linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] VM: invalidate_inode_pages2

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Date:	Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:58:01 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] VM: invalidate_inode_pages2_range() should not exit
 early

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:43:35 -0800
Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com> wrote:

> From: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
> 
> Fix invalidate_inode_pages2_range() so that it does not immediately exit
> just because a single page in the specified range could not be removed.
> 

One man's "fix" is another man's "slow down" ;)

Could we please have a description of why this change is needed?

> ---
> 
>  mm/truncate.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
> index ebf3fcb..0f4b6d1 100644
> --- a/mm/truncate.c
> +++ b/mm/truncate.c
> @@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ int invalidate_inode_pages2_range(struct
>  
>  	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
>  	next = start;
> -	while (next <= end && !ret && !wrapped &&
> +	while (next <= end && !wrapped &&
>  		pagevec_lookup(&pvec, mapping, next,
>  			min(end - next, (pgoff_t)PAGEVEC_SIZE - 1) + 1)) {
> -		for (i = 0; !ret && i < pagevec_count(&pvec); i++) {
> +		for (i = 0; i < pagevec_count(&pvec); i++) {
>  			struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
>  			pgoff_t page_index;
>  
-
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