linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/3] fs: fix cont vs deadlock patches

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Date:	Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:11:14 +0900
From:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 3/3] fs: fix cont vs deadlock patches

Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de> writes:

> I would be happy if you come up with a quick fix, I'm just trying to
> stamp out a few big bugs in mm. However I did prefer my way of moving
> all the exapand code into generic_cont_expand, out of prepare_write, and
> avoiding holding the target page locked while we're doing all the expand
> work (strictly, you might be able to get away with this, but it is
> fragile and ugly).
>
> AFAIKS, the only reason to use prepare_write is to avoid passing the
> get_block into generic_cont_expand?

IIRC, because generic_cont_expand is designed as really generic. It
can also use for non moronic filesystem.

In the case of reiserfs, it ->prepare_write might be necessary.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
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