Re: [PATCH] 2.6.16-rc-mm4 reiser4 calls try_to_unmap() with 1 arg-- now takes 2

From: Hugh Dickins
Date: Thu Feb 02 2006 - 15:43:49 EST


On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Lee Schermerhorn wrote:

> Apparent race between reiser4 and direct migration patches in 16-rc1-
> mm4.
> Direct migration added arg to rmap.c:try_to_unmap()--int ignore_refs--
> and
> fixed up existing refs. reiser4 adds new call with single arg.
>
> One doesn't see this when building mm4 w/ reiser4 because the ref under
> an
> "#if REISER4_COPY_ON_CAPTURE" that is apparently not enabled. I just
> noticed
> it while looking at direct migration patches. So, this patch is
> essentially
> UNTESTED. Supplied simply to illustrate the location of the single arg

That's worrying code to find down in a filesystem. But never mind,
it refers to pte_chain_lock(), which hasn't existed since 2.6.5. So
REISER4_COPY_ON_CAPTURE is long untested and should just be deleted.

Hugh

>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@xxxxxx>
>
> Index: linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm4/fs/reiser4/txnmgr.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm4.orig/fs/reiser4/txnmgr.c 2006-01-31
> 16:51:39.000000000 -0500
> +++ linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm4/fs/reiser4/txnmgr.c 2006-02-02
> 14:43:01.659744418 -0500
> @@ -3693,7 +3693,7 @@ static int create_copy_and_replace(jnode
> pte_chain_lock(page);
>
> if (page_mapped(page)) {
> - result = try_to_unmap(page);
> + result = try_to_unmap(page, 0);
> if (result == SWAP_AGAIN) {
> result = RETERR(-E_REPEAT);
-
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