linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/3] fs: fix cont vs deadlock patches

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Message-ID: <877ixbty7o.fsf@duaron.myhome.or.jp>
Date:	Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:47:23 +0900
From:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 3/3] fs: fix cont vs deadlock patches

OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp> writes:

> Ah, unfortunately we can't this. If we don't update ->i_size before
> page_cache_release, pdflush will think these pages is outside ->i_size
> and just clean the page without writing it.

Ugh, of course, s/page_cache_release/unlock_page/
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
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