linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [13/16] HWPOISON: The high level memory error handler in the VM v3

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Message-ID: <20090602141031.GC21338@localhost>
Date:	Tue, 2 Jun 2009 22:10:31 +0800
From:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	"hugh@...itas.com" <hugh@...itas.com>,
	"riel@...hat.com" <riel@...hat.com>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"chris.mason@...cle.com" <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [13/16] HWPOISON: The high level memory error handler
	in the VM v3

On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 10:08:30PM +0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > > We could probably call truncate_complete_page(), but then
> > > > we would also need to duplicate most of the checking outside
> > > > the function anyways and there wouldn't be any possibility
> > > > to share the clean/dirty variants. If you insist I can
> > > > do it, but I think it would be significantly worse code
> > > > than before and I'm reluctant to do that.
> > > 
> > > I can write you the patch for that too if you like.
> > 
> > I have already posted one on truncate_complete_page(). Not the way you want it?
> 
> Sorry I must have missed it (too much mail I guess). Can you repost please?

OK, here it is, a more simplified one.

---
 mm/memory-failure.c |   13 +++----------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- sound-2.6.orig/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ sound-2.6/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -324,23 +324,16 @@ static int me_free(struct page *p)
  */
 static int me_pagecache_clean(struct page *p)
 {
+	if (page_mapping(p))
+                truncate_complete_page(p->mapping, p);
+
 	if (!isolate_lru_page(p))
 		page_cache_release(p);
 
-	if (page_has_private(p))
-		do_invalidatepage(p, 0);
 	if (page_has_private(p) && !try_to_release_page(p, GFP_NOIO))
 		Dprintk(KERN_ERR "MCE %#lx: failed to release buffers\n",
 			page_to_pfn(p));
 
-	/*
-	 * remove_from_page_cache assumes (mapping && !mapped)
-	 */
-	if (page_mapping(p) && !page_mapped(p)) {
-		remove_from_page_cache(p);
-		page_cache_release(p);
-	}
-
 	return RECOVERED;
 }
 
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