linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm for fs: add truncate_pagecache

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Message-Id: <20120323140120.11f95cd5.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:01:20 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm for fs: add truncate_pagecache_range

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:46:35 -0700 (PDT)
Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com> wrote:

> +/**
> + * truncate_pagecache_range - unmap and remove pagecache that is hole-punched
> + * @inode: inode
> + * @lstart: offset of beginning of hole
> + * @lend: offset of last byte of hole
> + *
> + * This function should typically be called before the filesystem
> + * releases resources associated with the freed range (eg. deallocates
> + * blocks). This way, pagecache will always stay logically coherent
> + * with on-disk format, and the filesystem would not have to deal with
> + * situations such as writepage being called for a page that has already
> + * had its underlying blocks deallocated.
> + */

--- a/mm/truncate.c~mm-for-fs-add-truncate_pagecache_range-fix
+++ a/mm/truncate.c
@@ -639,6 +639,9 @@ int vmtruncate_range(struct inode *inode
  * with on-disk format, and the filesystem would not have to deal with
  * situations such as writepage being called for a page that has already
  * had its underlying blocks deallocated.
+ *
+ * Must be called with inode->i_mapping->i_mutex held.
+ * Takes inode->i_mapping->i_mmap_mutex.
  */
 void truncate_pagecache_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t lstart, loff_t lend)
 {

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