vserver 2.0 rc7
[linux-2.6.git] / fs / buffer.c
index c70e72e..7e9e409 100644 (file)
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/config.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
-#include <asm/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/mpage.h>
 
+static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list);
 static void invalidate_bh_lrus(void);
 
 #define BH_ENTRY(list) list_entry((list), struct buffer_head, b_assoc_buffers)
 
-struct bh_wait_queue {
-       struct buffer_head *bh;
-       wait_queue_t wait;
-};
-
-#define __DEFINE_BH_WAIT(name, b, f)                                   \
-       struct bh_wait_queue name = {                                   \
-               .bh     = b,                                            \
-               .wait   = {                                             \
-                               .task   = current,                      \
-                               .flags  = f,                            \
-                               .func   = bh_wake_function,             \
-                               .task_list =                            \
-                                       LIST_HEAD_INIT(name.wait.task_list),\
-                       },                                              \
-       }
-#define DEFINE_BH_WAIT(name, bh)       __DEFINE_BH_WAIT(name, bh, 0)
-#define DEFINE_BH_WAIT_EXCLUSIVE(name, bh) \
-               __DEFINE_BH_WAIT(name, bh, WQ_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE)
-
-/*
- * Hashed waitqueue_head's for wait_on_buffer()
- */
-#define BH_WAIT_TABLE_ORDER    7
-static struct bh_wait_queue_head {
-       wait_queue_head_t wqh;
-} ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp bh_wait_queue_heads[1<<BH_WAIT_TABLE_ORDER];
-
 inline void
 init_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, bh_end_io_t *handler, void *private)
 {
@@ -78,63 +53,24 @@ init_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, bh_end_io_t *handler, void *private)
        bh->b_private = private;
 }
 
-/*
- * Return the address of the waitqueue_head to be used for this
- * buffer_head
- */
-wait_queue_head_t *bh_waitq_head(struct buffer_head *bh)
-{
-       return &bh_wait_queue_heads[hash_ptr(bh, BH_WAIT_TABLE_ORDER)].wqh;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(bh_waitq_head);
-
-void wake_up_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
-{
-       wait_queue_head_t *wq = bh_waitq_head(bh);
-
-       smp_mb();
-       if (waitqueue_active(wq))
-               __wake_up(wq, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE|TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, 1, bh);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(wake_up_buffer);
-
-static int bh_wake_function(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode,
-                               int sync, void *key)
-{
-       struct buffer_head *bh = key;
-       struct bh_wait_queue *wq;
-
-       wq = container_of(wait, struct bh_wait_queue, wait);
-       if (wq->bh != bh || buffer_locked(bh))
-               return 0;
-       else
-               return autoremove_wake_function(wait, mode, sync, key);
-}
-
-static void sync_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
+static int sync_buffer(void *word)
 {
        struct block_device *bd;
+       struct buffer_head *bh
+               = container_of(word, struct buffer_head, b_state);
 
        smp_mb();
        bd = bh->b_bdev;
        if (bd)
                blk_run_address_space(bd->bd_inode->i_mapping);
+       io_schedule();
+       return 0;
 }
 
 void fastcall __lock_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-       wait_queue_head_t *wqh = bh_waitq_head(bh);
-       DEFINE_BH_WAIT_EXCLUSIVE(wait, bh);
-
-       do {
-               prepare_to_wait_exclusive(wqh, &wait.wait,
-                                       TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-               if (buffer_locked(bh)) {
-                       sync_buffer(bh);
-                       io_schedule();
-               }
-       } while (test_set_buffer_locked(bh));
-       finish_wait(wqh, &wait.wait);
+       wait_on_bit_lock(&bh->b_state, BH_Lock, sync_buffer,
+                                                       TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__lock_buffer);
 
@@ -142,7 +78,7 @@ void fastcall unlock_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
        clear_buffer_locked(bh);
        smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
-       wake_up_buffer(bh);
+       wake_up_bit(&bh->b_state, BH_Lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -152,25 +88,7 @@ void fastcall unlock_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
  */
 void __wait_on_buffer(struct buffer_head * bh)
 {
-       wait_queue_head_t *wqh = bh_waitq_head(bh);
-       DEFINE_BH_WAIT(wait, bh);
-
-       do {
-               prepare_to_wait(wqh, &wait.wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-               if (buffer_locked(bh)) {
-                       sync_buffer(bh);
-                       io_schedule();
-               }
-       } while (buffer_locked(bh));
-       finish_wait(wqh, &wait.wait);
-}
-
-static void
-__set_page_buffers(struct page *page, struct buffer_head *head)
-{
-       page_cache_get(page);
-       SetPagePrivate(page);
-       page->private = (unsigned long)head;
+       wait_on_bit(&bh->b_state, BH_Lock, sync_buffer, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -213,7 +131,7 @@ void end_buffer_write_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
        if (uptodate) {
                set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
        } else {
-               if (printk_ratelimit()) {
+               if (!buffer_eopnotsupp(bh) && printk_ratelimit()) {
                        buffer_io_error(bh);
                        printk(KERN_WARNING "lost page write due to "
                                        "I/O error on %s\n",
@@ -300,7 +218,7 @@ struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct block_device *bdev)
        sb = get_super(bdev);
        if (sb && !(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
                sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_WRITE;
-               wmb();
+               smp_wmb();
 
                sync_inodes_sb(sb, 0);
                DQUOT_SYNC(sb);
@@ -317,7 +235,7 @@ struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct block_device *bdev)
                sync_inodes_sb(sb, 1);
 
                sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_TRANS;
-               wmb();
+               smp_wmb();
 
                sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
 
@@ -345,7 +263,7 @@ void thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb)
                if (sb->s_op->unlockfs)
                        sb->s_op->unlockfs(sb);
                sb->s_frozen = SB_UNFROZEN;
-               wmb();
+               smp_wmb();
                wake_up(&sb->s_wait_unfrozen);
                drop_super(sb);
        }
@@ -394,10 +312,10 @@ int file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 {
        struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
        struct super_block * sb;
-       int ret;
+       int ret, err;
 
        /* sync the inode to buffers */
-       write_inode_now(inode, 0);
+       ret = write_inode_now(inode, 0);
 
        /* sync the superblock to buffers */
        sb = inode->i_sb;
@@ -407,7 +325,9 @@ int file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
        unlock_super(sb);
 
        /* .. finally sync the buffers to disk */
-       ret = sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
+       err = sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
+       if (!ret)
+               ret = err;
        return ret;
 }
 
@@ -430,18 +350,22 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fsync(unsigned int fd)
                goto out_putf;
        }
 
-       /* We need to protect against concurrent writers.. */
-       down(&mapping->host->i_sem);
        current->flags |= PF_SYNCWRITE;
        ret = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
+
+       /*
+        * We need to protect against concurrent writers,
+        * which could cause livelocks in fsync_buffers_list
+        */
+       down(&mapping->host->i_sem);
        err = file->f_op->fsync(file, file->f_dentry, 0);
        if (!ret)
                ret = err;
+       up(&mapping->host->i_sem);
        err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
        if (!ret)
                ret = err;
        current->flags &= ~PF_SYNCWRITE;
-       up(&mapping->host->i_sem);
 
 out_putf:
        fput(file);
@@ -466,17 +390,17 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fdatasync(unsigned int fd)
 
        mapping = file->f_mapping;
 
-       down(&mapping->host->i_sem);
        current->flags |= PF_SYNCWRITE;
        ret = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
+       down(&mapping->host->i_sem);
        err = file->f_op->fsync(file, file->f_dentry, 1);
        if (!ret)
                ret = err;
+       up(&mapping->host->i_sem);
        err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
        if (!ret)
                ret = err;
        current->flags &= ~PF_SYNCWRITE;
-       up(&mapping->host->i_sem);
 
 out_putf:
        fput(file);
@@ -505,6 +429,7 @@ __find_get_block_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int unused)
        struct buffer_head *bh;
        struct buffer_head *head;
        struct page *page;
+       int all_mapped = 1;
 
        index = block >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - bd_inode->i_blkbits);
        page = find_get_page(bd_mapping, index);
@@ -522,14 +447,23 @@ __find_get_block_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int unused)
                        get_bh(bh);
                        goto out_unlock;
                }
+               if (!buffer_mapped(bh))
+                       all_mapped = 0;
                bh = bh->b_this_page;
        } while (bh != head);
 
-       printk("__find_get_block_slow() failed. "
-               "block=%llu, b_blocknr=%llu\n",
-               (unsigned long long)block, (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
-       printk("b_state=0x%08lx, b_size=%u\n", bh->b_state, bh->b_size);
-       printk("device blocksize: %d\n", 1 << bd_inode->i_blkbits);
+       /* we might be here because some of the buffers on this page are
+        * not mapped.  This is due to various races between
+        * file io on the block device and getblk.  It gets dealt with
+        * elsewhere, don't buffer_error if we had some unmapped buffers
+        */
+       if (all_mapped) {
+               printk("__find_get_block_slow() failed. "
+                       "block=%llu, b_blocknr=%llu\n",
+                       (unsigned long long)block, (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
+               printk("b_state=0x%08lx, b_size=%u\n", bh->b_state, bh->b_size);
+               printk("device blocksize: %d\n", 1 << bd_inode->i_blkbits);
+       }
 out_unlock:
        spin_unlock(&bd_mapping->private_lock);
        page_cache_release(page);
@@ -604,7 +538,7 @@ static void free_more_memory(void)
  */
 static void end_buffer_async_read(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 {
-       static spinlock_t page_uptodate_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+       static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(page_uptodate_lock);
        unsigned long flags;
        struct buffer_head *tmp;
        struct page *page;
@@ -617,7 +551,8 @@ static void end_buffer_async_read(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
                set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
        } else {
                clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-               buffer_io_error(bh);
+               if (printk_ratelimit())
+                       buffer_io_error(bh);
                SetPageError(page);
        }
 
@@ -662,7 +597,7 @@ still_busy:
 void end_buffer_async_write(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 {
        char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-       static spinlock_t page_uptodate_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+       static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(page_uptodate_lock);
        unsigned long flags;
        struct buffer_head *tmp;
        struct page *page;
@@ -725,12 +660,11 @@ still_busy:
  * PageLocked prevents anyone from starting writeback of a page which is
  * under read I/O (PageWriteback is only ever set against a locked page).
  */
-void mark_buffer_async_read(struct buffer_head *bh)
+static void mark_buffer_async_read(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
        bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_async_read;
        set_buffer_async_read(bh);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_buffer_async_read);
 
 void mark_buffer_async_write(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
@@ -789,14 +723,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_buffer_async_write);
  * b_inode back.
  */
 
-void buffer_insert_list(spinlock_t *lock,
-               struct buffer_head *bh, struct list_head *list)
-{
-       spin_lock(lock);
-       list_move_tail(&bh->b_assoc_buffers, list);
-       spin_unlock(lock);
-}
-
 /*
  * The buffer's backing address_space's private_lock must be held
  */
@@ -848,15 +774,14 @@ repeat:
 /**
  * sync_mapping_buffers - write out and wait upon a mapping's "associated"
  *                        buffers
- * @buffer_mapping - the mapping which backs the buffers' data
- * @mapping - the mapping which wants those buffers written
+ * @mapping: the mapping which wants those buffers written
  *
  * Starts I/O against the buffers at mapping->private_list, and waits upon
  * that I/O.
  *
- * Basically, this is a convenience function for fsync().  @buffer_mapping is
- * the blockdev which "owns" the buffers and @mapping is a file or directory
- * which needs those buffers to be written for a successful fsync().
+ * Basically, this is a convenience function for fsync().
+ * @mapping is a file or directory which needs those buffers to be written for
+ * a successful fsync().
  */
 int sync_mapping_buffers(struct address_space *mapping)
 {
@@ -899,9 +824,12 @@ void mark_buffer_dirty_inode(struct buffer_head *bh, struct inode *inode)
                if (mapping->assoc_mapping != buffer_mapping)
                        BUG();
        }
-       if (list_empty(&bh->b_assoc_buffers))
-               buffer_insert_list(&buffer_mapping->private_lock,
-                               bh, &mapping->private_list);
+       if (list_empty(&bh->b_assoc_buffers)) {
+               spin_lock(&buffer_mapping->private_lock);
+               list_move_tail(&bh->b_assoc_buffers,
+                               &mapping->private_list);
+               spin_unlock(&buffer_mapping->private_lock);
+       }
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_buffer_dirty_inode);
 
@@ -947,15 +875,15 @@ int __set_page_dirty_buffers(struct page *page)
        spin_unlock(&mapping->private_lock);
 
        if (!TestSetPageDirty(page)) {
-               spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+               write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
                if (page->mapping) {    /* Race with truncate? */
-                       if (!mapping->backing_dev_info->memory_backed)
+                       if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping))
                                inc_page_state(nr_dirty);
                        radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
                                                page_index(page),
                                                PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
                }
-               spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+               write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
                __mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
        }
        
@@ -982,7 +910,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__set_page_dirty_buffers);
  * the osync code to catch these locked, dirty buffers without requeuing
  * any newly dirty buffers for write.
  */
-int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
+static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
 {
        struct buffer_head *bh;
        struct list_head tmp;
@@ -1094,8 +1022,8 @@ int remove_inode_buffers(struct inode *inode)
  * The retry flag is used to differentiate async IO (paging, swapping)
  * which may not fail from ordinary buffer allocations.
  */
-static struct buffer_head *
-create_buffers(struct page * page, unsigned long size, int retry)
+struct buffer_head *alloc_page_buffers(struct page *page, unsigned long size,
+               int retry)
 {
        struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
        long offset;
@@ -1153,6 +1081,7 @@ no_grow:
        free_more_memory();
        goto try_again;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_page_buffers);
 
 static inline void
 link_dev_buffers(struct page *page, struct buffer_head *head)
@@ -1165,7 +1094,7 @@ link_dev_buffers(struct page *page, struct buffer_head *head)
                bh = bh->b_this_page;
        } while (bh);
        tail->b_this_page = head;
-       __set_page_buffers(page, head);
+       attach_page_buffers(page, head);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1177,18 +1106,16 @@ init_page_buffers(struct page *page, struct block_device *bdev,
 {
        struct buffer_head *head = page_buffers(page);
        struct buffer_head *bh = head;
-       unsigned int b_state;
-
-       b_state = 1 << BH_Mapped;
-       if (PageUptodate(page))
-               b_state |= 1 << BH_Uptodate;
+       int uptodate = PageUptodate(page);
 
        do {
-               if (!(bh->b_state & (1 << BH_Mapped))) {
+               if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) {
                        init_buffer(bh, NULL, NULL);
                        bh->b_bdev = bdev;
                        bh->b_blocknr = block;
-                       bh->b_state = b_state;
+                       if (uptodate)
+                               set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+                       set_buffer_mapped(bh);
                }
                block++;
                bh = bh->b_this_page;
@@ -1217,8 +1144,10 @@ grow_dev_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
 
        if (page_has_buffers(page)) {
                bh = page_buffers(page);
-               if (bh->b_size == size)
+               if (bh->b_size == size) {
+                       init_page_buffers(page, bdev, block, size);
                        return page;
+               }
                if (!try_to_free_buffers(page))
                        goto failed;
        }
@@ -1226,7 +1155,7 @@ grow_dev_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
        /*
         * Allocate some buffers for this page
         */
-       bh = create_buffers(page, size, 0);
+       bh = alloc_page_buffers(page, size, 0);
        if (!bh)
                goto failed;
 
@@ -1281,7 +1210,7 @@ grow_buffers(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
        return 1;
 }
 
-struct buffer_head *
+static struct buffer_head *
 __getblk_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
 {
        /* Size must be multiple of hard sectorsize */
@@ -1333,6 +1262,7 @@ __getblk_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
 
 /**
  * mark_buffer_dirty - mark a buffer_head as needing writeout
+ * @bh: the buffer_head to mark dirty
  *
  * mark_buffer_dirty() will set the dirty bit against the buffer, then set its
  * backing page dirty, then tag the page as dirty in its address_space's radix
@@ -1551,6 +1481,7 @@ __getblk(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
 {
        struct buffer_head *bh = __find_get_block(bdev, block, size);
 
+       might_sleep();
        if (bh == NULL)
                bh = __getblk_slow(bdev, block, size);
        return bh;
@@ -1570,6 +1501,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__breadahead);
 
 /**
  *  __bread() - reads a specified block and returns the bh
+ *  @bdev: the block_device to read from
  *  @block: number of block
  *  @size: size (in bytes) to read
  * 
@@ -1731,7 +1663,7 @@ void create_empty_buffers(struct page *page,
 {
        struct buffer_head *bh, *head, *tail;
 
-       head = create_buffers(page, blocksize, 1);
+       head = alloc_page_buffers(page, blocksize, 1);
        bh = head;
        do {
                bh->b_state |= b_state;
@@ -1751,7 +1683,7 @@ void create_empty_buffers(struct page *page,
                        bh = bh->b_this_page;
                } while (bh != head);
        }
-       __set_page_buffers(page, head);
+       attach_page_buffers(page, head);
        spin_unlock(&page->mapping->private_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(create_empty_buffers);
@@ -1776,6 +1708,8 @@ void unmap_underlying_metadata(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block)
 {
        struct buffer_head *old_bh;
 
+       might_sleep();
+
        old_bh = __find_get_block_slow(bdev, block, 0);
        if (old_bh) {
                clear_buffer_dirty(old_bh);
@@ -1875,7 +1809,6 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
        } while (bh != head);
 
        do {
-               get_bh(bh);
                if (!buffer_mapped(bh))
                        continue;
                /*
@@ -1904,7 +1837,6 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
         */
        BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page));
        set_page_writeback(page);
-       unlock_page(page);
 
        do {
                struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
@@ -1912,9 +1844,9 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
                        submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
                        nr_underway++;
                }
-               put_bh(bh);
                bh = next;
        } while (bh != head);
+       unlock_page(page);
 
        err = 0;
 done:
@@ -1953,7 +1885,6 @@ recover:
        bh = head;
        /* Recovery: lock and submit the mapped buffers */
        do {
-               get_bh(bh);
                if (buffer_mapped(bh) && buffer_dirty(bh)) {
                        lock_buffer(bh);
                        mark_buffer_async_write(bh);
@@ -1976,7 +1907,6 @@ recover:
                        submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
                        nr_underway++;
                }
-               put_bh(bh);
                bh = next;
        } while (bh != head);
        goto done;
@@ -2019,7 +1949,7 @@ static int __block_prepare_write(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
                if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) {
                        err = get_block(inode, block, bh, 1);
                        if (err)
-                               goto out;
+                               break;
                        if (buffer_new(bh)) {
                                clear_buffer_new(bh);
                                unmap_underlying_metadata(bh->b_bdev,
@@ -2061,10 +1991,12 @@ static int __block_prepare_write(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
        while(wait_bh > wait) {
                wait_on_buffer(*--wait_bh);
                if (!buffer_uptodate(*wait_bh))
-                       return -EIO;
+                       err = -EIO;
        }
-       return 0;
-out:
+       if (!err)
+               return err;
+
+       /* Error case: */
        /*
         * Zero out any newly allocated blocks to avoid exposing stale
         * data.  If BH_New is set, we know that the block was newly
@@ -2145,8 +2077,7 @@ int block_read_full_page(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block)
        int nr, i;
        int fully_mapped = 1;
 
-       if (!PageLocked(page))
-               PAGE_BUG(page);
+       BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
        blocksize = 1 << inode->i_blkbits;
        if (!page_has_buffers(page))
                create_empty_buffers(page, blocksize, 0);
@@ -2163,9 +2094,12 @@ int block_read_full_page(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block)
                        continue;
 
                if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) {
+                       int err = 0;
+
                        fully_mapped = 0;
                        if (iblock < lblock) {
-                               if (get_block(inode, iblock, bh, 0))
+                               err = get_block(inode, iblock, bh, 0);
+                               if (err)
                                        SetPageError(page);
                        }
                        if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) {
@@ -2173,7 +2107,8 @@ int block_read_full_page(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block)
                                memset(kaddr + i * blocksize, 0, blocksize);
                                flush_dcache_page(page);
                                kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
-                               set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+                               if (!err)
+                                       set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                                continue;
                        }
                        /*
@@ -2234,7 +2169,7 @@ int generic_cont_expand(struct inode *inode, loff_t size)
        int err;
 
        err = -EFBIG;
-        limit = current->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur;
+        limit = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur;
        if (limit != RLIM_INFINITY && size > (loff_t)limit) {
                send_sig(SIGXFSZ, current, 0);
                goto out;
@@ -2309,8 +2244,7 @@ int cont_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned offset,
                memset(kaddr+zerofrom, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-zerofrom);
                flush_dcache_page(new_page);
                kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
-               __block_commit_write(inode, new_page,
-                               zerofrom, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+               generic_commit_write(NULL, new_page, zerofrom, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
                unlock_page(new_page);
                page_cache_release(new_page);
        }
@@ -2577,6 +2511,61 @@ int nobh_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nobh_commit_write);
 
+/*
+ * nobh_writepage() - based on block_full_write_page() except
+ * that it tries to operate without attaching bufferheads to
+ * the page.
+ */
+int nobh_writepage(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block,
+                       struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+       struct inode * const inode = page->mapping->host;
+       loff_t i_size = i_size_read(inode);
+       const pgoff_t end_index = i_size >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+       unsigned offset;
+       void *kaddr;
+       int ret;
+
+       /* Is the page fully inside i_size? */
+       if (page->index < end_index)
+               goto out;
+
+       /* Is the page fully outside i_size? (truncate in progress) */
+       offset = i_size & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-1);
+       if (page->index >= end_index+1 || !offset) {
+               /*
+                * The page may have dirty, unmapped buffers.  For example,
+                * they may have been added in ext3_writepage().  Make them
+                * freeable here, so the page does not leak.
+                */
+#if 0
+               /* Not really sure about this  - do we need this ? */
+               if (page->mapping->a_ops->invalidatepage)
+                       page->mapping->a_ops->invalidatepage(page, offset);
+#endif
+               unlock_page(page);
+               return 0; /* don't care */
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * The page straddles i_size.  It must be zeroed out on each and every
+        * writepage invocation because it may be mmapped.  "A file is mapped
+        * in multiples of the page size.  For a file that is not a multiple of
+        * the  page size, the remaining memory is zeroed when mapped, and
+        * writes to that region are not written out to the file."
+        */
+       kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
+       memset(kaddr + offset, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset);
+       flush_dcache_page(page);
+       kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+out:
+       ret = mpage_writepage(page, get_block, wbc);
+       if (ret == -EAGAIN)
+               ret = __block_write_full_page(inode, page, get_block, wbc);
+       return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nobh_writepage);
+
 /*
  * This function assumes that ->prepare_write() uses nobh_prepare_write().
  */
@@ -2756,21 +2745,33 @@ static int end_bio_bh_io_sync(struct bio *bio, unsigned int bytes_done, int err)
        if (bio->bi_size)
                return 1;
 
+       if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+               set_bit(BIO_EOPNOTSUPP, &bio->bi_flags);
+               set_bit(BH_Eopnotsupp, &bh->b_state);
+       }
+
        bh->b_end_io(bh, test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags));
        bio_put(bio);
        return 0;
 }
 
-void submit_bh(int rw, struct buffer_head * bh)
+int submit_bh(int rw, struct buffer_head * bh)
 {
        struct bio *bio;
+       int ret = 0;
 
        BUG_ON(!buffer_locked(bh));
        BUG_ON(!buffer_mapped(bh));
        BUG_ON(!bh->b_end_io);
 
-       /* Only clear out a write error when rewriting */
-       if (test_set_buffer_req(bh) && rw == WRITE)
+       if (buffer_ordered(bh) && (rw == WRITE))
+               rw = WRITE_BARRIER;
+
+       /*
+        * Only clear out a write error when rewriting, should this
+        * include WRITE_SYNC as well?
+        */
+       if (test_set_buffer_req(bh) && (rw == WRITE || rw == WRITE_BARRIER))
                clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
 
        /*
@@ -2792,7 +2793,14 @@ void submit_bh(int rw, struct buffer_head * bh)
        bio->bi_end_io = end_bio_bh_io_sync;
        bio->bi_private = bh;
 
+       bio_get(bio);
        submit_bio(rw, bio);
+
+       if (bio_flagged(bio, BIO_EOPNOTSUPP))
+               ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+       bio_put(bio);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2832,14 +2840,14 @@ void ll_rw_block(int rw, int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[])
 
                get_bh(bh);
                if (rw == WRITE) {
-                       bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
                        if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
+                               bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
                                submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
                                continue;
                        }
                } else {
-                       bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
                        if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+                               bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
                                submit_bh(rw, bh);
                                continue;
                        }
@@ -2851,20 +2859,30 @@ void ll_rw_block(int rw, int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[])
 
 /*
  * For a data-integrity writeout, we need to wait upon any in-progress I/O
- * and then start new I/O and then wait upon it.
+ * and then start new I/O and then wait upon it.  The caller must have a ref on
+ * the buffer_head.
  */
-void sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
+int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
+       int ret = 0;
+
        WARN_ON(atomic_read(&bh->b_count) < 1);
        lock_buffer(bh);
        if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
                get_bh(bh);
                bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-               submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
+               ret = submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
                wait_on_buffer(bh);
+               if (buffer_eopnotsupp(bh)) {
+                       clear_buffer_eopnotsupp(bh);
+                       ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+               }
+               if (!ret && !buffer_uptodate(bh))
+                       ret = -EIO;
        } else {
                unlock_buffer(bh);
        }
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2901,7 +2919,7 @@ drop_buffers(struct page *page, struct buffer_head **buffers_to_free)
 
        bh = head;
        do {
-               if (buffer_write_io_error(bh))
+               if (buffer_write_io_error(bh) && page->mapping)
                        set_bit(AS_EIO, &page->mapping->flags);
                if (buffer_busy(bh))
                        goto failed;
@@ -3036,7 +3054,7 @@ static void recalc_bh_state(void)
        buffer_heads_over_limit = (tot > max_buffer_heads);
 }
        
-struct buffer_head *alloc_buffer_head(int gfp_flags)
+struct buffer_head *alloc_buffer_head(unsigned int __nocast gfp_flags)
 {
        struct buffer_head *ret = kmem_cache_alloc(bh_cachep, gfp_flags);
        if (ret) {
@@ -3095,14 +3113,11 @@ static int buffer_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 
 void __init buffer_init(void)
 {
-       int i;
        int nrpages;
 
        bh_cachep = kmem_cache_create("buffer_head",
                        sizeof(struct buffer_head), 0,
-                       SLAB_PANIC, init_buffer_head, NULL);
-       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(bh_wait_queue_heads); i++)
-               init_waitqueue_head(&bh_wait_queue_heads[i].wqh);
+                       SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC, init_buffer_head, NULL);
 
        /*
         * Limit the bh occupancy to 10% of ZONE_NORMAL
@@ -3121,14 +3136,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_read_full_page);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_sync_page);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_truncate_page);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_write_full_page);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(buffer_insert_list);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cont_prepare_write);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_buffer_async_write);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_buffer_read_sync);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_buffer_write_sync);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_fsync);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fsync_bdev);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(fsync_buffers_list);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_block_bmap);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_commit_write);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_cont_expand);