linux-stable/fs
Linus Torvalds 9f2394c9be Revert "ext4: allow readdir()'s of large empty directories to be interrupted"
This reverts commit 1028b55baf.

It's broken: it makes ext4 return an error at an invalid point, causing
the readdir wrappers to write the the position of the last successful
directory entry into the position field, which means that the next
readdir will now return that last successful entry _again_.

You can only return fatal errors (that terminate the readdir directory
walk) from within the filesystem readdir functions, the "normal" errors
(that happen when the readdir buffer fills up, for example) happen in
the iterorator where we know the position of the actual failing entry.

I do have a very different patch that does the "signal_pending()"
handling inside the iterator function where it is allowable, but while
that one passes all the sanity checks, I screwed up something like four
times while emailing it out, so I'm not going to commit it today.

So my track record is not good enough, and the stars will have to align
better before that one gets committed.  And it would be good to get some
review too, of course, since celestial alignments are always an iffy
debugging model.

IOW, let's just revert the commit that caused the problem for now.

Reported-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-04-10 16:52:24 -07:00
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9p mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
adfs
affs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
afs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
autofs4 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2016-03-19 18:52:29 -07:00
befs
bfs
btrfs Merge branch 'for-linus-4.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/linux-btrfs 2016-04-09 10:41:34 -07:00
cachefiles mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
ceph mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
cifs mm, fs: remove remaining PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} usage 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
coda
configfs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
cramfs mm, fs: remove remaining PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} usage 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
crypto mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
debugfs
devpts
dlm mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
ecryptfs mm, fs: remove remaining PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} usage 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
efivarfs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
efs
exofs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
exportfs
ext2 mm, fs: remove remaining PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} usage 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
ext4 Revert "ext4: allow readdir()'s of large empty directories to be interrupted" 2016-04-10 16:52:24 -07:00
f2fs Merge tag 'f2fs-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs 2016-04-04 13:00:39 -07:00
fat fat: add config option to set UTF-8 mount option by default 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
freevxfs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
fscache mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
fuse mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
gfs2 mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
hfs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
hfsplus mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
hostfs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
hpfs hpfs: don't truncate the file when delete fails 2016-02-27 19:15:51 -05:00
hugetlbfs mm, fs: remove remaining PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} usage 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
isofs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
jbd2 mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
jffs2 mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
jfs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
kernfs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
lockd
logfs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
minix mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
ncpfs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
nfs These changes contains a fix for overlayfs interacting with some 2016-04-07 17:22:20 -07:00
nfs_common
nfsd Various bugfixes, a RDMA update from Chuck Lever, and support for a new 2016-03-24 19:50:32 -07:00
nilfs2 mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
nls
notify
ntfs mm, fs: remove remaining PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} usage 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
ocfs2 Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2016-04-04 13:18:27 -07:00
omfs
openpromfs
orangefs Orangefs: cleanups and a strncpy vulnerability fix. 2016-04-09 10:33:58 -07:00
overlayfs fs: add file_dentry() 2016-03-26 16:14:37 -04:00
proc mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
pstore mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
qnx4
qnx6 mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
quota quota: Handle Q_GETNEXTQUOTA when quota is disabled 2016-03-29 17:20:10 +02:00
ramfs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
reiserfs mm, fs: remove remaining PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} usage 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
romfs
squashfs mm, fs: remove remaining PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} usage 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
sysfs
sysv mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
tracefs
ubifs mm, fs: remove remaining PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} usage 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
udf mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
ufs mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
xfs mm, fs: remove remaining PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} usage 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
aio.c
anon_inodes.c
attr.c
bad_inode.c
binfmt_aout.c
binfmt_elf.c mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c
binfmt_misc.c
binfmt_script.c
block_dev.c mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
buffer.c mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
char_dev.c
compat.c
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c
coredump.c fs/coredump: prevent fsuid=0 dumps into user-controlled directories 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
dax.c mm, fs: remove remaining PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} usage 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
dcache.c fs: add file_dentry() 2016-03-26 16:14:37 -04:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c eventfd: document lockless access in eventfd_poll 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
eventpoll.c timer: convert timer_slack_ns from unsigned long to u64 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
exec.c Merge branch 'mm-pkeys-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-20 19:08:56 -07:00
fcntl.c
fhandle.c fs/coredump: prevent fsuid=0 dumps into user-controlled directories 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
file.c
file_table.c
filesystems.c
fs-writeback.c mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
fs_pin.c
fs_struct.c
inode.c
internal.h
ioctl.c
Kconfig Merge tag 'ofs-pull-tag-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hubcap/linux 2016-03-26 12:59:04 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt
libfs.c mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
locks.c
Makefile Merge tag 'ofs-pull-tag-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hubcap/linux 2016-03-26 12:59:04 -07:00
mbcache.c mbcache: add reusable flag to cache entries 2016-02-22 22:44:04 -05:00
mount.h
mpage.c mm, fs: remove remaining PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} usage 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
namei.c fix the braino in "namei: massage lookup_slow() to be usable by lookup_one_len_unlocked()" 2016-03-31 00:23:05 -04:00
namespace.c
no-block.c
nsfs.c
open.c fs/coredump: prevent fsuid=0 dumps into user-controlled directories 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
pipe.c mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
pnode.c
pnode.h
posix_acl.c
proc_namespace.c vfs: show_vfsstat: do not ignore errors from show_devname method 2016-03-16 13:09:08 -04:00
read_write.c Merge branches 'work.lookups', 'work.misc' and 'work.preadv2' into for-next 2016-03-18 16:07:38 -04:00
readdir.c
select.c timer: convert timer_slack_ns from unsigned long to u64 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
seq_file.c
signalfd.c
splice.c mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
stack.c
stat.c
statfs.c
super.c writeback: flush inode cgroup wb switches instead of pinning super_block 2016-03-03 14:42:50 -07:00
sync.c mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros 2016-04-04 10:41:08 -07:00
timerfd.c
userfaultfd.c userfaultfd: don't block on the last VM updates at exit time 2016-03-02 09:03:18 -08:00
utimes.c
xattr.c