On Thu, 31 Jan 2019, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> > index 9f5e323e883e..7bcdd36e629d 100644
> > --- a/mm/filemap.c
> > +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> > @@ -2075,8 +2075,6 @@ static ssize_t generic_file_buffered_read(struct
> > kiocb *iocb,
> >
> > page = find_get_page(mapping, index);
> > if (!page) {
> > - if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
> > - goto would_block;
> > page_cache_sync_readahead(mapping,
> > ra, filp,
> > index, last_index - index);
>
> Maybe a stupid question but I am not really familiar with this path but
> what exactly does prevent a sync read down page_cache_sync_readahead
> path?
page_cache_sync_readahead() only submits the read ahead request(s), it
doesn't wait for it to finish.
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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
