linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/12] ntfs: remove old debug check for dirty data in ntfs_put

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Message-Id: <1243330430-9964-2-git-send-email-jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 May 2009 11:33:39 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	chris.mason@...cle.com, david@...morbit.com, hch@...radead.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jack@...e.cz,
	yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com, richard@....demon.co.uk,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 01/12] ntfs: remove old debug check for dirty data in ntfs_put_super()

This should not trigger anymore, so kill it.

Acked-by: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@....ac.uk>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
---
 fs/ntfs/super.c |   33 +++------------------------------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs/super.c b/fs/ntfs/super.c
index f76951d..3fc03bd 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/super.c
@@ -2373,39 +2373,12 @@ 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,
-	 * happen anyway, we want to know...
+	 * 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.
 	 */
 	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);
-- 
1.6.3.rc0.1.gf800

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