From 2faf2e19dd0e060eeb32442858ef495ac3083277 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Kennedy Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:46:07 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: return correct wbc.nr_to_write in ext4_da_writepages When ext4_da_writepages increases the nr_to_write in writeback_control then it must always re-base the return value. Originally there was a (misguided) attempt prevent wbc.nr_to_write from going negative. In fact, it's necessary to allow nr_to_write to be negative so that wb_writeback() can correctly calculate how many pages were actually written. Signed-off-by: Richard Kennedy Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c index 282621f..3e3b454 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -2967,8 +2967,7 @@ retry: out_writepages: if (!no_nrwrite_index_update) wbc->no_nrwrite_index_update = 0; - if (wbc->nr_to_write > nr_to_writebump) - wbc->nr_to_write -= nr_to_writebump; + wbc->nr_to_write -= nr_to_writebump; wbc->range_start = range_start; trace_ext4_da_writepages_result(inode, wbc, ret, pages_written); return ret; -- 1.8.2.3