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SubjectRe: [PATCH *] VM patch for 2.4.0-test8

In page_launder() about halfway down there is this sequence of tests
on LRU pages:

if (!clearedbuf) {
...
} else if (!page->mapping) {
...
} else if (page_count(page) > 1) {
} else /* page->mapping && page_count(page) == 1 */ {
...
}

Above this sequence we've done a page_cache_get. For the final case
in the tests above (page->mapping != NULL && page_count(page) == 1)
have you checked if this ever happens or is even possible?

If the page is a page cache page (ie. page->mapping != NULL) it
should hold a reference. Adding in our reference, the count should
always thus be > 1.

What did I miss?

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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