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Date:   Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:10:23 +0200
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
        Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dax: dax_layout_busy_page() warn on !exceptional

On Wed 20-06-18 16:15:02, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> Inodes using DAX should only ever have exceptional entries in their page
> caches.  Make this clear by warning if the iteration in
> dax_layout_busy_page() ever sees a non-exceptional entry, and by adding a
> comment for the pagevec_release() call which only deals with struct page
> pointers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  fs/dax.c | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
> index 641192808bb6..4a5e31f8a2d4 100644
> --- a/fs/dax.c
> +++ b/fs/dax.c
> @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ struct page *dax_layout_busy_page(struct address_space *mapping)
>  			if (index >= end)
>  				break;
>  
> -			if (!radix_tree_exceptional_entry(pvec_ent))
> +			if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!radix_tree_exceptional_entry(pvec_ent)))

Please wrap this line. Otherwise the patch looks good. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

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