When we cannot write a page we should use redirty_page_for_writepage() instead of plain set_page_dirty(). That tells writeback code we have problems, redirties only the page (redirtying buffers is not needed), and updates mm accounting of failed page writes. Also move clearing of buffer dirty flag after io_submit_add_bh(). At that moment we are sure buffer will be going to disk. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/page-io.c | 7 ++++--- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c index 0016fbc..8e5722a 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c +++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ #include <linux/workqueue.h> #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/slab.h> +#include <linux/mm.h> #include "ext4_jbd2.h" #include "xattr.h" @@ -436,7 +437,7 @@ int ext4_bio_write_page(struct ext4_io_submit *io, io_page = kmem_cache_alloc(io_page_cachep, GFP_NOFS); if (!io_page) { - set_page_dirty(page); + redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page); unlock_page(page); return -ENOMEM; } @@ -468,7 +469,6 @@ int ext4_bio_write_page(struct ext4_io_submit *io, set_buffer_uptodate(bh); continue; } - clear_buffer_dirty(bh); ret = io_submit_add_bh(io, io_page, inode, wbc, bh); if (ret) { /* @@ -476,9 +476,10 @@ int ext4_bio_write_page(struct ext4_io_submit *io, * we can do but mark the page as dirty, and * better luck next time. */ - set_page_dirty(page); + redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page); break; } + clear_buffer_dirty(bh); } unlock_page(page); /* -- 1.7.1 -- 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