On Thu 31-01-19 11:15:28, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2019, Michal Hocko wrote:
>
> > > diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> > > index 9f5e323e883e..7bcdd36e629d 100644
> > > --- a/mm/filemap.c
> > > +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> > > @@ -2075,8 +2075,6 @@ static ssize_t generic_file_buffered_read(struct
> > > kiocb *iocb,
> > >
> > > page = find_get_page(mapping, index);
> > > if (!page) {
> > > - if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
> > > - goto would_block;
> > > page_cache_sync_readahead(mapping,
> > > ra, filp,
> > > index, last_index - index);
> >
> > Maybe a stupid question but I am not really familiar with this path but
> > what exactly does prevent a sync read down page_cache_sync_readahead
> > path?
>
> page_cache_sync_readahead() only submits the read ahead request(s), it
> doesn't wait for it to finish.
OK, I guess my question was not precise. What does prevent taking fs
locks down the path?
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
