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[PATCH] mm: non syncing lock_page()

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lock_page needs the caller to have a reference on the page->mapping inode
due to sync_page, ergo set_page_dirty_lock is obviously buggy according to
its comments.

Solve it by introducing a new lock_page_nosync which does not do a sync_page.

akpm: unpleasant solution to an unpleasant problem.  If it goes wrong it could
cause great slowdowns while the lock_page() caller waits for kblockd to
perform the unplug.  And if a filesystem has special sync_page() requirements
(none presently do), permanent hangs are possible.

otoh, set_page_dirty_lock() is usually (always?) called against userspace
pages.  They are always up-to-date, so there shouldn't be any pending read I/O
against these pages.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Nick Piggin
2006-09-25 23:31:24 -07:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 28e4d965e6
commit db37648cd6
3 changed files with 33 additions and 1 deletions
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include/linux/pagemap.h
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@@ -130,14 +130,29 @@ static inline pgoff_t linear_page_index(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
}
extern void FASTCALL(__lock_page(struct page *page));
extern void FASTCALL(__lock_page_nosync(struct page *page));
extern void FASTCALL(unlock_page(struct page *page));
/*
* lock_page may only be called if we have the page's inode pinned.
*/
static inline void lock_page(struct page *page)
{
might_sleep();
if (TestSetPageLocked(page))
__lock_page(page);
}
/*
* lock_page_nosync should only be used if we can't pin the page's inode.
* Doesn't play quite so well with block device plugging.
*/
static inline void lock_page_nosync(struct page *page)
{
might_sleep();
if (TestSetPageLocked(page))
__lock_page_nosync(page);
}
/*
* This is exported only for wait_on_page_locked/wait_on_page_writeback.