[PATCH 08/13] loop: remove the racy bd_inode->i_mapping->nrpages asserts
Nothing prevents a file system or userspace opener of the block device
from redirtying the page right afte sync_blockdev returned. Fortunately
data in the page cache during a block device change is mostly harmless
anyway.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Tested-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
---
drivers/block/loop.c | 20 --------------------
1 file changed, 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index d1c1086beedce..25a71fd7b59da 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1276,15 +1276,6 @@ loop_set_status(struct loop_device *lo, const struct loop_info64 *info)
/* I/O need to be drained during transfer transition */
blk_mq_freeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
- if (size_changed && lo->lo_device->bd_inode->i_mapping->nrpages) {
- /* If any pages were dirtied after invalidate_bdev(), try again */
- err = -EAGAIN;
- pr_warn("%s: loop%d (%s) still has dirty pages (nrpages=%lu)\n",
- __func__, lo->lo_number, lo->lo_file_name,
- lo->lo_device->bd_inode->i_mapping->nrpages);
- goto out_unfreeze;
- }
-
prev_lo_flags = lo->lo_flags;
err = loop_set_status_from_info(lo, info);
@@ -1495,21 +1486,10 @@ static int loop_set_block_size(struct loop_device *lo, unsigned long arg)
invalidate_bdev(lo->lo_device);
blk_mq_freeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
-
- /* invalidate_bdev should have truncated all the pages */
- if (lo->lo_device->bd_inode->i_mapping->nrpages) {
- err = -EAGAIN;
- pr_warn("%s: loop%d (%s) still has dirty pages (nrpages=%lu)\n",
- __func__, lo->lo_number, lo->lo_file_name,
- lo->lo_device->bd_inode->i_mapping->nrpages);
- goto out_unfreeze;
- }
-
blk_queue_logical_block_size(lo->lo_queue, arg);
blk_queue_physical_block_size(lo->lo_queue, arg);
blk_queue_io_min(lo->lo_queue, arg);
loop_update_dio(lo);
-out_unfreeze:
blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
return err;
--
2.30.2
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