linux-kernel - Re: Kernel 3.1.0-rc4 oops when connecting iPod

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Date:	Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:42:50 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Pavel Ivanov <paivanof@...il.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Hin-Tak Leung <hintak_leung@...oo.co.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...era.com>
Subject: Re: Kernel 3.1.0-rc4 oops when connecting iPod

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:20:01PM -0400, Pavel Ivanov wrote:
> This patch works for me.
> 
> And could you comment on my PAGE_SIZE question?
> 
> >> Also I have a little concern about consistency in using
> >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT and PAGE_SHIFT. hfsplus_read_wrapper() limits visible
> >> block size to PAGE_SIZE, not PAGE_CACHE_SIZE. And although now they
> >> are equal comment in linux/pagemap.h clearly says that PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
> >> can be bigger than PAGE_SIZE. Is it something that should be fixed in
> >> hfsplus_read_wrapper() ?

The two are and always have been the same.  There were plans to allow
for a larger PAGE_CACHE_SIZE long time ago, but it never happened.

I'll switch everything to PAGE_SIZE in the patch for consistency.
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