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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
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