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Message-ID: <20120702181720.GD5795@thunk.org> Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 14:17:20 -0400 From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> To: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> Cc: Andrew Perepechko <anserper@...ru>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: dead/wrong code in ext3/4_releasepage() On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 07:33:26PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon 02-07-12 21:14:58, Andrew Perepechko wrote: > > 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? > Yes, I think that would be reasonable. XFS already relies on this so > it should be safe. Andrew, can you send me a patch? Thanks, - Ted -- 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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