Re: [PATCH 004 of 4] Make address_space_operations->invalidatepage return void

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On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 10:53 +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
> diff ./fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c~current~ ./fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
> --- ./fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c~current~    2006-03-09 17:29:35.000000000
> +1100
> +++ ./fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c     2006-03-13 10:46:55.000000000 +1100
> @@ -578,14 +578,13 @@ static int metapage_releasepage(struct p
>         return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static int metapage_invalidatepage(struct page *page, unsigned long
> offset)
> +static void metapage_invalidatepage(struct page *page, unsigned long
> offset)
>  {
>         BUG_ON(offset);
>  
> -       if (PageWriteback(page))
> -               return 0;
> +       BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page));

I'm a little concerned about adding a BUG_ON for something this function
used to allow, but it looks like the BUG_ON is valid.  I'm asking myself
why did I add the test for PageWriteback in the first place.

>  
> -       return metapage_releasepage(page, 0);
> +       metapage_releasepage(page, 0);
>  }
>  
>  struct address_space_operations jfs_metapage_aops = { 

I'll try to stress test jfs with these patches to see if I can trigger
the an oops here.
-- 
David Kleikamp
IBM Linux Technology Center

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