The patch titled revert "retries in ext4_prepare_write() violate ordering requirements" has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was revert-retries-in-ext4_prepare_write-violate-ordering-requirements.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: revert "retries in ext4_prepare_write() violate ordering requirements" From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert b46be05004abb419e303e66e143eed9f8a6e9f3f. Same reasoning as for ext3. Cc: Kirill Korotaev <dev@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrey Savochkin <saw@xxxxx> Cc: <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dmitriy Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 85 +++++----------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ext4/inode.c~revert-retries-in-ext4_prepare_write-violate-ordering-requirements fs/ext4/inode.c --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c~revert-retries-in-ext4_prepare_write-violate-ordering-requirements +++ a/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -1147,102 +1147,37 @@ static int do_journal_get_write_access(h return ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh); } -/* - * The idea of this helper function is following: - * if prepare_write has allocated some blocks, but not all of them, the - * transaction must include the content of the newly allocated blocks. - * This content is expected to be set to zeroes by block_prepare_write(). - * 2006/10/14 SAW - */ -static int ext4_prepare_failure(struct file *file, struct page *page, - unsigned from, unsigned to) -{ - struct address_space *mapping; - struct buffer_head *bh, *head, *next; - unsigned block_start, block_end; - unsigned blocksize; - int ret; - handle_t *handle = ext4_journal_current_handle(); - - mapping = page->mapping; - if (ext4_should_writeback_data(mapping->host)) { - /* optimization: no constraints about data */ -skip: - return ext4_journal_stop(handle); - } - - head = page_buffers(page); - blocksize = head->b_size; - for ( bh = head, block_start = 0; - bh != head || !block_start; - block_start = block_end, bh = next) - { - next = bh->b_this_page; - block_end = block_start + blocksize; - if (block_end <= from) - continue; - if (block_start >= to) { - block_start = to; - break; - } - if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) - /* prepare_write failed on this bh */ - break; - if (ext4_should_journal_data(mapping->host)) { - ret = do_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh); - if (ret) { - ext4_journal_stop(handle); - return ret; - } - } - /* - * block_start here becomes the first block where the current iteration - * of prepare_write failed. - */ - } - if (block_start <= from) - goto skip; - - /* commit allocated and zeroed buffers */ - return mapping->a_ops->commit_write(file, page, from, block_start); -} - static int ext4_prepare_write(struct file *file, struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to) { struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host; - int ret, ret2; - int needed_blocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode); + int ret, needed_blocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode); handle_t *handle; int retries = 0; retry: handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks); - if (IS_ERR(handle)) - return PTR_ERR(handle); + if (IS_ERR(handle)) { + ret = PTR_ERR(handle); + goto out; + } if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, NOBH) && ext4_should_writeback_data(inode)) ret = nobh_prepare_write(page, from, to, ext4_get_block); else ret = block_prepare_write(page, from, to, ext4_get_block); if (ret) - goto failure; + goto prepare_write_failed; if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode)) { ret = walk_page_buffers(handle, page_buffers(page), from, to, NULL, do_journal_get_write_access); - if (ret) - /* fatal error, just put the handle and return */ - ext4_journal_stop(handle); } - return ret; - -failure: - ret2 = ext4_prepare_failure(file, page, from, to); - if (ret2 < 0) - return ret2; +prepare_write_failed: + if (ret) + ext4_journal_stop(handle); if (ret == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries)) goto retry; - /* retry number exceeded, or other error like -EDQUOT */ +out: return ret; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch slab-introduce-krealloc-fix.patch git-acpi.patch git-alsa.patch git-alsa-fixup.patch git-avr32.patch git-avr32-fixup.patch git-drm.patch git-dvb.patch git-gfs2-nmw.patch git-ieee1394.patch git-input.patch git-kvm.patch git-libata-all.patch git-libata-all-ipr-fix.patch libata-acpi-add-infrastructure-for-drivers-to-use-fix.patch pata_acpi-restore-driver-fix.patch revert-rm-pointless-dmaengine-exports.patch git-md-accel-fix.patch git-mmc-versus-uevent-use-add_uevent_var-instead-of-open-coding-it.patch git-ubi.patch git-netdev-all.patch vioc-warning-fix.patch vioc-cast-warning-fix.patch git-e1000.patch git-e1000-fixup-2.patch git-net.patch git-net-fixup.patch git-net-vs-git-netdev-all.patch git-parisc.patch rm9000-serial-driver.patch git-pciseg.patch git-s390.patch git-scsi-misc.patch git-unionfs.patch git-wireless.patch git-wireless-fixup.patch fix-x86_64-mm-sched-clock-share.patch revert-x86_64-mm-change-sysenter_setup-to-__cpuinit-improve-__init-__initdata.patch x86_64-inhibit-machine-from-asserting-an-nmi-when-doing-alt-sysrq-m-operation-tidy.patch add-__gfp_movable-for-callers-to-flag-allocations-from-high-memory-that-may-be-migrated-fix.patch mm-merge-populate-and-nopage-into-fault-fixes-nonlinear-tidy.patch mm-merge-nopfn-into-fault-fix.patch i386-use-pte_update_defer-in-ptep_test_and_clear_dirtyyoung-fix.patch smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-fix.patch smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-fix-fix-2.patch bias-the-location-of-pages-freed-for-min_free_kbytes-in-the-same-max_order_nr_pages-blocks-tidy.patch mm-move-common-segment-checks-to-separate-helper-function-v7-tidy.patch slab-mark-set_up_list3s-__init.patch driver_bfin_serial_core-update.patch uml-driver-formatting-fixes-fix.patch reduce-size-of-task_struct-on-64-bit-machines.patch mm-shrink-parent-dentries-when-shrinking-slab.patch merge-sys_clone-sys_unshare-nsproxy-and-namespace-fix-fix-fix.patch virtual_eisa_root_init-should-be-__init.patch proc-maps-protection-fix.patch proc-maps-protection-tidy.patch proc-maps-protection-fix-2.patch fix-cycladesh-for-x86_64-and-probably-others-fix.patch rtc-add-rtc-rs5c313-driver-tidy.patch rtc-add-rtc-rs5c313-driver-is-busted.patch move-die-notifier-handling-to-common-code-fixes-2.patch move-die-notifier-handling-to-common-code-fix-vmalloc_sync_all.patch fix-sscanf-%n-match-at-end-of-input-string-tidy.patch parport-dev-driver-model-support-powerpc-fix.patch cache-pipe-buf-page-address-for-non-highmem-arch-fix.patch cache-pipe-buf-page-address-for-non-highmem-arch-fix-tidy.patch add-support-for-deferrable-timers-respun-tidy.patch linux-sysdevh-needs-to-include-linux-moduleh.patch time-smp-friendly-alignment-of-struct-clocksource.patch move-timekeeping-code-to-timekeepingc-fix.patch fix-kevents-childs-priority-greediness-fix.patch display-all-possible-partitions-when-the-root-filesystem-failed-to-mount-fix.patch define-and-use-new-eventscpu_lock_acquire-and-cpu_lock_release.patch call-cpu_chain-with-cpu_down_failed-if-cpu_down_prepare-failed-vs-reduce-size-of-task_struct-on-64-bit-machines.patch speedup-divides-by-cpu_power-in-scheduler.patch lutimesat-compat-syscall-and-wire-up-on-x86_64.patch declare-struct-ktime.patch make-futex_wait-use-an-hrtimer-for-timeout-fix.patch sys_futex64-allows-64bit-futexes-workaround.patch proc-maps-protection-vs-utrace.patch utrace-prep-2.patch utrace-vs-reduce-size-of-task_struct-on-64-bit-machines.patch utrace-printk-borkage.patch utrace-x86_64-fix.patch atomich-add-atomic64-cmpxchg-xchg-and-add_unless-to-powerpc.patch local_t-powerpc-extension.patch linux-kernel-markers-i386-optimization-fix.patch signal-timer-event-fds-v9-anonymous-inode-source-fix.patch revoke-core-code-fix-shared-mapping-revoke.patch revoke-wire-up-i386-system-calls-x86_64-fix.patch fbdev-hecuba-framebuffer-driver.patch vt-add-color-support-to-the-underline-and-italic-attributes-fix.patch integrity-new-hooks-fix.patch integrity-evm-as-an-integrity-service-provider-tidy.patch integrity-evm-as-an-integrity-service-provider-tidy-fix.patch integrity-evm-as-an-integrity-service-provider-tidy-fix-2.patch integrity-ima-integrity_measure-support-tidy.patch integrity-ima-integrity_measure-support-fix.patch integrity-ima-integrity_measure-support-fix-2.patch integrity-tpm-internal-kernel-interface-tidy.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html