From: akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: + ext4-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch added to -mm tree Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:56:03 -0700 Message-ID: <200804152356.m3FNu3ih022500@imap1.linux-foundation.org> Cc: den@openvz.org, adobriyan@gmail.com, ebiederm@xmission.com, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:58426 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751456AbYDOX4J (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:56:09 -0400 Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: The patch titled ext4: use non-racy method for proc entries creation has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ext4-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: ext4: use non-racy method for proc entries creation From: "Denis V. Lunev" Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev Cc: Cc: Alexey Dobriyan Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 15 ++++----------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ext4/mballoc.c~ext4-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation fs/ext4/mballoc.c --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c~ext4-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation +++ a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c @@ -2455,17 +2455,10 @@ static void ext4_mb_history_init(struct int i; if (sbi->s_mb_proc != NULL) { - struct proc_dir_entry *p; - p = create_proc_entry("mb_history", S_IRUGO, sbi->s_mb_proc); - if (p) { - p->proc_fops = &ext4_mb_seq_history_fops; - p->data = sb; - } - p = create_proc_entry("mb_groups", S_IRUGO, sbi->s_mb_proc); - if (p) { - p->proc_fops = &ext4_mb_seq_groups_fops; - p->data = sb; - } + proc_create_data("mb_history", S_IRUGO, sbi->s_mb_proc, + &ext4_mb_seq_history_fops, sb); + proc_create_data("mb_groups", S_IRUGO, sbi->s_mb_proc, + &ext4_mb_seq_groups_fops, sb); } sbi->s_mb_history_max = 1000; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from den@openvz.org are git-net.patch proc-introduce-proc_create_data-to-setup-de-data.patch nfsd-use-proc_create-to-setup-de-proc_fops.patch nfs-use-proc_create-to-setup-de-proc_fops.patch afs-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch ext4-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch reiserfs-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch jbd2-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch sysvipc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch mm-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-swaps-creation.patch sound-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-driver-snd-page-alloc-creation.patch zorro-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch samples-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-marker-example-creation.patch scsi-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch usb-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch s390-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch arm-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-davinci_clocks-creation.patch avr32-proc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-tlb-creation.patch cris-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-system_profile-creation.patch ia64-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch parisc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-pcxl_dma-creation.patch powerpc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch acpi-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch netdev-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch isdn-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch kernel-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch parisc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation-2.patch sysctl-merge-equal-proc_sys_read-and-proc_sys_write.patch sysctl-clean-from-unneeded-extern-and-forward-declarations.patch sysctl-add-the-permissions-callback-on-the-ctl_table_root.patch proc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-page_owner-creation-page_owner.patch