@@ -124,6 +130,7 @@ static inline void balloon_page_insert(struct balloon_dev_info *balloon, struct page *page) { __SetPageBalloon(page); + page->mapping = balloon->inode->i_mapping; SetPagePrivate(page); set_page_private(page, (unsigned long)balloon); list_add(&page->lru, &balloon->pages); @@ -140,6 +147,7 @@ static inline void balloon_page_insert(struct balloon_dev_info *balloon, static inline void balloon_page_delete(struct page *page) { __ClearPageBalloon(page); + page->mapping = NULL; set_page_private(page, 0); if (PagePrivate(page)) { ClearPagePrivate(page);Order of cleanup here is not the reverse of the order of initialization. Better make it exactly the reverse. Also, I have a question: is it enough to lock the page to make changing the mapping safe? Do all users lock the page too?
I think balloon developers can answer that precisely. I've just follow this comment: http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/include/linux/balloon_compaction.h#L16 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

