linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] fix kernel BUG at mm/migrate.c:719! in 2.6.26-rc5-mm3

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:33:18 +0900
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@...com>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] fix kernel BUG at mm/migrate.c:719! in 2.6.26-rc5-mm3

> @@ -715,13 +725,7 @@ unlock:
>   		 * restored.
>   		 */
>   		list_del(&page->lru);
> -		if (!page->mapping) {
> -			VM_BUG_ON(page_count(page) != 1);
> -			unlock_page(page);
> -			put_page(page);		/* just free the old page */
> -			goto end_migration;
> -		} else
> -			unlock = putback_lru_page(page);
> +		unlock = putback_lru_page(page);
>  	}
>  
>  	if (unlock)

this part is really necessary?
I tryed to remove it, but any problem doesn't happend.

Of cource, another part is definitly necessary for specurative pagecache :)




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