This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
Un-inline get_pipe_info() helper function
to the 2.6.36-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
un-inline-get_pipe_info-helper-function.patch
and it can be found in the queue-2.6.36 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <[email protected]> know about it.
>From 72083646528d4887b920deb71b37e09bc7d227bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:27:19 -0800
Subject: Un-inline get_pipe_info() helper function
From: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
commit 72083646528d4887b920deb71b37e09bc7d227bb upstream.
This avoids some include-file hell, and the function isn't really
important enough to be inlined anyway.
Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
---
fs/pipe.c | 12 ++++++++++++
include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h | 13 +------------
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -1197,6 +1197,18 @@ int pipe_proc_fn(struct ctl_table *table
return ret;
}
+/*
+ * After the inode slimming patch, i_pipe/i_bdev/i_cdev share the same
+ * location, so checking ->i_pipe is not enough to verify that this is a
+ * pipe.
+ */
+struct pipe_inode_info *get_pipe_info(struct file *file)
+{
+ struct inode *i = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+
+ return S_ISFIFO(i->i_mode) ? i->i_pipe : NULL;
+}
+
long pipe_fcntl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -160,17 +160,6 @@ void generic_pipe_buf_release(struct pip
/* for F_SETPIPE_SZ and F_GETPIPE_SZ */
long pipe_fcntl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long arg);
-
-/*
- * After the inode slimming patch, i_pipe/i_bdev/i_cdev share the same
- * location, so checking ->i_pipe is not enough to verify that this is a
- * pipe.
- */
-static inline struct pipe_inode_info *get_pipe_info(struct file *file)
-{
- struct inode *i = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-
- return S_ISFIFO(i->i_mode) ? i->i_pipe : NULL;
-}
+struct pipe_inode_info *get_pipe_info(struct file *file);
#endif
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from
[email protected] are
queue-2.6.36/perf_events-fix-perf_counter_mmap-hook-in-mprotect.patch
queue-2.6.36/drivers-misc-ad525x_dpot.c-fix-typo-in-spi-write16-and-write24-transfer-counts.patch
queue-2.6.36/staging-samsung-laptop-fix-up-some-sysfs-attribute-permissions.patch
queue-2.6.36/staging-asus_oled-fix-up-some-sysfs-attribute-permissions.patch
queue-2.6.36/sgi-xpc-xpc-fails-to-discover-partitions-with-all-nasids-above-128.patch
queue-2.6.36/can-bcm-fix-minor-heap-overflow.patch
queue-2.6.36/um-fix-global-timer-issue-when-using-config_no_hz.patch
queue-2.6.36/drivers-char-vt_ioctl.c-fix-vt_openqry-error-value.patch
queue-2.6.36/hostfs-fix-uml-crash-remove-f_spare-from-hostfs.patch
queue-2.6.36/hpet-fix-unwanted-interrupt-due-to-stale-irq-status-bit.patch
queue-2.6.36/un-inline-get_pipe_info-helper-function.patch
queue-2.6.36/tty-restore-tty_ldisc_wait_idle.patch
queue-2.6.36/nommu-yield-cpu-while-disposing-vm.patch
queue-2.6.36/percpu-fix-list_head-init-bug-in-__percpu_counter_init.patch
queue-2.6.36/usb-misc-usbled-fix-up-some-sysfs-attribute-permissions.patch
queue-2.6.36/mm-vfs-revalidate-page-mapping-in-do_generic_file_read.patch
queue-2.6.36/uml-disable-winch-irq-before-freeing-handler-data.patch
queue-2.6.36/usb-storage-sierra_ms-fix-sysfs-file-attribute.patch
queue-2.6.36/exec-make-argv-envp-memory-visible-to-oom-killer.patch
queue-2.6.36/usb-atm-ueagle-atm-fix-up-some-permissions-on-the-sysfs-files.patch
queue-2.6.36/mm-hugetlb.c-avoid-double-unlock_page-in-hugetlb_fault.patch
queue-2.6.36/um-remove-page_size-alignment-in-linker-script-causing-kernel-segfault.patch
queue-2.6.36/usb-misc-usbsevseg-fix-up-some-sysfs-attribute-permissions.patch
queue-2.6.36/ipc-shm-fix-information-leak-to-userland.patch
queue-2.6.36/do_exit-make-sure-that-we-run-with-get_fs-user_ds.patch
queue-2.6.36/leds-fix-bug-with-reading-nas-ss4200-dmi-code.patch
queue-2.6.36/mm-fix-return-value-of-scan_lru_pages-in-memory-unplug.patch
queue-2.6.36/revert-vfs-show-unreachable-paths-in-getcwd-and-proc.patch
queue-2.6.36/mm-page-allocator-do-not-check-the-state-of-a-non-existant-buddy-during-free.patch
queue-2.6.36/reiserfs-fix-inode-mutex-reiserfs-lock-misordering.patch
queue-2.6.36/staging-frontier-fix-up-some-sysfs-attribute-permissions.patch
queue-2.6.36/ipmi-proper-spinlock-initialization.patch
queue-2.6.36/kfifo-disable-__kfifo_must_check_helper.patch
queue-2.6.36/ipc-initialize-structure-memory-to-zero-for-compat-functions.patch
queue-2.6.36/staging-udlfb-fix-up-some-sysfs-attribute-permissions.patch
queue-2.6.36/export-get_pipe_info-to-other-users.patch
queue-2.6.36/reiserfs-don-t-acquire-lock-recursively-in-reiserfs_acl_chmod.patch
queue-2.6.36/hpet-unmap-unused-i-o-space.patch
queue-2.6.36/acpi-debugfs-custom_method-open-to-non-root.patch
queue-2.6.36/usb-misc-cypress_cy7c63-fix-up-some-sysfs-attribute-permissions.patch
queue-2.6.36/radix-tree-fix-rcu-bug.patch
queue-2.6.36/exec-copy-and-paste-the-fixes-into-compat_do_execve-paths.patch
queue-2.6.36/mm-fix-is_mem_section_removable-page_order-bug_on-check.patch
queue-2.6.36/staging-line6-fix-up-some-sysfs-attribute-permissions.patch
queue-2.6.36/fuse-fix-attributes-after-open-o_trunc.patch
queue-2.6.36/rename-pipe_info-to-get_pipe_info.patch
queue-2.6.36/backlight-grab-ops_lock-before-testing-bd-ops.patch
queue-2.6.36/memcg-avoid-deadlock-between-move-charge-and-try_charge.patch
queue-2.6.36/cs5535-gpio-apply-cs5536-errata-workaround-for-gpios.patch
queue-2.6.36/numa-fix-slab_node-mpol_bind.patch
queue-2.6.36/latencytop-fix-per-task-accumulator.patch
queue-2.6.36/mm-hugetlb.c-add-missing-spin_lock-to-hugetlb_cow.patch
queue-2.6.36/net-truncate-recvfrom-and-sendto-length-to-int_max.patch
queue-2.6.36/usb-misc-trancevibrator-fix-up-a-sysfs-attribute-permission.patch
queue-2.6.36/usb-ehci-fix-debugfs-lpm-permissions.patch
queue-2.6.36/staging-iio-adis16220-fix-up-some-sysfs-attribute-permissions.patch
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