linux-kernel - [177/272] Revert "exofs: Set i_mapping->backing_dev

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Date:	Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:13:54 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
Subject: [177/272] Revert "exofs: Set i_mapping->backing_dev_info anyway"

2.6.37-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>

commit 0b0abeaf3d30cec03ac6497fe978b8f7edecc5ae upstream.

This reverts commit 115e19c53501edc11f730191f7f047736815ae3d.

Apparently setting inode->bdi to one's own sb->s_bdi stops VFS from
sending *read-aheads*.  This problem was bisected to this commit.  A
revert fixes it.  I'll investigate farther why is this happening for the
next Kernel, but for now a revert.

I'm sending to stable@...nel.org as well, since it exists also in
2.6.37.  2.6.36 is good and does not have this patch.

Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 fs/exofs/inode.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/exofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/inode.c
@@ -1030,7 +1030,6 @@ struct inode *exofs_iget(struct super_bl
 		memcpy(oi->i_data, fcb.i_data, sizeof(fcb.i_data));
 	}
 
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = sb->s_bdi;
 	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
 		inode->i_op = &exofs_file_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &exofs_file_operations;
@@ -1131,7 +1130,6 @@ struct inode *exofs_new_inode(struct ino
 
 	sbi = sb->s_fs_info;
 
-	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = sb->s_bdi;
 	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	inode_init_owner(inode, dir, mode);
 	inode->i_ino = sbi->s_nextid++;


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