Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: 2.2.9 hangs in truncate_inode_pages | | From | Trond Myklebust <> | | Date | 01 Jun 1999 12:29:56 +0200 |
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
> I've been chasing a hang in 2.2.9* and it comes down to truncate_inode_pages. > > Now there are two things that have me wondering here and one cleanup item >
A naiive question on my part perhaps: but why is truncate_inode_pages calling page_cache_release(page) without having done an atomic_inc(&page->count) first?
Surely that is a bug unless you can guarantee that the caller did it for you.
Cheers, Trond
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