Re: RAMFS

[Ingo Oeser]

On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 03:51:53PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> Does this fix the ramfs problem in -ac ?
> 
> --- fs/ramfs/inode.c~	Wed Jan 31 22:02:16 2001
> +++ fs/ramfs/inode.c	Fri Feb  2 14:51:47 2001
> @@ -174,7 +174,6 @@
>  		inode->i_blocks += IBLOCKS_PER_PAGE;
>  		rsb->free_pages--;
>  		SetPageDirty(page);
> -		UnlockPage(page);
>  	} else {
>  		ClearPageUptodate(page);
>  		ret = 0;
> @@ -264,6 +263,7 @@
>  
>  	if (! ramfs_alloc_page(inode, page))
>  		return -ENOSPC;
> +	UnlockPage(page);
>  	return 0;
>  }

No, so have to unlock it also, if you return -ENOSPC.

So the correct fix seems to be:

--- linux/fs/ramfs/inode.c~	Wed Jan 31 22:02:16 2001
+++ linux/fs/ramfs/inode.c	Fri Feb  2 14:51:47 2001
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@
 		inode->i_blocks += IBLOCKS_PER_PAGE;
 		rsb->free_pages--;
 		SetPageDirty(page);
-		UnlockPage(page);
 	} else {
 		ClearPageUptodate(page);
 		ret = 0;
@@ -264,6 +263,9 @@
 
- 	if (! ramfs_alloc_page(inode, page))
+ 	if (! ramfs_alloc_page(inode, page)) {
+		UnlockPage(page);
 		return -ENOSPC;
+	}
+	UnlockPage(page);
 	return 0;
 }

This currently works for me (but using 2.4.0 + dwg-ramfs.patch + this patch)

Regards

Ingo Oeser
-- 
10.+11.03.2001 - 3. Chemnitzer LinuxTag <http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag>
         <<<<<<<<<<<<       come and join the fun       >>>>>>>>>>>>