linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs/buffer.c: exit if already confirmed page has dirty and writeback buffers

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Date:	Fri, 01 Nov 2013 18:07:02 +0800
From:	Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
CC:	fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] fs/buffer.c: exit if already confirmed page has dirty and
 writeback buffers

Stop the loop of iterating bh if we have confirmed page
has dirty and writeback buffers.

Signed-off-by: Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
---
 fs/buffer.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 6024877..519cc5c 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void buffer_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
 			*dirty = true;
 
 		bh = bh->b_this_page;
-	} while (bh != head);
+	} while ((bh != head) && !(*writeback && *dirty));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(buffer_check_dirty_writeback);
 
-- 
1.7.7

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