linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext3/4: Clear pagep after write

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Message-ID: <20090223031230.GA19739@mit.edu>
Date:	Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:12:30 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Dmitri Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3/4: Clear pagep after write_begin() has failed

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:24:19PM +0300, Dmitri Monakhov wrote:
> Seems there is no strict rule to for this case. In fact everybody
> just ignored this variable after write_begin() has failed.
> This was true until ext4_defrag_partial(). So let's follows simple
> rule similar to block_write_begin().

I've checked the latest ext4_defrag_partial, and it doesn't reference
the page variable if write_begin() failed....

						- Ted
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