linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: let mpage_submit_io works well when blocksize

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Date:	Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:05:45 -0500
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, achender@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: let mpage_submit_io works well when
 blocksize < pagesize

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 05:15:25PM +0800, Yongqiang Yang wrote:
> If there is a unwritten but clean buffer in a page and there is a dirty buffer
> after the buffer, then mpage_submit_io does not write the dirty buffer out.
> As a result, da_writepages loops forever.
> 
> This patch fixes the problem by checking dirty flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@...il.com>

Thanks, applied.

						- Ted
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