The attached patch causes read_cache_pages() to release page-private data on a
page for which add_to_page_cache() fails or the filler function fails. This
permits pages with caching references associated with them to be cleaned up.
Signed-Off-By: David Howells <[email protected]>
---
warthog>diffstat -p1 readahead-release-private-2614mm2.diff
mm/readahead.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.14-mm2/mm/readahead.c linux-2.6.14-mm2-cachefs/mm/readahead.c
--- linux-2.6.14-mm2/mm/readahead.c 2005-11-14 16:18:00.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.14-mm2-cachefs/mm/readahead.c 2005-11-14 16:23:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ int read_cache_pages(struct address_spac
page = list_to_page(pages);
list_del(&page->lru);
if (add_to_page_cache(page, mapping, page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+ if (PagePrivate(page) && mapping->a_ops->releasepage) {
+ page->mapping = mapping;
+ mapping->a_ops->releasepage(page, GFP_KERNEL);
+ page->mapping = NULL;
+ }
+
page_cache_release(page);
continue;
}
@@ -143,6 +149,16 @@ int read_cache_pages(struct address_spac
victim = list_to_page(pages);
list_del(&victim->lru);
+
+ if (PagePrivate(victim) &&
+ mapping->a_ops->releasepage
+ ) {
+ victim->mapping = mapping;
+ mapping->a_ops->releasepage(
+ victim, GFP_KERNEL);
+ victim->mapping = NULL;
+ }
+
page_cache_release(victim);
}
break;
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