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 <[email protected]> know about it.
>From 7afe5aa59ed3da7b6161617e7f157c7c680dc41e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitry Monakhov <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:30:47 -0400
Subject: ext4: convert write_begin methods to stable_page_writes semantics
From: Dmitry Monakhov <[email protected]>
commit 7afe5aa59ed3da7b6161617e7f157c7c680dc41e upstream.
Use wait_for_stable_page() instead of wait_on_page_writeback()
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
Cc: Alex Shi <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
---
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 [email protected] are
queue-3.10/ext4-convert-write_begin-methods-to-stable_page_writes-semantics.patch
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