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[PATCH] Fix and add EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_write_and_wait)

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This patch add EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_write_and_wait) and use it.

See mm/filemap.c:

And changes the filemap_write_and_wait() and filemap_write_and_wait_range().

Current filemap_write_and_wait() doesn't wait if filemap_fdatawrite()
returns error.  However, even if filemap_fdatawrite() returned an
error, it may have submitted the partially data pages to the device.
(e.g. in the case of -ENOSPC)

<quotation>
Andrew Morton writes,

If filemap_fdatawrite() returns an error, this might be due to some
I/O problem: dead disk, unplugged cable, etc.  Given the generally
crappy quality of the kernel's handling of such exceptions, there's a
good chance that the filemap_fdatawait() will get stuck in D state
forever.
</quotation>

So, this patch doesn't wait if filemap_fdatawrite() returns the -EIO.

Trond, could you please review the nfs part?  Especially I'm not sure,
nfs must use the "filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping) == 0", or not.

Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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OGAWA Hirofumi
2006-01-08 01:02:14 -08:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 05eb0b51fb
commit 28fd129827
16 changed files with 48 additions and 61 deletions
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@@ -1148,8 +1148,7 @@ int cifs_setattr(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
/* BB check if we need to refresh inode from server now ? BB */
/* need to flush data before changing file size on server */
filemap_fdatawrite(direntry->d_inode->i_mapping);
filemap_fdatawait(direntry->d_inode->i_mapping);
filemap_write_and_wait(direntry->d_inode->i_mapping);
if (attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
/* To avoid spurious oplock breaks from server, in the case of