Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754118AbZGOLKX (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:10:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753676AbZGOLKX (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:10:23 -0400 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([143.182.124.37]:12643 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753453AbZGOLKW (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:10:22 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.42,403,1243839600"; d="scan'208";a="165217624" Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:10:12 +0800 From: Wu Fengguang To: Hugh Dickins Cc: Andrew Morton , LKML , "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" , Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH] shmem: call set_page_dirty() with locked page Message-ID: <20090715111012.GA1403@localhost> References: <20090714092926.GA23969@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1867 Lines: 50 On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 02:24:54AM +0800, Hugh Dickins wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Wu Fengguang wrote: > > Here set_page_dirty() can be moved into the page lock. > > Indeed it can, but you've forgotten to mention why you think > that would be a good thing? All I can see is that it would Sorry for missing out the rational. My problem is: the hwpoison code must make sure whether one page can be dropped without losing data. > very very slightly increase the page's lock hold time, which > wouldn't be an improvement: what improvement are you making? Yes there were nothing wrong. Just to make it align with the general practice(not rule): pages are normally dirtied inside the page lock. The noticeable exceptions are mapped pages and pages with buffer_heads - they could go dirty at any time. Fortunately they will have to be unmapped/released anyway. shmem may not be the only remaining exception. But let's fix it first. I'd be appreciated if someone could name some more exceptions, or some better criterion on "the data in this page can be recovered". Thanks, Fengguang > > CC: Hugh Dickins > > Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang > > --- > > mm/shmem.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > --- linux.orig/mm/shmem.c > > +++ linux/mm/shmem.c > > @@ -1630,8 +1630,8 @@ shmem_write_end(struct file *file, struc > > if (pos + copied > inode->i_size) > > i_size_write(inode, pos + copied); > > > > - unlock_page(page); > > set_page_dirty(page); > > + unlock_page(page); > > page_cache_release(page); > > > > return copied; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/