Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | Date | Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:36:39 +0800 | | From | Fengguang Wu <> | | Subject | [PATCH 02/13] writeback: clear PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY for truncated page in block_write_full_page() |
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The `truncated' page in block_write_full_page() may stick for a long time. E.g. ext2_rmdir() will set i_size to 0, and then the dir inode may hang around because of being referenced by someone.
So clear PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY to prevent pdflush from retrying and iowaiting on it.
Tested-by: Joerg Platte <jplatte@naasa.net> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn> --- fs/buffer.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
Index: linux/fs/buffer.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/buffer.c +++ linux/fs/buffer.c @@ -2820,7 +2820,9 @@ int block_write_full_page(struct page *p * freeable here, so the page does not leak. */ do_invalidatepage(page, 0); + set_page_writeback(page); unlock_page(page); + end_page_writeback(page); return 0; /* don't care */ } --
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