linux-ext4 - [PATCH] break out of ext4_num_dirty_pages() when we hit max

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Date:	Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:00:58 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] break out of ext4_num_dirty_pages() when we hit max_pages

ext4_num_dirty_pages() will continue scanning after we accumulate
max_pages, possibly for a very long time without doing anything
useful at all.  When we hit max_pages, we should set done=1
so that the break will release the pagevec, exit the loop, and
return from the function.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
---

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 4b8debe..d88ba4a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1207,8 +1207,10 @@ static pgoff_t ext4_num_dirty_pages(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t idx,
 				break;
 			idx++;
 			num++;
-			if (num >= max_pages)
+			if (num >= max_pages) {
+				done = 1;
 				break;
+			}
 		}
 		pagevec_release(&pvec);
 	}

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