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Bug 823878 - cifs: Simplify cache invalidation
Summary: cifs: Simplify cache invalidation
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 6.4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Sachin Prabhu
QA Contact: Jian Li
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 798385
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-05-22 11:18 UTC by Sachin Prabhu
Modified: 2014-03-04 00:08 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-298.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2013-02-21 05:56:55 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:0496 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel update 2013-02-20 21:40:54 UTC

Description Sachin Prabhu 2012-05-22 11:18:11 UTC 
Backport of the following patches


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commit 257fb1f15d72f89dad2d72fa467c189f2d7fdd71
Author: Pavel Shilovsky <piastry>
Date:   Wed Mar 16 01:55:32 2011 +0300

CIFS: Use invalidate_inode_pages2 instead of invalidate_remote_inode (try #4)

Use invalidate_inode_pages2 that don't leave pages even if shrink_page_list()
has a temp ref on them. It prevents a data coherency problem when
cifs_invalidate_mapping didn't invalidate pages but the client thinks that a data
from the cache is uptodate according to an oplock level (exclusive or II).

Signed-off-by: Pavel Shilovsky <piastry>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench.com>
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commit 9ad1506b42c828dff0b9d8f3914e1f837734e91c
Author: Pavel Shilovsky <piastry>
Date:   Fri Apr 8 05:29:10 2011 +0400

CIFS: Add launder_page operation (try #3)

Add this let us drop filemap_write_and_wait from cifs_invalidate_mapping
and simplify the code to properly process invalidate logic.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton>
Signed-off-by: Pavel Shilovsky <piastry>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench.com>
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commit 6feb9891da4f8b04ffca69c00eb56bb7c1b64dc4
Author: Pavel Shilovsky <piastry>
Date:   Thu Apr 7 18:18:11 2011 +0400

CIFS: Simplify invalidate part (try #5)

Simplify many places when we call cifs_revalidate/invalidate to make
it do what it exactly needs.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton>
Signed-off-by: Pavel Shilovsky <piastry>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench.com>
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commit 156ecb2d8b06589098f6ce3012e6a10fef07c416
Author: Steve French <sfrench.com>
Date:   Fri May 20 17:00:01 2011 +0000

[CIFS] Fix to problem with getattr caused by invalidate simplification patch

Fix to earlier "Simplify invalidate part (try #6)" patch
That patch caused problems with connectathon test 5.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton>
Signed-off-by: Pavel Shilovsky <piastry>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench.com>
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Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2012-07-27 16:21:06 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.  Product
Management has requested further review of this request by
Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux release for currently deployed products.
This request is not yet committed for inclusion in a release.
Comment 3 Jian Li 2012-08-01 06:15:20 UTC 
regression test are needed.
Comment 4 Jarod Wilson 2012-08-16 21:22:17 UTC 
Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-298.el6
Comment 7 Jian Li 2013-01-28 10:34:37 UTC 
SanityOnly test is done.
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2013-02-21 05:56:55 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0496.html
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