linux-ext4 - Re: dead/wrong code in ext3/4

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Date:	Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:19:41 +0400
From:	Andrew Perepechko <anserper@...ru>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
CC:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dead/wrong code in ext3/4_releasepage()

Hi Theodore!

Sent.

Thank you,
Andrew

On 07/02/2012 10:17 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> 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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