linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] add check do_direct

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Date:	Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:47:19 +0800
From:	Joe Jin <joe.jin@...cle.com>
To:	gurudas pai <gurudas.pai@...cle.com>
Cc:	Joe Jin <joe.jin@...cle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, jens.axboe@...cle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, wen.gang.wang@...cle.com,
	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...ibm.com>,
	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add check do_direct_IO() return val

> I tested Andrew's patch and panic was gone but got few ENOTBLK.
> So I tried with Joe's patch , both panic and ENOTBLK are gone now.
> But in Joe's patch if (ret == -ENOTBLK && (rw & WRITE)), dio_cleanup(dio)
> was not getting called because of break. So I moved dio_cleanup just 
> after if (ret).

Guru, actually, break from the loop with ENOTBLK will call dio_cleanup
at leater, if call it too early, that means will put_page(), maybe cause
other panic.

Thanks,
Joe
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