Re: Linux 2.4.18-pre4

From: Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 16 2002 - 04:44:38 EST


On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Ingo Oeser wrote:

> [1]
> + do {
> + block_end = block_start+blocksize;
> + if (block_end <= from)
> + continue;
> [2]
>
> The situation between [1] and [2] won't change, so I don't
> understand the "continue" here and think it will either never be
> triggered or an endless loop.
>
> Could you or the one introducing this clarify?

Lovely... Thanks for spotting.
--- fs/buffer.c Wed Jan 16 04:39:56 2002
+++ fs/buffer.c.new Wed Jan 16 04:43:29 2002
@@ -1686,7 +1686,7 @@
         do {
                 block_end = block_start+blocksize;
                 if (block_end <= from)
- continue;
+ goto skip_it;
                 if (block_start >= to)
                         break;
                 if (buffer_new(bh)) {
@@ -1696,6 +1696,7 @@
                         set_bit(BH_Uptodate, &bh->b_state);
                         mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
                 }
+ skip_it:
                 block_start = block_end;
                 bh = bh->b_this_page;
         } while (bh != head);

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