linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] ext4: introduce ext4_sb_breadahead_unmovable() to replace sb_breadahead

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Date:   Thu, 8 Oct 2020 21:55:39 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     "zhangyi (F)" <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.com, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] ext4: introduce ext4_sb_breadahead_unmovable() to
 replace sb_breadahead_unmovable()

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 03:33:35PM +0800, zhangyi (F) wrote:
> If we readahead inode tables in __ext4_get_inode_loc(), it may bypass
> buffer_write_io_error() check, so introduce ext4_sb_breadahead_unmovable()
> to handle this special case.
> 
> This patch also replace sb_breadahead_unmovable() in ext4_fill_super()
> for the sake of unification.
> 
> Signed-off-by: zhangyi (F) <yi.zhang@...wei.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted