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[1/2] libata: don't flush dcache on slab pages

Message ID 20100321215222.GA27709@Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc
State Not Applicable
Delegated to: David Miller
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Sebastian Andrzej Siewior March 21, 2010, 9:52 p.m. UTC
page_mapping() check this via VM_BUG_ON(PageSlab(page)) so we bug here
with the according debuging turned on.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
---
 drivers/ata/libata-sff.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

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Sebastian Andrzej Siewior April 19, 2010, 7:46 p.m. UTC | #1
* Sebastian Andrzej Siewior | 2010-03-21 22:52:22 [+0100]:

>page_mapping() check this via VM_BUG_ON(PageSlab(page)) so we bug here
>with the according debuging turned on.

David, I've seen that you set this patch to "Not Applicable". May I know
why?

Sebastian
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David Miller April 19, 2010, 7:55 p.m. UTC | #2
From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:46:18 +0200

> * Sebastian Andrzej Siewior | 2010-03-21 22:52:22 [+0100]:
> 
>>page_mapping() check this via VM_BUG_ON(PageSlab(page)) so we bug here
>>with the according debuging turned on.
> 
> David, I've seen that you set this patch to "Not Applicable". May I know
> why?

Because the linux-ide patchwork is for IDE patches, not ATA
stuff.
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Sebastian Andrzej Siewior April 28, 2010, 8:06 p.m. UTC | #3
* Sebastian Andrzej Siewior | 2010-03-21 22:52:22 [+0100]:

>page_mapping() check this via VM_BUG_ON(PageSlab(page)) so we bug here
>with the according debuging turned on.
>
>Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>

Jeff, a month passed since I posted this patch. Any reason why you
ignore it?

> drivers/ata/libata-sff.c |    2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
>index 561dec2..83ecf48 100644
>--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
>+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
>@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ static void ata_pio_sector(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
> 				       do_write);
> 	}
> 
>-	if (!do_write)
>+	if (!do_write && !PageSlab(page))
> 		flush_dcache_page(page);
> 
> 	qc->curbytes += qc->sect_size;
>-- 
>1.6.6

Sebastian
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Jeff Garzik April 29, 2010, 12:16 a.m. UTC | #4
On 04/28/2010 04:06 PM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> * Sebastian Andrzej Siewior | 2010-03-21 22:52:22 [+0100]:
>
>> page_mapping() check this via VM_BUG_ON(PageSlab(page)) so we bug here
>> with the according debuging turned on.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior<sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
>
> Jeff, a month passed since I posted this patch. Any reason why you
> ignore it?

Typically I wait a couple weeks for the Architecture maintainers to 
voice their objections, if any, on a patch like this.

No objections emerged that weren't addressed so far, we can probably 
push this in.

	Jeff



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Jeff Garzik May 14, 2010, 9:50 p.m. UTC | #5
On 03/21/2010 05:52 PM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> page_mapping() check this via VM_BUG_ON(PageSlab(page)) so we bug here
> with the according debuging turned on.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior<sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
> ---
>   drivers/ata/libata-sff.c |    2 +-
>   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
> index 561dec2..83ecf48 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
> @@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ static void ata_pio_sector(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
>   				       do_write);
>   	}
>
> -	if (!do_write)
> +	if (!do_write&&  !PageSlab(page))
>   		flush_dcache_page(page);

applied #upstream, cc'ing stable@kernel.org


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diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index 561dec2..83ecf48 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@  static void ata_pio_sector(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 				       do_write);
 	}
 
-	if (!do_write)
+	if (!do_write && !PageSlab(page))
 		flush_dcache_page(page);
 
 	qc->curbytes += qc->sect_size;