Merge git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6

* git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6:
  UBIFS: fix return code in check_leaf
  UBI: flush wl before clearing update marker
  MAINTAINERS: change e-mail of Artem Bityutskiy
  UBIFS: remove manual O_SYNC handling
  UBIFS: support mounting of UBI volume character devices
  UBI: Add ubi_open_volume_path

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ubifs/debug.c b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
index dbc093a..8a771c5 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/debug.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@ static int check_leaf(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_zbranch *zbr,
 		inum = key_inum_flash(c, &dent->key);
 		fscki1 = read_add_inode(c, priv, inum);
 		if (IS_ERR(fscki1)) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(fscki);
+			err = PTR_ERR(fscki1);
 			ubifs_err("error %d while processing entry node and "
 				  "trying to find parent inode node %lu",
 				  err, (unsigned long)inum);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index 1009adc..39849f8 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -1389,7 +1389,6 @@ static ssize_t ubifs_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 			       unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
 	int err;
-	ssize_t ret;
 	struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping->host;
 	struct ubifs_info *c = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 
@@ -1397,17 +1396,7 @@ static ssize_t ubifs_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	ret = generic_file_aio_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, pos);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	if (ret > 0 && (IS_SYNC(inode) || iocb->ki_filp->f_flags & O_SYNC)) {
-		err = ubifs_sync_wbufs_by_inode(c, inode);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	return generic_file_aio_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, pos);
 }
 
 static int ubifs_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 333e181..943ad56 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -1842,22 +1842,32 @@ const struct super_operations ubifs_super_operations = {
  * @name: UBI volume name
  * @mode: UBI volume open mode
  *
- * There are several ways to specify UBI volumes when mounting UBIFS:
- * o ubiX_Y    - UBI device number X, volume Y;
- * o ubiY      - UBI device number 0, volume Y;
+ * The primary method of mounting UBIFS is by specifying the UBI volume
+ * character device node path. However, UBIFS may also be mounted withoug any
+ * character device node using one of the following methods:
+ *
+ * o ubiX_Y    - mount UBI device number X, volume Y;
+ * o ubiY      - mount UBI device number 0, volume Y;
  * o ubiX:NAME - mount UBI device X, volume with name NAME;
  * o ubi:NAME  - mount UBI device 0, volume with name NAME.
  *
  * Alternative '!' separator may be used instead of ':' (because some shells
  * like busybox may interpret ':' as an NFS host name separator). This function
- * returns ubi volume object in case of success and a negative error code in
- * case of failure.
+ * returns UBI volume description object in case of success and a negative
+ * error code in case of failure.
  */
 static struct ubi_volume_desc *open_ubi(const char *name, int mode)
 {
+	struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi;
 	int dev, vol;
 	char *endptr;
 
+	/* First, try to open using the device node path method */
+	ubi = ubi_open_volume_path(name, mode);
+	if (!IS_ERR(ubi))
+		return ubi;
+
+	/* Try the "nodev" method */
 	if (name[0] != 'u' || name[1] != 'b' || name[2] != 'i')
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);