Re: [BUG] heavy disk access sometimes freezes 2.5.73-mm[123]

[Andrew Morton]

Chris Mason <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> > diff -u linux-2.5.74-mm2/fs/reiserfs/tail_conversion.c.orig linux-2.5.74-mm2/fs/reiserfs/tail_conversion.c
>  > --- linux-2.5.74-mm2/fs/reiserfs/tail_conversion.c.orig	2003-06-23 09:26:10.000000000 -0700
>  > +++ linux-2.5.74-mm2/fs/reiserfs/tail_conversion.c	2003-06-23 09:26:10.000000000 -0700
>  > @@ -190,9 +190,6 @@ unmap_buffers(struct page *page, loff_t 
>  >          }
>  >  	bh = next ;
>  >        } while (bh != head) ;
>  > -      if ( PAGE_SIZE == bh->b_size ) {
>  > -	ClearPageDirty(page);
>  > -      }
>  >      }
>  >    } 
>  >  }
> 
>  Heh, you read my mind.  It makes more sense for this hunk to be causing
>  problems than the first one.  Still we should be allowed to clear the
>  dirty bit since we've cleaned all the buffers on the page.

But we need to tell the VFS that the page was cleaned.

Could someone please make that clear_page_dirty() and retest?