linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.13.y-ckt 96/96] mm: Remove false WARN_ON from pagecache_isize

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Date:	Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:26:56 -0800
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@...onical.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.13.y-ckt 96/96] mm: Remove false WARN_ON from pagecache_isize_extended()

3.13.11-ckt13 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

commit f55fefd1a5a339b1bd08c120b93312d6eb64a9fb upstream.

The WARN_ON checking whether i_mutex is held in
pagecache_isize_extended() was wrong because some filesystems (e.g.
XFS) use different locks for serialization of truncates / writes. So
just remove the check.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Buglink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1402764
Cc: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@...onical.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 mm/truncate.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
index 855c38c..ac18edc 100644
--- a/mm/truncate.c
+++ b/mm/truncate.c
@@ -649,7 +649,6 @@ void pagecache_isize_extended(struct inode *inode, loff_t from, loff_t to)
 	struct page *page;
 	pgoff_t index;
 
-	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&inode->i_mutex));
 	WARN_ON(to > inode->i_size);
 
 	if (from >= to || bsize == PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
-- 
1.9.1

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