linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] To add NULL pointer check

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Date:	Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:54:48 +0900
From:	Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@...sung.com>
To:	P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Petr Matousek <pmatouse@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] To add NULL pointer check

Hi,

2013-04-03 (수), 12:30 +0530, P J P:
> +-- On Wed, 3 Apr 2013, Jaegeuk Kim wrote --+
> | diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> | index 47a2d7c..cf9ff5f 100644
> | --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
> | +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> | @@ -559,6 +559,10 @@ static int f2fs_write_data_pages(struct
> | address_space *mapping,
> |  	int ret;
> |  	long excess_nrtw = 0, desired_nrtw;
> |  
> | +	/* deal with chardevs and other special file */
> | +	if (!mapping->a_ops->writepage)
> | +		return 0;
> | +
> 
>   Small question, is it okay to `return 0' here?
> 
> Earlier even if `generic_writepages' returned 0, that did not abort routine 
> `f2fs_write_data_pages'.

I'm confusing the question because f2fs doesn't use
generic_writepages(), since f2fs_write_data_pages() is linked to
a_ops->writepages.
In do_writepages(), always f2fs_write_data_pages() is triggered instead
of generic_writepages().
Isn't it?

Thanks,

> 
> Thank you.
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Jaegeuk Kim
Samsung

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