documentation HID: saitek: add USB ID for older R.A.T. 7 HID: i2c-hid: The interrupt should be level sensitive HID: wacom: Add missing ABS_MISC event and feature declaration for 27QHD
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- 24 2月, 2015 4 次提交
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由 Boris Ostrovsky 提交于
Commit 1e02ce4c ("x86: Store a per-cpu shadow copy of CR4") introduced CR4 shadows. These shadows are initialized in early boot code. The commit missed initialization for 64-bit PV(H) guests that this patch adds. Signed-off-by: NBoris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: NDavid Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
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由 Juergen Gross 提交于
A request in the ring buffer mustn't be read after it has been marked as consumed. Otherwise it might already have been reused by the frontend without violating the ring protocol. To avoid inconsistencies in the backend only work on a private copy of the request. This will ensure a malicious guest not being able to bypass consistency checks of the backend by modifying an active request. Signed-off-by: NJuergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NDavid Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
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由 David Vrabel 提交于
Hypercalls submitted by user space tools via the privcmd driver can take a long time (potentially many 10s of seconds) if the hypercall has many sub-operations. A fully preemptible kernel may deschedule such as task in any upcall called from a hypercall continuation. However, in a kernel with voluntary or no preemption, hypercall continuations in Xen allow event handlers to be run but the task issuing the hypercall will not be descheduled until the hypercall is complete and the ioctl returns to user space. These long running tasks may also trigger the kernel's soft lockup detection. Add xen_preemptible_hcall_begin() and xen_preemptible_hcall_end() to bracket hypercalls that may be preempted. Use these in the privcmd driver. When returning from an upcall, call xen_maybe_preempt_hcall() which adds a schedule point if if the current task was within a preemptible hypercall. Since _cond_resched() can move the task to a different CPU, clear and set xen_in_preemptible_hcall around the call. Signed-off-by: NDavid Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com> Reviewed-by: NBoris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
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由 Boris Ostrovsky 提交于
Commit d524165c ("x86/apic: Check x2apic early") tests X2APIC_ENABLE bit of MSR_IA32_APICBASE when CONFIG_X86_X2APIC is off and panics the kernel when this bit is set. Xen's PV guests will pass this MSR read to the hypervisor which will return its version of the MSR, where this bit might be set. Make sure we clear it before returning MSR value to the caller. Signed-off-by: NBoris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: NDavid Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
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- 23 2月, 2015 26 次提交
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由 Jakub Sitnicki 提交于
Microsoft Natural Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard 7000 has special My Favorites 1..5 keys which are handled through a vendor-defined usage page (0xff05). Apply MS_ERGONOMY quirks handling to USB PID 0x071d (Microsoft Microsoft 2.4GHz Transceiver V1.0) so that the My Favorites 1..5 keys are reported as KEY_F14..18 events. Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52841Signed-off-by: NJakub Sitnicki <jsitnicki@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
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由 Seth Forshee 提交于
d1c7e29e (HID: i2c-hid: prevent buffer overflow in early IRQ) changed hid_get_input() to read ihid->bufsize bytes, which can be more than wMaxInputLength. This is the case with the Dell XPS 13 9343, and it is causing events to be missed. In some cases the missed events are releases, which can cause the cursor to jump or freeze, among other problems. Limit the number of bytes read to min(wMaxInputLength, ihid->bufsize) to prevent such problems. Fixes: d1c7e29e "HID: i2c-hid: prevent buffer overflow in early IRQ" Signed-off-by: NSeth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> Reviewed-by: NBenjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
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由 Frank Praznik 提交于
Per-controller spinlock needs to be properly initialized during device probe. [jkosina@suse.cz: massage changelog] [jkosina@suse.cz: drop hunk that has already been applied by previous patch] Signed-off-by: NFrank Praznik <frank.praznik@oh.rr.com> Signed-off-by: NJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
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由 Jiri Kosina 提交于
sony_dev_list_lock spinlock (which was introduced in d2d782fc ("HID: sony: Prevent duplicate controller connections") is not being initialized properly. Fix that. Reported-by: NPavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: NJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
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由 Linus Torvalds 提交于
.. after extensive statistical analysis of my G+ polling, I've come to the inescapable conclusion that internet polls are bad. Big surprise. But "Hurr durr I'ma sheep" trounced "I like online polls" by a 62-to-38% margin, in a poll that people weren't even supposed to participate in. Who can argue with solid numbers like that? 5,796 votes from people who can't even follow the most basic directions? In contrast, "v4.0" beat out "v3.20" by a slimmer margin of 56-to-44%, but with a total of 29,110 votes right now. Now, arguably, that vote spread is only about 3,200 votes, which is less than the almost six thousand votes that the "please ignore" poll got, so it could be considered noise. But hey, I asked, so I'll honor the votes.
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4由 Linus Torvalds 提交于
Pull ext4 fixes from Ted Ts'o: "Ext4 bug fixes. We also reserved code points for encryption and read-only images (for which the implementation is mostly just the reserved code point for a read-only feature :-)" * tag 'ext4_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: ext4: fix indirect punch hole corruption ext4: ignore journal checksum on remount; don't fail ext4: remove duplicate remount check for JOURNAL_CHECKSUM change ext4: fix mmap data corruption in nodelalloc mode when blocksize < pagesize ext4: support read-only images ext4: change to use setup_timer() instead of init_timer() ext4: reserve codepoints used by the ext4 encryption feature jbd2: complain about descriptor block checksum errors
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs由 Linus Torvalds 提交于
Pull more vfs updates from Al Viro: "Assorted stuff from this cycle. The big ones here are multilayer overlayfs from Miklos and beginning of sorting ->d_inode accesses out from David" * 'for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (51 commits) autofs4 copy_dev_ioctl(): keep the value of ->size we'd used for allocation procfs: fix race between symlink removals and traversals debugfs: leave freeing a symlink body until inode eviction Documentation/filesystems/Locking: ->get_sb() is long gone trylock_super(): replacement for grab_super_passive() fanotify: Fix up scripted S_ISDIR/S_ISREG/S_ISLNK conversions Cachefiles: Fix up scripted S_ISDIR/S_ISREG/S_ISLNK conversions VFS: (Scripted) Convert S_ISLNK/DIR/REG(dentry->d_inode) to d_is_*(dentry) SELinux: Use d_is_positive() rather than testing dentry->d_inode Smack: Use d_is_positive() rather than testing dentry->d_inode TOMOYO: Use d_is_dir() rather than d_inode and S_ISDIR() Apparmor: Use d_is_positive/negative() rather than testing dentry->d_inode Apparmor: mediated_filesystem() should use dentry->d_sb not inode->i_sb VFS: Split DCACHE_FILE_TYPE into regular and special types VFS: Add a fallthrough flag for marking virtual dentries VFS: Add a whiteout dentry type VFS: Introduce inode-getting helpers for layered/unioned fs environments Infiniband: Fix potential NULL d_inode dereference posix_acl: fix reference leaks in posix_acl_create autofs4: Wrong format for printing dentry ...
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由 Petr Mladek 提交于
func->new_func has been accessed after rcu_read_unlock() in klp_ftrace_handler() and therefore the access was not protected. Signed-off-by: NPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz> Acked-by: NJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
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git://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm由 Linus Torvalds 提交于
Pull ARM fix from Russell King: "Just one fix this time around. __iommu_alloc_buffer() can cause a BUG() if dma_alloc_coherent() is called with either __GFP_DMA32 or __GFP_HIGHMEM set. The patch from Alexandre addresses this" * 'fixes' of git://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm: ARM: 8305/1: DMA: Fix kzalloc flags in __iommu_alloc_buffer()
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由 Al Viro 提交于
X-Coverup: just ask spender Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 Al Viro 提交于
use_pde()/unuse_pde() in ->follow_link()/->put_link() resp. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 Al Viro 提交于
As it is, we have debugfs_remove() racing with symlink traversals. Supply ->evict_inode() and do freeing there - inode will remain pinned until we are done with the symlink body. And rip the idiocy with checking if dentry is positive right after we'd verified debugfs_positive(), which is a stronger check... Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 Al Viro 提交于
Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 Konstantin Khlebnikov 提交于
I've noticed significant locking contention in memory reclaimer around sb_lock inside grab_super_passive(). Grab_super_passive() is called from two places: in icache/dcache shrinkers (function super_cache_scan) and from writeback (function __writeback_inodes_wb). Both are required for progress in memory allocator. Grab_super_passive() acquires sb_lock to increment sb->s_count and check sb->s_instances. It seems sb->s_umount locked for read is enough here: super-block deactivation always runs under sb->s_umount locked for write. Protecting super-block itself isn't a problem: in super_cache_scan() sb is protected by shrinker_rwsem: it cannot be freed if its slab shrinkers are still active. Inside writeback super-block comes from inode from bdi writeback list under wb->list_lock. This patch removes locking sb_lock and checks s_instances under s_umount: generic_shutdown_super() unlinks it under sb->s_umount locked for write. New variant is called trylock_super() and since it only locks semaphore, callers must call up_read(&sb->s_umount) instead of drop_super(sb) when they're done. Signed-off-by: NKonstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru> Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 David Howells 提交于
Fanotify probably doesn't want to watch autodirs so make it use d_can_lookup() rather than d_is_dir() when checking a dir watch and give an error on fake directories. Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 David Howells 提交于
Fix up the following scripted S_ISDIR/S_ISREG/S_ISLNK conversions (or lack thereof) in cachefiles: (1) Cachefiles mostly wants to use d_can_lookup() rather than d_is_dir() as it doesn't want to deal with automounts in its cache. (2) Coccinelle didn't find S_IS* expressions in ASSERT() statements in cachefiles. Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 David Howells 提交于
Convert the following where appropriate: (1) S_ISLNK(dentry->d_inode) to d_is_symlink(dentry). (2) S_ISREG(dentry->d_inode) to d_is_reg(dentry). (3) S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode) to d_is_dir(dentry). This is actually more complicated than it appears as some calls should be converted to d_can_lookup() instead. The difference is whether the directory in question is a real dir with a ->lookup op or whether it's a fake dir with a ->d_automount op. In some circumstances, we can subsume checks for dentry->d_inode not being NULL into this, provided we the code isn't in a filesystem that expects d_inode to be NULL if the dirent really *is* negative (ie. if we're going to use d_inode() rather than d_backing_inode() to get the inode pointer). Note that the dentry type field may be set to something other than DCACHE_MISS_TYPE when d_inode is NULL in the case of unionmount, where the VFS manages the fall-through from a negative dentry to a lower layer. In such a case, the dentry type of the negative union dentry is set to the same as the type of the lower dentry. However, if you know d_inode is not NULL at the call site, then you can use the d_is_xxx() functions even in a filesystem. There is one further complication: a 0,0 chardev dentry may be labelled DCACHE_WHITEOUT_TYPE rather than DCACHE_SPECIAL_TYPE. Strictly, this was intended for special directory entry types that don't have attached inodes. The following perl+coccinelle script was used: use strict; my @callers; open($fd, 'git grep -l \'S_IS[A-Z].*->d_inode\' |') || die "Can't grep for S_ISDIR and co. callers"; @callers = <$fd>; close($fd); unless (@callers) { print "No matches\n"; exit(0); } my @cocci = ( '@@', 'expression E;', '@@', '', '- S_ISLNK(E->d_inode->i_mode)', '+ d_is_symlink(E)', '', '@@', 'expression E;', '@@', '', '- S_ISDIR(E->d_inode->i_mode)', '+ d_is_dir(E)', '', '@@', 'expression E;', '@@', '', '- S_ISREG(E->d_inode->i_mode)', '+ d_is_reg(E)' ); my $coccifile = "tmp.sp.cocci"; open($fd, ">$coccifile") || die $coccifile; print($fd "$_\n") || die $coccifile foreach (@cocci); close($fd); foreach my $file (@callers) { chomp $file; print "Processing ", $file, "\n"; system("spatch", "--sp-file", $coccifile, $file, "--in-place", "--no-show-diff") == 0 || die "spatch failed"; } [AV: overlayfs parts skipped] Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 David Howells 提交于
Use d_is_positive() rather than testing dentry->d_inode in SELinux to get rid of direct references to d_inode outside of the VFS. Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 David Howells 提交于
Use d_is_positive() rather than testing dentry->d_inode in Smack to get rid of direct references to d_inode outside of the VFS. Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 David Howells 提交于
Use d_is_dir() rather than d_inode and S_ISDIR(). Note that this will include fake directories such as automount triggers. Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 David Howells 提交于
Use d_is_positive(dentry) or d_is_negative(dentry) rather than testing dentry->d_inode as the dentry may cover another layer that has an inode when the top layer doesn't or may hold a 0,0 chardev that's actually a whiteout. Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 David Howells 提交于
mediated_filesystem() should use dentry->d_sb not dentry->d_inode->i_sb and should avoid file_inode() also since it is really dealing with the path. Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 David Howells 提交于
Split DCACHE_FILE_TYPE into DCACHE_REGULAR_TYPE (dentries representing regular files) and DCACHE_SPECIAL_TYPE (representing blockdev, chardev, FIFO and socket files). d_is_reg() and d_is_special() are added to detect these subtypes and d_is_file() is left as the union of the two. This allows a number of places that use S_ISREG(dentry->d_inode->i_mode) to use d_is_reg(dentry) instead. Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 David Howells 提交于
Add a DCACHE_FALLTHRU flag to indicate that, in a layered filesystem, this is a virtual dentry that covers another one in a lower layer that should be used instead. This may be recorded on medium if directory integration is stored there. The flag can be set with d_set_fallthru() and tested with d_is_fallthru(). Original-author: Valerie Aurora <vaurora@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 David Howells 提交于
Add DCACHE_WHITEOUT_TYPE and provide a d_is_whiteout() accessor function. A d_is_miss() accessor is also added for ordinary cache misses and d_is_negative() is modified to indicate either an ordinary miss or an enforced miss (whiteout). Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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由 David Howells 提交于
Introduce some function for getting the inode (and also the dentry) in an environment where layered/unioned filesystems are in operation. The problem is that we have places where we need *both* the union dentry and the lower source or workspace inode or dentry available, but we can only have a handle on one of them. Therefore we need to derive the handle to the other from that. The idea is to introduce an extra field in struct dentry that allows the union dentry to refer to and pin the lower dentry. Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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