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Message-ID: <4FF1D712.3060402@ya.ru> Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:14:58 +0400 From: Andrew Perepechko <anserper@...ru> To: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> CC: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: dead/wrong code in ext3/4_releasepage() Hi Jan! So you think the correct fix would be to remove the check completely since every try_to_release_page() caller is obliged to perform the page_has_private() check? Thank you, Andrew On 07/02/2012 09:09 PM, Jan Kara wrote: > On Fri 29-06-12 20:52:51, Andrew Perepechko wrote: >> This does not lead to oom or any similar issue since calls to >> try_to_release_page() >> are accompanied by page_has_private() checks. >> >> > The check is a dead code because ->release_page() is called only if > PagePrivate bit is set. > > Honza -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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