linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nilfs2: fix oops due to a bad aops initialization

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Date:	Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:07:46 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>
To:	Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp>
CC:	linux-nilfs <linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nilfs2: fix oops due to a bad aops initialization

On 2011-03-30 06:25, Ryusuke Konishi wrote:
> diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/page.c b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
> index 4d2a1ee..9d2dc6b 100644
> --- a/fs/nilfs2/page.c
> +++ b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
> @@ -495,12 +495,14 @@ unsigned nilfs_page_count_clean_buffers(struct page *page,
>  void nilfs_mapping_init(struct address_space *mapping,
>  			struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
>  {
> +	static const struct address_space_operations empty_aops;
> +
>  	mapping->host = NULL;
>  	mapping->flags = 0;
>  	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_NOFS);
>  	mapping->assoc_mapping = NULL;
>  	mapping->backing_dev_info = bdi;
> -	mapping->a_ops = NULL;
> +	mapping->a_ops = &empty_aops;
>  }

Hmm wait, inode init should set the mapping aops to an empty type
already. Does the OOPS go away if you just remove the mapping->a_ops =
NULL assignment?

-- 
Jens Axboe

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