linux-kernel - Re: cleanup AOP_WRITEPAGE

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Message-ID: <20250507074817.GA4516@lst.de>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2025 09:48:17 +0200
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>,
	linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: cleanup AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE use in f2fs

On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 03:38:20PM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 5/5/25 17:25, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > this almost entirely cleans up usage of AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE in f2fs.
> > 
> > f2fs_sync_node_pages can still return it in a way that is not handled
> > by any caller and eventually is propagated to userspace.  This does look
> > like a bug and needs attention by someone who actually knows the code.
> 
> Oh, I guess this is a bug, thanks for catching this.
> 
> Anyway, let me fix this based on your patchset.

I'll resend a fixed version later today, maybe wait for that.