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    Merge tag 'afs-next-20171113' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs · 487e2c9f
    Linus Torvalds authored
    Pull AFS updates from David Howells:
     "kAFS filesystem driver overhaul.
    
      The major points of the overhaul are:
    
       (1) Preliminary groundwork is laid for supporting network-namespacing
           of kAFS. The remainder of the namespacing work requires some way
           to pass namespace information to submounts triggered by an
           automount. This requires something like the mount overhaul that's
           in progress.
    
       (2) sockaddr_rxrpc is used in preference to in_addr for holding
           addresses internally and add support for talking to the YFS VL
           server. With this, kAFS can do everything over IPv6 as well as
           IPv4 if it's talking to servers that support it.
    
       (3) Callback handling is overhauled to be generally passive rather
           than active. 'Callbacks' are promises by the server to tell us
           about data and metadata changes. Callbacks are now checked when
           we next touch an inode rather than actively going and looking for
           it where possible.
    
       (4) File access permit caching is overhauled to store the caching
           information per-inode rather than per-directory, shared over
           subordinate files. Whilst older AFS servers only allow ACLs on
           directories (shared to the files in that directory), newer AFS
           servers break that restriction.
    
           To improve memory usage and to make it easier to do mass-key
           removal, permit combinations are cached and shared.
    
       (5) Cell database management is overhauled to allow lighter locks to
           be used and to make cell records autonomous state machines that
           look after getting their own DNS records and cleaning themselves
           up, in particular preventing races in acquiring and relinquishing
           the fscache token for the cell.
    
       (6) Volume caching is overhauled. The afs_vlocation record is got rid
           of to simplify things and the superblock is now keyed on the cell
           and the numeric volume ID only. The volume record is tied to a
           superblock and normal superblock management is used to mediate
           the lifetime of the volume fscache token.
    
       (7) File server record caching is overhauled to make server records
           independent of cells and volumes. A server can be in multiple
           cells (in such a case, the administrator must make sure that the
           VL services for all cells correctly reflect the volumes shared
           between those cells).
    
           Server records are now indexed using the UUID of the server
           rather than the address since a server can have multiple
           addresses.
    
       (8) File server rotation is overhauled to handle VMOVED, VBUSY (and
           similar), VOFFLINE and VNOVOL indications and to handle rotation
           both of servers and addresses of those servers. The rotation will
           also wait and retry if the server says it is busy.
    
       (9) Data writeback is overhauled. Each inode no longer stores a list
           of modified sections tagged with the key that authorised it in
           favour of noting the modified region of a page in page->private
           and storing a list of keys that made modifications in the inode.
    
           This simplifies things and allows other keys to be used to
           actually write to the server if a key that made a modification
           becomes useless.
    
      (10) Writable mmap() is implemented. This allows a kernel to be build
           entirely on AFS.
    
      Note that Pre AFS-3.4 servers are no longer supported, though this can
      be added back if necessary (AFS-3.4 was released in 1998)"
    
    * tag 'afs-next-20171113' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs: (35 commits)
      afs: Protect call->state changes against signals
      afs: Trace page dirty/clean
      afs: Implement shared-writeable mmap
      afs: Get rid of the afs_writeback record
      afs: Introduce a file-private data record
      afs: Use a dynamic port if 7001 is in use
      afs: Fix directory read/modify race
      afs: Trace the sending of pages
      afs: Trace the initiation and completion of client calls
      afs: Fix documentation on # vs % prefix in mount source specification
      afs: Fix total-length calculation for multiple-page send
      afs: Only progress call state at end of Tx phase from rxrpc callback
      afs: Make use of the YFS service upgrade to fully support IPv6
      afs: Overhaul volume and server record caching and fileserver rotation
      afs: Move server rotation code into its own file
      afs: Add an address list concept
      afs: Overhaul cell database management
      afs: Overhaul permit caching
      afs: Overhaul the callback handling
      afs: Rename struct afs_call server member to cm_server
      ...
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