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[PATCH -V16 06/12] vfs: Support null pathname in faccessat
This enables to use faccessat to get the access check details from a file descriptor pointing to the file. This can be used with open_by_handle syscall that returns a file descriptor. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- fs/open.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 files c... 12 Jul 2010 03:05

[PATCH -V16 0/12] Generic name to handle and open by handle syscalls
Hi, The below set of patches implement open by handle support using exportfs operations. This allows user space application to map a file name to file handle and later open the file using handle. This should be usable for userspace NFS [1] and 9P server [2]. XFS already support this with the ioctls XFS_IOC_PATH... 12 Jul 2010 03:05

[PATCH -V16 01/12] exportfs: Return the minimum required handle size
The exportfs encode handle function should return the minimum required handle size. This helps user to find out the handle size by passing 0 handle size in the first step and then redoing to the call again with the returned handle size value. Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue(a)us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar ... 12 Jul 2010 03:05

[PATCH -V16 02/12] vfs: Add name to file handle conversion support
The file handle also include mount id which can be used to lookup file system specific information such as uuid in /proc/<pid>mountinfo Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- fs/open.c | 124 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/fs.h ... 12 Jul 2010 03:05

[PATCH -V16 12/12] ext4: Copy fs UUID to superblock
File system UUID is made available to application via /proc/<pid>/mountinfo Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue(a)us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- fs/ext4/super.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/supe... 12 Jul 2010 03:05

[PATCH -V16 10/12] vfs: Export file system uuid via /proc/<pid>mountinfo
We add a per superblock uuid field. File systems should update the uuid in the fill_super callback Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- fs/namespace.c | 3 +++ include/linux/fs.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/... 12 Jul 2010 03:05

[PATCH -V16 09/12] x86: Add new syscalls for x86_64
Add sys_name_to_handle_at and sys_open_by_handle_at syscalls for x86_64 Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S | 2 ++ arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h | 4 ++++ fs/compat.c | 11 +++++++++++ fs/open.c ... 12 Jul 2010 03:05

microblaze: remove unused HAVE_ARCH_PCI_SET_DMA_MASK
On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:37:20 +0900 FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori(a)lab.ntt.co.jp> wrote: HAVE_ARCH_PCI_SET_DMA_MASK was removed in 2.6.36 (no architecture has Oops, HAVE_ARCH_PCI_SET_DMA_MASK was removed in 2.6.34. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a ... 12 Jul 2010 09:35

[PATCH -V16 07/12] vfs: Support null pathname in linkat
This enables to use linkat to create hardlinks from a file descriptor pointing to the file. This can be used with open_by_handle syscall that returns a file descriptor. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- fs/namei.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 files changed, 2... 12 Jul 2010 03:05