Re: [PATCH v2] page cache: Store only head pages in i_pages

From: Jan Kara
Date: Thu Feb 14 2019 - 11:27:46 EST


On Wed 13-02-19 12:17:15, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > - pages[ret] = page;
> > > + pages[ret] = find_subpage(page, xas.xa_index);
> > > if (++ret == nr_pages) {
> > > *start = page->index + 1;
> > > goto out;
> > > }
> >
> > So this subtly changes the behavior because now we will be returning in
> > '*start' a different index. So you should rather use 'pages[ret]->index'
> > instead.
>
> You're right, I made a mistake there. However, seeing this:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190110030838.84446-1-yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> makes me think that I should be using xa_index + 1 there.

Yeah, you're right. Thanks!

Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR