linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]: ufs: ufs_get_locked

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Date:	Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:30:43 +0400
From:	Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@...l.ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: ufs: ufs_get_locked_patch race fix

On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:02:51PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:57:02 +0400
> Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@...l.ru> wrote:
> 
> Looks good to me.
> 
> Is there any need to be checking ->index?  Normally we simply use the
> sequence:
> 
> 	lock_page(page);
> 	if (page->mapping == NULL)
> 		/* truncate got there first */
> 
> to handle this case.

Yes, I made it in analogy with `find_lock_page' and missed fact
that if we increment usage counter of page, we have no need to check
page->index.

Need another patch?

-- 
/Evgeniy

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