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Linux 3.18 compat: Snapshot auto-mounting

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Linux 3.18 compat: Snapshot auto-mounting

Re-factor the .zfs/snapshot auto-mouting code to take in to account
changes made to the upstream kernels. And to lay the groundwork for
enabling access to .zfs snapshots via NFS clients. This patch makes
the following core improvements.

  • All actively auto-mounted snapshots are now tracked in two global

trees which are indexed by snapshot name and objset id respectively.
This allows for fast lookups of any auto-mounted snapshot regardless
without needing access to the parent dataset.

  • Snapshot entries are added to the tree in zfsctl_snapshot_mount().

However, they are now removed from the tree in the context of the
unmount process. This eliminates the need complicated error logic
in zfsctl_snapshot_unmount() to handle unmount failures.

  • References are now taken on the snapshot entries in the tree to

ensure they always remain valid while a task is outstanding.

  • The MNT_SHRINKABLE flag is set on the snapshot vfsmount_t right

after the auto-mount succeeds. This allows to kernel to unmount
idle auto-mounted snapshots if needed removing the need for the
zfsctl_unmount_snapshots() function.

  • Snapshots in active use will not be automatically unmounted. As

long as at least one dentry is revalidated every zfs_expire_snapshot/2
seconds the auto-unmount expiration timer will be extended.

  • Commit torvalds/linux@bafc9b7 caused snapshots auto-mounted by ZFS

to be immediately unmounted when the dentry was revalidated. This
was a consequence of ZFS invaliding all snapdir dentries to ensure that
negative dentries didn't mask new snapshots. This patch modifies the
behavior such that only negative dentries are invalidated. This solves
the issue and may result in a performance improvement.

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Closes #3589
Closes #3344
Closes #3295
Closes #3257
Closes #3243
Closes #3030
Closes #2841

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Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>Authored on Apr 24 2015, 11:21 PM
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rGb23975cbe0f2: zfsctl: No need to sync ctldir inodes
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