[patch 40/46] mm: write_cache_pages terminate quickly

[Greg KH]

2.6.28-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>

commit d5482cdf8a0aacb1e6468a97d5544f5829c8d8c4 upstream.

Terminate the write_cache_pages loop upon encountering the first page past
end, without locking the page.  Pages cannot have their index change when
we have a reference on them (truncate, eg truncate_inode_pages_range
performs the same check without the page lock).

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 mm/page-writeback.c |   32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -911,15 +911,24 @@ retry:
 		for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 			struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
 
-			done_index = page->index + 1;
-
 			/*
-			 * At this point we hold neither mapping->tree_lock nor
-			 * lock on the page itself: the page may be truncated or
-			 * invalidated (changing page->mapping to NULL), or even
-			 * swizzled back from swapper_space to tmpfs file
-			 * mapping
+			 * At this point, the page may be truncated or
+			 * invalidated (changing page->mapping to NULL), or
+			 * even swizzled back from swapper_space to tmpfs file
+			 * mapping. However, page->index will not change
+			 * because we have a reference on the page.
 			 */
+			if (page->index > end) {
+				/*
+				 * can't be range_cyclic (1st pass) because
+				 * end == -1 in that case.
+				 */
+				done = 1;
+				break;
+			}
+
+			done_index = page->index + 1;
+
 			lock_page(page);
 
 			/*
@@ -936,15 +945,6 @@ continue_unlock:
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if (page->index > end) {
-				/*
-				 * can't be range_cyclic (1st pass) because
-				 * end == -1 in that case.
-				 */
-				done = 1;
-				goto continue_unlock;
-			}
-
 			if (!PageDirty(page)) {
 				/* someone wrote it for us */
 				goto continue_unlock;

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