Hello Alan, I use it all the time and it is not pre6 stuff related...:-) Thanks, Dieter --- linux/mm/filemap.c Mon May 28 13:31:49 2001 +++ linux/mm/filemap.c Mon Jun 11 23:31:08 2001 @@ -230,17 +230,17 @@ unsigned long offset; page = list_entry(curr, struct page, list); - curr = curr->next; offset = page->index; /* Is one of the pages to truncate? */ if ((offset >= start) || (*partial && (offset + 1) == start)) { + list_del(head); + list_add(head, curr); if (TryLockPage(page)) { page_cache_get(page); spin_unlock(&pagecache_lock); wait_on_page(page); - page_cache_release(page); - return 1; + goto out_restart; } page_cache_get(page); spin_unlock(&pagecache_lock); @@ -252,11 +252,15 @@ truncate_complete_page(page); UnlockPage(page); - page_cache_release(page); - return 1; + goto out_restart; } + curr = curr->next; } return 0; +out_restart: + page_cache_release(page); + spin_lock(&pagecache_lock); + return 1; } @@ -273,15 +277,19 @@ { unsigned long start = (lstart + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT; unsigned partial = lstart & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1); + int complete; -repeat: spin_lock(&pagecache_lock); - if (truncate_list_pages(&mapping->clean_pages, start, &partial)) - goto repeat; - if (truncate_list_pages(&mapping->dirty_pages, start, &partial)) - goto repeat; - if (truncate_list_pages(&mapping->locked_pages, start, &partial)) - goto repeat; + do { + complete = 1; + while (truncate_list_pages(&mapping->clean_pages, start, &partial)) + complete = 0; + while (truncate_list_pages(&mapping->dirty_pages, start, &partial)) + complete = 0; + while (truncate_list_pages(&mapping->locked_pages, start, &partial)) + complete = 0; + } while (!complete); + /* Traversed all three lists without dropping the lock */ spin_unlock(&pagecache_lock); } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/