Re: [PATCH] do_generic_file_read(): Fail immediately if killed

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On Tue 16-08-16 17:00:43, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> If a fatal signal has been received, fail immediately instead of
> trying to read more data.
> 
> See also commit ebded02788b5 ("mm: filemap: avoid unnecessary
> calls to lock_page when waiting for IO to complete during a read")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

If not anything else it makes code more readable because the real error
is hidden in page_not_up_to_date: currently...

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  mm/filemap.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> index 2a9e84f6..bd8ab63 100644
> --- a/mm/filemap.c
> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> @@ -1721,7 +1721,9 @@ find_page:
>  			 * wait_on_page_locked is used to avoid unnecessarily
>  			 * serialisations and why it's safe.
>  			 */
> -			wait_on_page_locked_killable(page);
> +			error = wait_on_page_locked_killable(page);
> +			if (unlikely(error))
> +				goto readpage_error;
>  			if (PageUptodate(page))
>  				goto page_ok;
>  
> -- 
> 2.9.2
> 
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