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Steven Whitehouse f91a0d3e24 [GFS2] Remove useless i_cache from inodes 
The i_cache was designed to keep references to the indirect blocks
used during block mapping so that they didn't have to be looked
up continually. The idea failed because there are too many places
where the i_cache needs to be freed, and this has in the past been
the cause of many bugs.

In addition there was no performance benefit being gained since the
disk blocks in question were cached anyway. So this patch removes
it in order to simplify the code to prepare for other changes which
would otherwise have had to add further support for this feature.

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2008-01-25 08:07:16 +00:00
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9p 9p: use copy of the options value instead of original 2007-11-06 08:02:53 -06:00
adfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
affs fs: mark nibblemap const 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
afs fs/afs/vlocation.c: fix off-by-one 2007-11-05 15:12:32 -08:00
autofs Use task_pid_nr() instead of pid_nr(task_pid()) 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
autofs4 pid namespaces: round up the API 2007-10-19 11:53:37 -07:00
befs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
bfs regression: bfs endianness bug 2007-12-05 09:25:20 -08:00
cifs regression: cifs endianness bug 2007-12-05 09:25:19 -08:00
coda pid namespaces: round up the API 2007-10-19 11:53:37 -07:00
configfs r/o bind mounts: filesystem helpers for custom 'struct file's 2007-10-17 08:43:04 -07:00
cramfs fs/cramfs/inode.c: replace hardcoded value with preprocessor constant 2007-10-18 14:37:29 -07:00
debugfs [PATCH] pass dentry to audit_inode()/audit_inode_child() 2007-10-21 02:37:18 -04:00
devpts
dlm [DLM] lowcomms: Do not muck with sysctl_rmem_max. 2007-11-07 04:11:42 -08:00
ecryptfs eCryptfs: fix dentry handling on create error, unlink, and inode destroy 2008-01-08 16:10:36 -08:00
efs exportfs: make struct export_operations const 2007-10-22 08:13:21 -07:00
exportfs exportfs: update documentation 2007-10-22 08:13:21 -07:00
ext2 fix up ext2_fs.h for userspace after reservations backport 2007-11-29 09:24:53 -08:00
ext3 ext3, ext4: avoid divide by zero 2007-12-17 19:28:16 -08:00
ext4 ext3, ext4: avoid divide by zero 2007-12-17 19:28:16 -08:00
fat fat: optimize fat_count_free_clusters() 2008-01-08 16:10:35 -08:00
freevxfs
fuse fuse: fix attribute caching after rename 2007-11-29 09:24:54 -08:00
gfs2 [GFS2] Remove useless i_cache from inodes 2008-01-25 08:07:16 +00:00
hfs hfs: fix coverity-found null deref 2008-01-17 15:38:58 -08:00
hfsplus Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
hostfs uml: fix hostfs style 2007-10-16 09:43:07 -07:00
hpfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
hppfs
hugetlbfs hugetlb: allow bulk updating in hugetlb_*_quota() 2007-11-14 18:45:40 -08:00
isofs exportfs: make struct export_operations const 2007-10-22 08:13:21 -07:00
jbd jbd: do not try lock_acquire after handle made invalid 2008-01-17 15:38:59 -08:00
jbd2 JBD2: debug code cleanup. 2007-10-17 18:49:59 -04:00
jffs2 Freezer: Fix JFFS2 garbage collector freezing issue (rev. 2) 2007-12-04 01:35:41 -05:00
jfs Forbid user to change file flags on quota files 2007-11-14 18:45:38 -08:00
lockd NFS/SUNRPC: use transport protocol naming 2007-10-09 17:17:53 -04:00
minix limit minixfs printks on corrupted dir i_size 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
msdos
ncpfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
nfs NFSv4: Give the lock stateid its own sequence queue 2008-01-10 13:35:32 -08:00
nfs_common
nfsd knfsd: Allow NFSv2/3 WRITE calls to succeed when krb5i etc is used. 2008-01-13 09:57:57 -08:00
nls sparse pointer use of zero as null 2007-10-18 14:37:31 -07:00
ntfs NTFS: Fix read regression. 2007-11-03 12:27:21 -07:00
ocfs2 ocfs2: Re-journal buffers after transaction extend 2007-12-17 10:51:23 -08:00
openpromfs [SPARC]: Constify function pointer tables. 2008-01-22 18:29:20 -08:00
partitions fs/partitions/sun.c endianness annotations 2007-10-14 12:41:51 -07:00
proc fix the "remove task_ppid_nr_ns" commit 2008-01-14 13:23:00 -08:00
qnx4 Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
ramfs Remove valueless definition of hard-selected RAMFS option 2007-10-17 08:42:56 -07:00
reiserfs proc: fix proc_dir_entry refcounting 2007-12-05 09:21:20 -08:00
romfs fs/romfs/inode.c: trivial improvements 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
smbfs smbfs: fix debug builds 2007-11-14 18:45:43 -08:00
sysfs sysfs: fix bugs in sysfs_rename/move_dir() 2008-01-16 09:54:03 -08:00
sysv Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
udf fs/udf/balloc.c: mark a variable as uninitialized_var() 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
ufs ufs: fix nexstep dir block size 2007-12-05 09:21:18 -08:00
vfat
xfs [XFS] fix unaligned access in readdir 2008-01-11 18:05:04 +11:00
aio.c aio: only account I/O wait time in read_events if there are active requests 2007-12-05 09:21:18 -08:00
anon_inodes.c anon-inodes use open coded atomic_inc for the shared inode 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
attr.c VFS: make notify_change pass ATTR_KILL_S*ID to setattr operations 2007-10-18 14:37:22 -07:00
bad_inode.c
binfmt_aout.c mm: fix exit_mmap BUG() on a.out binary exit 2007-12-20 07:49:53 -08:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c pid namespaces: changes to show virtual ids to user 2007-10-19 11:53:40 -07:00
binfmt_elf.c core dump: real_parent ppid 2008-01-07 14:55:37 -08:00
binfmt_em86.c Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
binfmt_flat.c binfmt_flat: warning fixes 2007-10-17 08:42:54 -07:00
binfmt_misc.c Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
binfmt_script.c Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
binfmt_som.c core_pattern: ignore RLIMIT_CORE if core_pattern is a pipe 2007-10-17 08:42:50 -07:00
bio.c bio: make freeing of ->bi_io_vec conditional in bio_free() 2007-10-16 11:03:52 +02:00
block_dev.c Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
buffer.c nobh: nobh_write_end fix 2007-10-21 08:54:05 -07:00
char_dev.c mm: bdi init hooks 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
compat_ioctl.c fix: using joysticks in 32 bit applications on 64 bit systems 2008-01-06 10:26:06 -08:00
compat.c
dcache.c dcache: don't expose uninitialized memory in /proc/<pid>/fd/<fd> 2007-10-22 08:13:18 -07:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c remove ZERO_PAGE 2007-10-16 09:42:53 -07:00
dnotify.c
dquot.c Don't send quota messages repeatedly when hardlimit reached 2007-12-23 12:54:36 -08:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c
eventpoll.c fs/eventpoll.c: use list_for_each_entry() instead of list_for_each() 2007-10-19 11:53:38 -07:00
exec.c vfs: coredumping fix 2007-11-28 10:58:01 -08:00
fcntl.c pid namespaces: changes to show virtual ids to user 2007-10-19 11:53:40 -07:00
fifo.c
file_table.c fs/file_table.c: use list_for_each_entry() instead of list_for_each() 2007-10-19 11:53:38 -07:00
file.c
filesystems.c
fs-writeback.c Revert "writeback: introduce writeback_control.more_io to indicate more io" 2008-01-14 21:21:29 -08:00
generic_acl.c
inode.c introduce I_SYNC 2007-10-17 08:43:02 -07:00
inotify_user.c change inotifyfs magic as the same magic is used for futexfs 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
inotify.c [PATCH] new helper - inotify_evict_watch() 2007-10-21 02:37:38 -04:00
internal.h
ioctl.c
ioprio.c ioprio: allow sys_ioprio_set() value of 0 to reset ioprio setting 2007-11-07 13:54:07 +01:00
Kconfig Fix file references in documentation and Kconfig 2008-01-22 10:43:36 -08:00
Kconfig.binfmt
libfs.c exportfs: add new methods 2007-10-22 08:13:19 -07:00
locks.c locks: fix possible infinite loop in posix deadlock detection 2007-10-30 09:04:18 -07:00
Makefile Remove valueless definition of hard-selected RAMFS option 2007-10-17 08:42:56 -07:00
mbcache.c fs: Fix to correct the mbcache entries counter 2007-10-25 15:18:29 -07:00
mpage.c mm: buffered write cleanup 2007-10-16 09:42:54 -07:00
namei.c Use access mode instead of open flags to determine needed permissions 2008-01-12 14:47:58 -08:00
namespace.c [PATCH] new helpers - collect_mounts() and release_collected_mounts() 2007-10-21 02:37:25 -04:00
nfsctl.c
no-block.c
open.c mark sys_open/sys_read exports unused 2007-11-14 18:45:42 -08:00
pipe.c sched: affine sync wakeups 2007-10-15 17:00:19 +02:00
pnode.c
pnode.h [PATCH] new helpers - collect_mounts() and release_collected_mounts() 2007-10-21 02:37:25 -04:00
posix_acl.c
quota_v1.c
quota_v2.c
quota.c
read_write.c mark sys_open/sys_read exports unused 2007-11-14 18:45:42 -08:00
read_write.h
readdir.c
select.c fs/select, remove unused macros 2007-10-19 11:53:41 -07:00
seq_file.c [FS] seq_file: Introduce the seq_open_private() 2007-10-10 16:55:33 -07:00
signalfd.c rename signalfd_siginfo fields 2007-10-17 08:43:01 -07:00
splice.c Implement file posix capabilities 2007-10-17 08:43:07 -07:00
stack.c
stat.c
super.c Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
sync.c
timerfd.c
utimes.c VFS: check nanoseconds in utimensat 2007-10-17 08:42:52 -07:00
xattr_acl.c
xattr.c [PATCH] pass dentry to audit_inode()/audit_inode_child() 2007-10-21 02:37:18 -04:00