The patch titled
Subject: aio: kill return value of aio_complete()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
aio-kill-return-value-of-aio_complete.patch
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From: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: aio: kill return value of aio_complete()
Nothing used the return value, and it probably wasn't possible to use it
safely for the locked versions (aio_complete(), aio_put_req()). Just kill
it.
Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Zach Brown <zab@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Selvan Mani <smani@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/aio.c | 21 +++++++--------------
include/linux/aio.h | 8 ++++----
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/aio.c~aio-kill-return-value-of-aio_complete fs/aio.c
--- a/fs/aio.c~aio-kill-return-value-of-aio_complete
+++ a/fs/aio.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static inline void really_put_req(struct
/* __aio_put_req
* Returns true if this put was the last user of the request.
*/
-static int __aio_put_req(struct kioctx *ctx, struct kiocb *req)
+static void __aio_put_req(struct kioctx *ctx, struct kiocb *req)
{
dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "aio_put(%p): f_count=%ld\n",
req, atomic_long_read(&req->ki_filp->f_count));
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ static int __aio_put_req(struct kioctx *
req->ki_users--;
BUG_ON(req->ki_users < 0);
if (likely(req->ki_users))
- return 0;
+ return;
list_del(&req->ki_list); /* remove from active_reqs */
req->ki_cancel = NULL;
req->ki_retry = NULL;
@@ -546,21 +546,18 @@ static int __aio_put_req(struct kioctx *
fput(req->ki_filp);
req->ki_filp = NULL;
really_put_req(ctx, req);
- return 1;
}
/* aio_put_req
* Returns true if this put was the last user of the kiocb,
* false if the request is still in use.
*/
-int aio_put_req(struct kiocb *req)
+void aio_put_req(struct kiocb *req)
{
struct kioctx *ctx = req->ki_ctx;
- int ret;
spin_lock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
- ret = __aio_put_req(ctx, req);
+ __aio_put_req(ctx, req);
spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
- return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(aio_put_req);
@@ -591,10 +588,8 @@ static struct kioctx *lookup_ioctx(unsig
/* aio_complete
* Called when the io request on the given iocb is complete.
- * Returns true if this is the last user of the request. The
- * only other user of the request can be the cancellation code.
*/
-int aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2)
+void aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2)
{
struct kioctx *ctx = iocb->ki_ctx;
struct aio_ring_info *info;
@@ -602,7 +597,6 @@ int aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, lon
struct io_event *event;
unsigned long flags;
unsigned long tail;
- int ret;
/*
* Special case handling for sync iocbs:
@@ -616,7 +610,7 @@ int aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, lon
iocb->ki_user_data = res;
iocb->ki_users = 0;
wake_up_process(iocb->ki_obj.tsk);
- return 1;
+ return;
}
info = &ctx->ring_info;
@@ -675,7 +669,7 @@ int aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, lon
put_rq:
/* everything turned out well, dispose of the aiocb. */
- ret = __aio_put_req(ctx, iocb);
+ __aio_put_req(ctx, iocb);
/*
* We have to order our ring_info tail store above and test
@@ -689,7 +683,6 @@ put_rq:
wake_up(&ctx->wait);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->ctx_lock, flags);
- return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(aio_complete);
diff -puN include/linux/aio.h~aio-kill-return-value-of-aio_complete include/linux/aio.h
--- a/include/linux/aio.h~aio-kill-return-value-of-aio_complete
+++ a/include/linux/aio.h
@@ -167,16 +167,16 @@ struct kioctx {
/* prototypes */
#ifdef CONFIG_AIO
extern ssize_t wait_on_sync_kiocb(struct kiocb *iocb);
-extern int aio_put_req(struct kiocb *iocb);
-extern int aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2);
+extern void aio_put_req(struct kiocb *iocb);
+extern void aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2);
struct mm_struct;
extern void exit_aio(struct mm_struct *mm);
extern long do_io_submit(aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr,
struct iocb __user *__user *iocbpp, bool compat);
#else
static inline ssize_t wait_on_sync_kiocb(struct kiocb *iocb) { return 0; }
-static inline int aio_put_req(struct kiocb *iocb) { return 0; }
-static inline int aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2) { return 0; }
+static inline void aio_put_req(struct kiocb *iocb) { }
+static inline void aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2) { }
struct mm_struct;
static inline void exit_aio(struct mm_struct *mm) { }
static inline long do_io_submit(aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr,
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from koverstreet@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-remove-old-aio-use_mm-comment.patch
aio-remove-dead-code-from-aioh.patch
gadget-remove-only-user-of-aio-retry.patch
aio-remove-retry-based-aio.patch
char-add-aio_readwrite-to-dev-nullzero.patch
aio-kill-return-value-of-aio_complete.patch
aio-kiocb_cancel.patch
aio-move-private-stuff-out-of-aioh.patch
aio-dprintk-pr_debug.patch
aio-do-fget-after-aio_get_req.patch
aio-make-aio_put_req-lockless.patch
aio-refcounting-cleanup.patch
wait-add-wait_event_hrtimeout.patch
wait-add-wait_event_hrtimeout-fix.patch
aio-make-aio_read_evt-more-efficient-convert-to-hrtimers.patch
aio-use-flush_dcache_page.patch
aio-use-cancellation-list-lazily.patch
aio-change-reqs_active-to-include-unreaped-completions.patch
aio-kill-batch-allocation.patch
aio-kill-struct-aio_ring_info.patch
aio-give-shared-kioctx-fields-their-own-cachelines.patch
aio-give-shared-kioctx-fields-their-own-cachelines-fix.patch
aio-reqs_active-reqs_available.patch
aio-percpu-reqs_available.patch
generic-dynamic-per-cpu-refcounting.patch
aio-percpu-ioctx-refcount.patch
aio-use-xchg-instead-of-completion_lock.patch
aio-dont-include-aioh-in-schedh.patch
aio-kill-ki_key.patch
aio-kill-ki_retry.patch
block-aio-batch-completion-for-bios-kiocbs.patch
virtio-blk-convert-to-batch-completion.patch
mtip32xx-convert-to-batch-completion.patch
aio-smoosh-struct-kiocb.patch
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