linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] buffer_head: remove redundant test from wait_on

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Message-ID: <4BC8E252.8030400@suse.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:18:58 -0400
From:	Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Richard Kennedy <richard@....demon.co.uk>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC]  buffer_head: remove redundant test from wait_on_buffer

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On 04/16/2010 05:51 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> And while we're there...
> 
> This might make reiserfs explode.
> We can remove __wait_on_buffer() altogether now.  For some strange reason
> reiserfs calls __wait_on_buffer() directly.  Maybe it's passing in
> zero-ref buffers.  If so, we'll get warnings now and shall need to look at
> that.

I don't think that's the case. I think reiserfs just calls
__wait_on_buffer just to skip the duplicate buffer_locked() test since
every call is in an "if buffer_locked()" block. I don't think it's
passing in zero-ref buffers anywhere, and I'd prefer it to explode if it is.

- -Jeff

- -- 
Jeff Mahoney
SUSE Labs
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