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    [PATCH] readpage-vs-invalidate fix · ba1f08f1
    Andrew Morton authored
    A while ago we merged a patch which tried to solve a problem wherein a
    concurrent read() and invalidate_inode_pages() would cause the read() to
    return -EIO because invalidate cleared PageUptodate() at the wrong time.
    
    That patch tests for (page_count(page) != 2) in invalidate_complete_page() and
    bales out if false.
    
    Problem is, the page may be in the per-cpu LRU front-ends over in
    lru_cache_add.  This elevates the refcount pending spillage of the page onto
    the LRU for real.  That causes a false positive in invalidate_complete_page(),
    causing the page to not get invalidated.  This screws up the logic in my new
    O_DIRECT-vs-buffered coherency fix.
    
    So let's solve the invalidate-vs-read in a different manner.  Over on the
    read() side, add an explicit check to see if the page was invalidated.  If so,
    just drop it on the floor and redo the read from scratch.
    
    Note that only do_generic_mapping_read() needs treatment.  filemap_nopage(),
    filemap_getpage() and read_cache_page() are already doing the
    oh-it-was-invalidated-so-try-again thing.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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