linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/11] writeback: switch to per-bdi threads for flushing data

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Date:	Wed, 20 May 2009 08:37:10 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	chris.mason@...cle.com, david@...morbit.com, hch@...radead.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jack@...e.cz,
	yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com, aia21@...tab.net,
	linux-ntfs-dev@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/11] writeback: switch to per-bdi threads for
	flushing data

Can you run the hunk below past Anton and get it upstream separately?
The code does indeed looks extremly fishy, but I'd rather not see it
go in a large unrelated patch..


On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 02:19:43PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs/super.c b/fs/ntfs/super.c
> index f76951d..c4cb157 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs/super.c
> @@ -2373,39 +2373,13 @@ static void ntfs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
>  		vol->mftmirr_ino = NULL;
>  	}
>  	/*
> -	 * If any dirty inodes are left, throw away all mft data page cache
> -	 * pages to allow a clean umount.  This should never happen any more
> -	 * due to mft.c::ntfs_mft_writepage() cleaning all the dirty pages as
> -	 * the underlying mft records are written out and cleaned.  If it does,
> +	 * We should have no dirty inodes left, due to
> +	 * mft.c::ntfs_mft_writepage() cleaning all the dirty pages as
> +	 * the underlying mft records are written out and cleaned.
>  	 * happen anyway, we want to know...
>  	 */
>  	ntfs_commit_inode(vol->mft_ino);
>  	write_inode_now(vol->mft_ino, 1);
> -	if (sb_has_dirty_inodes(sb)) {
> -		const char *s1, *s2;
> -
> -		mutex_lock(&vol->mft_ino->i_mutex);
> -		truncate_inode_pages(vol->mft_ino->i_mapping, 0);
> -		mutex_unlock(&vol->mft_ino->i_mutex);
> -		write_inode_now(vol->mft_ino, 1);
> -		if (sb_has_dirty_inodes(sb)) {
> -			static const char *_s1 = "inodes";
> -			static const char *_s2 = "";
> -			s1 = _s1;
> -			s2 = _s2;
> -		} else {
> -			static const char *_s1 = "mft pages";
> -			static const char *_s2 = "They have been thrown "
> -					"away.  ";
> -			s1 = _s1;
> -			s2 = _s2;
> -		}
> -		ntfs_error(sb, "Dirty %s found at umount time.  %sYou should "
> -				"run chkdsk.  Please email "
> -				"linux-ntfs-dev@...ts.sourceforge.net and say "
> -				"that you saw this message.  Thank you.", s1,
> -				s2);
> -	}
>  #endif /* NTFS_RW */
>  
>  	iput(vol->mft_ino);

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