Thread (30 messages) 30 messages, 4 authors, 2021-03-23

Re: [PATCH v4 02/28] mm: Add an unlock function for PG_private_2/PG_fscache

From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Date: 2021-03-23 22:07:36
Also in: ceph-devel, linux-cifs, linux-fsdevel, linux-nfs, lkml

David Howells [off-list ref] wrote:
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-	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
+	if (wait_on_page_writeback_killable(page) < 0)
+		return VM_FAULT_RETRY | VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
You forgot to unlock the page.
Do I need to?  Doesn't VM_FAULT_LOCKED indicate that to the caller?  Or is it
impermissible to do it like that?
Looks like, yes, I do need to.  VM_FAULT_LOCKED is ignored if RETRY is given.

David

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