linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext3: fix some wrong comments

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Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:37:10 +0100
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	ZhangZhen <zhenzhang.zhang@...wei.com>
Cc:	jack@...e.cz, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3: fix some wrong comments

On Fri 28-02-14 15:28:59, ZhangZhen wrote:
> The comments in the code are wrong, because every generic_file_write()
> is replaced by generic_file_aio_write().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@...wei.com>
> ---
>  fs/ext3/inode.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
> index 384b6eb..0b94832 100644
> --- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
> @@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ static int buffer_unmapped(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
>   *
>   * Similar for:
>   *
> - *	ext3_file_write() -> generic_file_write() -> __alloc_pages() -> ...
> + *	ext3_file_write() -> generic_file_aio_write() -> __alloc_pages() -> ...
  Well, but ext3_file_write() doesn't exist either so the comment obviously
needs further updates.

>   *
>   * Same applies to ext3_get_block().  We will deadlock on various things like
>   * lock_journal and i_truncate_mutex.
> @@ -3212,7 +3212,7 @@ out_brelse:
>   *
>   * We are called from a few places:
>   *
> - * - Within generic_file_write() for O_SYNC files.
> + * - Within generic_file_aio_write() for O_SYNC files.
>   *   Here, there will be no transaction running. We wait for any running
>   *   transaction to commit.
>   *
  This is correct but as I'm looking through the comment it needs much
larger update. So something like attached patches looks more appropriate.
Thanks for pointing me to those outdated comments.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR

View attachment "0001-ext3-Update-PF_MEMALLOC-handling-in-ext3_write_inode.patch" of type "text/x-patch" (2610 bytes)

View attachment "0002-ext3-Update-outdated-comment-before-ext3_ordered_wri.patch" of type "text/x-patch" (3499 bytes)