linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH V2] ext4: init pagevec in ext4_da_block

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Message-ID: <20121113051458.GB11524@thunk.org>
Date:	Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:14:58 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] ext4: init pagevec in ext4_da_block_invalidatepages

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 03:50:37PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> ext4_da_block_invalidatepages is missing a pagevec_init(),
> which means that pvec->cold contains random garbage.
> 
> This affects whether the page goes to the front or
> back of the LRU when ->cold makes it to
> free_hot_cold_page()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted
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