Re: [PATCH] brd: fix brd_rw_page() vs copy_to_brd_setup errors

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On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Ross Zwisler
<ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 01:12:28PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 06:02:29PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>> > As is done in zram_rw_page, pmem_rw_page, and btt_rw_page, don't
>> > call page_endio in the error case since do_mpage_readpage and
>> > __mpage_writepage will resubmit on error. Calling page_endio in the
>> > error case leads to double completion.
>> >
>> > Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> > Noticed this while looking at unrelated brd code...
>>
>> And the real question would be:  where would we see any real life impact
>> of just removing brd_rw_page?
>
> I've got patches ready that remove rw_page from brd, btt and pmem.  I'll send
> out once I'm done regression testing.

That would leave zram_rw_page(), is there a compelling reason to keep
that and the related infrastructure?



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