Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 05:30:12PM +0100, Francis Moreau wrote: >> > As the comment says, when the read finishes, it will unlock the page >> > and the reader will continue. >> >> I expect that the comment you're talking about is this one in >> do_generic_file_read(): >> >> page_not_up_to_date: >> /* Get exclusive access to the page ... */ > > I meant this one: > > readpage: > /* Start the actual read. The read will unlock the page. */ > Well, if I read the code correctly, this is executed if page_cache_sync_readahead() failed which is not the 'normal' path. Thanks -- Francis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html