Re: [PATCH 5/9] ext4: Add support for writepages calls that cannot map blocks

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On 22/12/01 12:50PM, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > +			/*
> > > +			 * Writeout for transaction commit where we cannot
> > > +			 * modify metadata is simple. Just submit the page.
> > > +			 */
> > > +			if (!mpd->can_map) {
> > > +				if (ext4_page_nomap_can_writeout(page)) {
> > > +					err = mpage_submit_page(mpd, page);
> > > +					if (err < 0)
> > > +						goto out;
> > > +				} else {
> > > +					unlock_page(page);
> > > +					mpd->first_page++;
> >
> > We anyway should always have mpd->map.m_len = 0.
> > That means, we always set mpd->first_page = page->index above.
> > So this might not be useful. But I guess for consistency of the code,
> > or to avoid any future bugs, this isn't harmful to keep.
>
> Yes, it is mostly for consistency but it is also needed so that once we
> exit the loop, mpage_release_unused_pages() starts working from a correct
> page.

Oh yes! right.

-ritesh




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