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Linus Torvalds 72dbcf7215 Revert "ext4: make __ext4_get_inode_loc plug" 
This reverts commit b03755ad6f.

This is sad, and done for all the wrong reasons.  Because that commit is
good, and does exactly what it says: avoids a lot of small disk requests
for the inode table read-ahead.

However, it turns out that it causes an entirely unrelated problem: the
getrandom() system call was introduced back in 2014 by commit
c6e9d6f388 ("random: introduce getrandom(2) system call"), and people
use it as a convenient source of good random numbers.

But part of the current semantics for getrandom() is that it waits for
the entropy pool to fill at least partially (unlike /dev/urandom).  And
at least ArchLinux apparently has a systemd that uses getrandom() at
boot time, and the improvements in IO patterns means that existing
installations suddenly start hanging, waiting for entropy that will
never happen.

It seems to be an unlucky combination of not _quite_ enough entropy,
together with a particular systemd version and configuration.  Lennart
says that the systemd-random-seed process (which is what does this early
access) is supposed to not block any other boot activity, but sadly that
doesn't actually seem to be the case (possibly due bogus dependencies on
cryptsetup for encrypted swapspace).

The correct fix is to fix getrandom() to not block when it's not
appropriate, but that fix is going to take a lot more discussion.  Do we
just make it act like /dev/urandom by default, and add a new flag for
"wait for entropy"? Do we add a boot-time option? Or do we just limit
the amount of time it will wait for entropy?

So in the meantime, we do the revert to give us time to discuss the
eventual fix for the fundamental problem, at which point we can re-apply
the ext4 inode table access optimization.

Reported-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com>
Cc: Ted Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Cc: Alexander E. Patrakov <patrakov@gmail.com>
Cc: Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@0pointer.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
 		2019-09-15 12:32:03 -07:00
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9p 9p: pass the correct prototype to read_cache_page 2019-07-12 11:05:43 -07:00
adfs Merge branch 'work.adfs' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-19 11:33:22 -07:00
affs treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
afs afs: use correct afs_call_type in yfs_fs_store_opaque_acl2 2019-08-22 13:33:27 +01:00
autofs treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 83 2019-05-24 17:37:52 +02:00
befs treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
bfs treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
btrfs for-5.3-rc8-tag 2019-09-13 09:48:47 +01:00
cachefiles treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 36 2019-05-24 17:27:11 +02:00
ceph ceph: don't try fill file_lock on unsuccessful GETFILELOCK reply 2019-08-22 10:47:41 +02:00
cifs cifs: update internal module number 2019-08-27 17:29:56 -05:00
coda coda: add hinting support for partial file caching 2019-07-16 19:23:23 -07:00
configfs configfs: provide exclusion between IO and removals 2019-09-04 22:33:51 +02:00
cramfs treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
crypto Revert "Merge tag 'keys-acl-20190703' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs" 2019-07-10 18:43:43 -07:00
debugfs Driver Core and debugfs changes for 5.3-rc1 2019-07-12 12:24:03 -07:00
devpts devpts: call fsnotify_unlink() hook 2019-06-20 14:46:34 +02:00
dlm dlm for 5.3 2019-07-12 17:37:53 -07:00
ecryptfs - Fix error handling when ecryptfs_read_lower() encounters an error 2019-07-14 19:29:04 -07:00
efivarfs Merge branch 'work.mount0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-19 10:42:02 -07:00
efs treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
exportfs treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
ext2 New for 5.3: 2019-07-12 16:54:37 -07:00
ext4 Revert "ext4: make __ext4_get_inode_loc plug" 2019-09-15 12:32:03 -07:00
f2fs f2fs-for-5.4-rc3 2019-07-30 13:15:39 -07:00
fat treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 282 2019-06-05 17:36:37 +02:00
freevxfs treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
fscache Revert "Merge tag 'keys-acl-20190703' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs" 2019-07-10 18:43:43 -07:00
fuse Merge branch 'work.mount0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-19 10:42:02 -07:00
gfs2 gfs2: gfs2_walk_metadata fix 2019-08-09 16:56:12 +01:00
hfs treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
hfsplus fs/hfsplus/xattr.c: replace strncpy with memcpy 2019-07-16 19:23:23 -07:00
hostfs This pull request contains the following changes for UML: 2019-05-12 17:52:13 -04:00
hpfs treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
hugetlbfs Merge branch 'work.mount0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-19 10:42:02 -07:00
iomap iomap: fix Invalid License ID 2019-07-25 11:05:11 +02:00
isofs treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 142 2019-05-30 11:25:17 -07:00
jbd2 jbd2: drop declaration of journal_sync_buffer() 2019-06-20 17:32:21 -04:00
jffs2 jffs2: pass the correct prototype to read_cache_page 2019-07-12 11:05:43 -07:00
jfs vfs: create a generic checking and prep function for FS_IOC_SETFLAGS 2019-07-01 08:25:34 -07:00
kernfs treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 428 2019-06-05 17:37:16 +02:00
lockd lockd: Make two symbols static 2019-07-03 17:52:09 -04:00
minix treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
nfs NFS: Fix inode fileid checks in attribute revalidation code 2019-09-02 13:10:19 -04:00
nfs_common treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
nfsd nfsd4: Fix kernel crash when reading proc file reply_cache_stats 2019-08-16 13:36:55 -04:00
nilfs2 vfs: create a generic checking and prep function for FS_IOC_SETFLAGS 2019-07-01 08:25:34 -07:00
nls treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
notify proc/sysctl: add shared variables for range check 2019-07-18 17:08:07 -07:00
ntfs treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 97 2019-05-24 17:37:53 +02:00
ocfs2 ocfs2: remove set but not used variable 'last_hash' 2019-08-03 07:02:00 -07:00
omfs treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 209 2019-05-30 11:29:53 -07:00
openpromfs Merge branch 'work.mount0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-19 10:42:02 -07:00
orangefs orangefs: This simple pull request is just a fix for an 2019-07-16 15:15:29 -07:00
overlayfs SPDX update for 5.2-rc6 2019-06-21 09:58:42 -07:00
proc Merge branch 'work.mount0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-19 10:42:02 -07:00
pstore pstore: Fix double-free in pstore_mkfile() failure path 2019-07-08 21:04:42 -07:00
qnx4 treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
qnx6 treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
quota \n 2019-07-10 20:27:07 -07:00
ramfs Merge branch 'work.mount0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-19 10:42:02 -07:00
reiserfs fs/reiserfs/journal.c: change return type of dirty_one_transaction 2019-07-16 19:23:24 -07:00
romfs treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
squashfs treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 499 2019-06-19 17:09:53 +02:00
sysfs Merge branch 'work.mount0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-19 10:42:02 -07:00
sysv treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
tracefs \n 2019-07-10 20:09:17 -07:00
ubifs ubifs: Limit the number of pages in shrink_liability 2019-08-22 17:25:33 +02:00
udf \n 2019-07-10 20:27:07 -07:00
ufs fs/ufs/super.c: remove set but not used variable 'usb3' 2019-07-16 19:23:23 -07:00
unicode Many bug fixes and cleanups, and an optimization for case-insensitive 2019-07-10 21:06:01 -07:00
xfs xfs: fix missing ILOCK unlock when xfs_setattr_nonsize fails due to EDQUOT 2019-08-22 20:55:54 -07:00
Kconfig fs: VALIDATE_FS_PARSER should default to n 2019-07-05 11:22:11 -04:00
Kconfig.binfmt binfmt_flat: make support for old format binaries optional 2019-06-24 09:16:47 +10:00
Makefile iomap: move the main iteration code into a separate file 2019-07-17 07:20:43 -07:00
aio.c Merge branch 'work.mount0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-19 10:42:02 -07:00
anon_inodes.c Merge branch 'work.mount0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-19 10:42:02 -07:00
attr.c
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bad_inode.c
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binfmt_aout.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for more missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
binfmt_elf.c fs/binfmt_elf.c: delete stale comment 2019-07-16 19:23:22 -07:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for more missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
binfmt_flat.c fs/binfmt_flat.c: remove set but not used variable 'inode' 2019-07-16 19:23:22 -07:00
binfmt_misc.c Merge branch 'work.mount0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-19 10:42:02 -07:00
binfmt_script.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for more missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
block_dev.c block: remove REQ_NOWAIT_INLINE 2019-08-15 11:09:16 -06:00
buffer.c for-linus-20190715 2019-07-15 21:20:52 -07:00
char_dev.c chardev: set variable ret to -EBUSY before checking minor range overlap 2019-05-24 20:50:36 +02:00
compat.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 500 2019-06-19 17:09:55 +02:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 193 2019-05-30 11:29:21 -07:00
compat_ioctl.c compat_ioctl: pppoe: fix PPPOEIOCSFWD handling 2019-07-30 14:42:13 -07:00
coredump.c coredump: split pipe command whitespace before expanding template 2019-08-03 07:02:01 -07:00
d_path.c unexport simple_dname() 2019-05-21 08:23:41 +01:00
dax.c dax: dax_layout_busy_page() should not unmap cow pages 2019-08-05 14:59:05 -07:00
dcache.c Merge branch 'work.dcache2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-20 09:15:51 -07:00
dcookies.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
direct-io.c direct-io: use bio_release_pages in dio_bio_complete 2019-06-29 09:47:31 -06:00
drop_caches.c fs/drop_caches.c: avoid softlockups in drop_pagecache_sb() 2019-02-01 15:46:24 -08:00
eventfd.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
eventpoll.c proc/sysctl: add shared variables for range check 2019-07-18 17:08:07 -07:00
exec.c sched/fair: Don't free p->numa_faults with concurrent readers 2019-07-25 15:37:04 +02:00
fcntl.c fs: mark expected switch fall-throughs 2019-04-08 18:21:02 -05:00
fhandle.c
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file.c io_uring-2019-03-06 2019-03-08 14:48:40 -08:00
file_table.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
filesystems.c vfs: Implement a filesystem superblock creation/configuration context 2019-02-28 03:29:26 -05:00
fs-writeback.c blkcg, writeback: Add wbc->no_cgroup_owner 2019-07-10 09:00:57 -06:00
fs_context.c move mount_capable() calls to vfs_get_tree() 2019-05-25 18:00:01 -04:00
fs_parser.c Merge branch 'work.mount0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-19 10:42:02 -07:00
fs_pin.c switch the remnants of releasing the mountpoint away from fs_pin 2019-07-16 22:52:37 -04:00
fs_struct.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
fs_types.c
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fsopen.c Merge branch 'work.mount0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-19 10:42:02 -07:00
inode.c New for 5.3: 2019-07-12 16:54:37 -07:00
internal.h Merge branch 'work.dcache2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-20 09:15:51 -07:00
io_uring.c io_uring: add need_resched() check in inner poll loop 2019-08-22 15:32:28 -06:00
ioctl.c
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libfs.c Merge branch 'work.mount0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-19 10:42:02 -07:00
locks.c Highlights: 2019-07-10 21:22:43 -07:00
mbcache.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for more missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
mount.h switch the remnants of releasing the mountpoint away from fs_pin 2019-07-16 22:52:37 -04:00
mpage.c blkcg, writeback: Rename wbc_account_io() to wbc_account_cgroup_owner() 2019-07-10 09:00:57 -06:00
namei.c fsnotify: add empty fsnotify_{unlink,rmdir}() hooks 2019-06-20 14:44:55 +02:00
namespace.c fix the struct mount leak in umount_tree() 2019-07-26 07:59:06 -04:00
no-block.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
nsfs.c vfs: Convert nsfs to use the new mount API 2019-05-25 18:00:06 -04:00
open.c access: avoid the RCU grace period for the temporary subjective credentials 2019-07-24 10:12:09 -07:00
pipe.c vfs: Convert pipe to use the new mount API 2019-05-25 18:00:07 -04:00
pnode.c fs/namespace: fix unprivileged mount propagation 2019-06-17 17:36:09 -04:00
pnode.h treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 209 2019-05-30 11:29:53 -07:00
posix_acl.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
proc_namespace.c
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read_write.c vfs: fix page locking deadlocks when deduping files 2019-08-16 18:43:24 -07:00
readdir.c
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select.c fs/select.c: use struct_size() in kmalloc() 2019-07-16 19:23:25 -07:00
seq_file.c seq_file: fix problem when seeking mid-record 2019-08-13 16:06:52 -07:00
signalfd.c fs: mark expected switch fall-throughs 2019-04-08 18:21:02 -05:00
splice.c uio: make import_iovec()/compat_import_iovec() return bytes on success 2019-05-31 15:30:03 -06:00
stack.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
stat.c fs: move generic stat response attr handling to vfs_getattr_nosec 2019-02-01 01:55:45 -05:00
statfs.c vfs: add vfs_get_fsid() helper 2019-02-07 16:38:35 +01:00
super.c Unbreak mount_capable() 2019-07-31 12:22:32 -04:00
sync.c fs/sync.c: sync_file_range(2) may use WB_SYNC_ALL writeback 2019-05-14 09:47:50 -07:00
timerfd.c y2038: syscalls: rename y2038 compat syscalls 2019-02-07 00:13:27 +01:00
userfaultfd.c userfaultfd_release: always remove uffd flags and clear vm_userfaultfd_ctx 2019-08-24 19:48:42 -07:00
utimes.c y2038: syscalls: rename y2038 compat syscalls 2019-02-07 00:13:27 +01:00
xattr.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00