Re: [patch 0/9] writeback data integrity and other fixes (take 3)

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On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:14:35AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 01:47:15AM +1100, npiggin@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > OK, I'm happier with this patchset now. Note that I've taken your patch
> > and mangled it a bit at the end of the series.
> > 
> > This one survives and seems to run OK here, but I'm mainly doing dumb
> > stress testing with a handful of filesystems, and data-io error injection
> > testing. There are a lot of combinations of ways this function can operate
> > and interact obviously, so it would be helpful to get more review.
> > 
> > Chris, would you possibly have time to run your btrfs tests that are
> > sensitive to problems in this code? I could provide you a single patch
> > rollup against mainline if it helps.
> 
> Nick, after applying the patchset:
> 
>   CC      mm/page-writeback.o
> mm/page-writeback.c: In function write_cache_pages:
> mm/page-writeback.c:871: warning: wrteback_index may be used uninitialized in this function
> 
> Looks harmless, but it probably should be cleaned up.
> Compiler is 'gcc version 4.3.1 (Debian 4.3.1-9)'

Yeah, it's annoying but I couldn't find a way to shut it up nicely
(yes AFAIKS it is harmless).

I could just put the old "= 0; /* shut up gcc*/" trick there, but that
sucks too ;(


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