[PATCH] Fix and add EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_write_and_wait)
This patch add EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_write_and_wait) and use it.
See mm/filemap.c:
And changes the filemap_write_and_wait() and filemap_write_and_wait_range().
Current filemap_write_and_wait() doesn't wait if filemap_fdatawrite()
returns error. However, even if filemap_fdatawrite() returned an
error, it may have submitted the partially data pages to the device.
(e.g. in the case of -ENOSPC)
<quotation>
Andrew Morton writes,
If filemap_fdatawrite() returns an error, this might be due to some
I/O problem: dead disk, unplugged cable, etc. Given the generally
crappy quality of the kernel's handling of such exceptions, there's a
good chance that the filemap_fdatawait() will get stuck in D state
forever.
</quotation>
So, this patch doesn't wait if filemap_fdatawrite() returns the -EIO.
Trond, could you please review the nfs part? Especially I'm not sure,
nfs must use the "filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping) == 0", or not.
Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 8fdf365..478f4c7 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -343,30 +343,44 @@
int filemap_write_and_wait(struct address_space *mapping)
{
- int retval = 0;
+ int err = 0;
if (mapping->nrpages) {
- retval = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
- if (retval == 0)
- retval = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
+ err = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
+ /*
+ * Even if the above returned error, the pages may be
+ * written partially (e.g. -ENOSPC), so we wait for it.
+ * But the -EIO is special case, it may indicate the worst
+ * thing (e.g. bug) happened, so we avoid waiting for it.
+ */
+ if (err != -EIO) {
+ int err2 = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
+ if (!err)
+ err = err2;
+ }
}
- return retval;
+ return err;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_write_and_wait);
int filemap_write_and_wait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t lstart, loff_t lend)
{
- int retval = 0;
+ int err = 0;
if (mapping->nrpages) {
- retval = __filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, lstart, lend,
- WB_SYNC_ALL);
- if (retval == 0)
- retval = wait_on_page_writeback_range(mapping,
- lstart >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT,
- lend >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
+ err = __filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, lstart, lend,
+ WB_SYNC_ALL);
+ /* See comment of filemap_write_and_wait() */
+ if (err != -EIO) {
+ int err2 = wait_on_page_writeback_range(mapping,
+ lstart >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT,
+ lend >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
+ if (!err)
+ err = err2;
+ }
}
- return retval;
+ return err;
}
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