The patch titled writeback: fix ntfs with sb_has_dirty_inodes() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is writeback-fix-ntfs-with-sb_has_dirty_inodes.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: writeback: fix ntfs with sb_has_dirty_inodes() From: Fengguang Wu <wfg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> NTFS's if-condition on dirty inodes is not complete. Fix it with sb_has_dirty_inodes(). Cc: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ken Chen <kenchen@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <wfg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff -puN fs/fs-writeback.c~writeback-fix-ntfs-with-sb_has_dirty_inodes fs/fs-writeback.c --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c~writeback-fix-ntfs-with-sb_has_dirty_inodes +++ a/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -199,6 +199,14 @@ static void queue_io(struct super_block move_expired_inodes(&sb->s_dirty, &sb->s_io, older_than_this); } +int sb_has_dirty_inodes(struct super_block *sb) +{ + return !list_empty(&sb->s_dirty) || + !list_empty(&sb->s_io) || + !list_empty(&sb->s_more_io); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(sb_has_dirty_inodes); + /* * Write a single inode's dirty pages and inode data out to disk. * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout. @@ -497,7 +505,7 @@ writeback_inodes(struct writeback_contro restart: sb = sb_entry(super_blocks.prev); for (; sb != sb_entry(&super_blocks); sb = sb_entry(sb->s_list.prev)) { - if (!list_empty(&sb->s_dirty) || !list_empty(&sb->s_io)) { + if (sb_has_dirty_inodes(sb)) { /* we're making our own get_super here */ sb->s_count++; spin_unlock(&sb_lock); diff -puN fs/ntfs/super.c~writeback-fix-ntfs-with-sb_has_dirty_inodes fs/ntfs/super.c --- a/fs/ntfs/super.c~writeback-fix-ntfs-with-sb_has_dirty_inodes +++ a/fs/ntfs/super.c @@ -2381,14 +2381,14 @@ static void ntfs_put_super(struct super_ */ ntfs_commit_inode(vol->mft_ino); write_inode_now(vol->mft_ino, 1); - if (!list_empty(&sb->s_dirty)) { + if (sb_has_dirty_inodes(sb)) { const char *s1, *s2; mutex_lock(&vol->mft_ino->i_mutex); truncate_inode_pages(vol->mft_ino->i_mapping, 0); mutex_unlock(&vol->mft_ino->i_mutex); write_inode_now(vol->mft_ino, 1); - if (!list_empty(&sb->s_dirty)) { + if (sb_has_dirty_inodes(sb)) { static const char *_s1 = "inodes"; static const char *_s2 = ""; s1 = _s1; diff -puN include/linux/fs.h~writeback-fix-ntfs-with-sb_has_dirty_inodes include/linux/fs.h --- a/include/linux/fs.h~writeback-fix-ntfs-with-sb_has_dirty_inodes +++ a/include/linux/fs.h @@ -1717,6 +1717,7 @@ extern int bdev_read_only(struct block_d extern int set_blocksize(struct block_device *, int); extern int sb_set_blocksize(struct super_block *, int); extern int sb_min_blocksize(struct super_block *, int); +extern int sb_has_dirty_inodes(struct super_block *); extern int generic_file_mmap(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *); extern int generic_file_readonly_mmap(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from wfg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are i386-call-free_init_pages-with-irqs-enabled-in-alternative_instructions.patch readahead-compacting-file_ra_state.patch readahead-mmap-read-around-simplification.patch readahead-combine-file_ra_stateprev_index-prev_offset-into-prev_pos.patch readahead-combine-file_ra_stateprev_index-prev_offset-into-prev_pos-fix.patch readahead-combine-file_ra_stateprev_index-prev_offset-into-prev_pos-fix-2.patch radixtree-introduce-radix_tree_next_hole.patch readahead-basic-support-of-interleaved-reads.patch readahead-remove-the-local-copy-of-ra-in-do_generic_mapping_read.patch readahead-remove-several-readahead-macros.patch readahead-remove-the-limit-max_sectors_kb-imposed-on-max_readahead_kb.patch filemap-trivial-code-cleanups.patch filemap-convert-some-unsigned-long-to-pgoff_t.patch make-swappiness-safer-to-use.patch maps-pssproportional-set-size-accounting-in-smaps.patch convert-ill-defined-log2-to-ilog2.patch seqfile-merge-duplite-code-to-seq_open_private.patch avoid-negative-and-full-width-shifts-in-radix-treec.patch writeback-fix-time-ordering-of-the-per-superblock-inode-lists-8.patch writeback-fix-ntfs-with-sb_has_dirty_inodes.patch writeback-remove-pages_skipped-accounting-in-__block_write_full_page.patch writeback-introduce-writeback_controlmore_io-to-indicate-more-io.patch writeback-remove-unnecessary-wait-in-throttle_vm_writeout.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html