On Mon 10-09-18 11:23:56, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 8/8/18 12:25 PM, Dave Jiang wrote:
> > From: Ross Zwisler <[email protected]>
> >
> > If the refcount of a page is lowered between the time that it is returned
> > by dax_busy_page() and when the refcount is again checked in
> > ext4_break_layouts() => ___wait_var_event(), the waiting function
> > ext4_wait_dax_page() will never be called. This means that
> > ext4_break_layouts() will still have 'retry' set to false, so we'll stop
> > looping and never check the refcount of other pages in this inode.
> >
> > Instead, always continue looping as long as dax_layout_busy_page() gives us
> > a page which it found with an elevated refcount.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <[email protected]>
> > Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
>
> Ted - wondering if this one is still on your radar?
Resent the patch to Ted to catch more attention.
Honza
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Jan Kara <[email protected]>
SUSE Labs, CR
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