This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ext4: convert write_begin methods to stable_page_writes semantics to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: ext4-convert-write_begin-methods-to-stable_page_writes-semantics.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 7afe5aa59ed3da7b6161617e7f157c7c680dc41e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:30:47 -0400 Subject: ext4: convert write_begin methods to stable_page_writes semantics From: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 7afe5aa59ed3da7b6161617e7f157c7c680dc41e upstream. Use wait_for_stable_page() instead of wait_on_page_writeback() Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Cc: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -1032,7 +1032,8 @@ retry_journal: ext4_journal_stop(handle); goto retry_grab; } - wait_on_page_writeback(page); + /* In case writeback began while the page was unlocked */ + wait_for_stable_page(page); if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode)) ret = __block_write_begin(page, pos, len, ext4_get_block_write); @@ -2729,7 +2730,7 @@ retry_journal: goto retry_grab; } /* In case writeback began while the page was unlocked */ - wait_on_page_writeback(page); + wait_for_stable_page(page); ret = __block_write_begin(page, pos, len, ext4_da_get_block_prep); if (ret < 0) { Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.10/ext4-convert-write_begin-methods-to-stable_page_writes-semantics.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html