Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix comment at truncate_setsize()

[Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 445 bytes --]

On Thu 21-10-10 12:48:12, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:47:22AM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > The main fix in this patch is that truncate_setsize() should be called
> > *before* not after filesystem truncated blocks.
> 
> ITYM "contrary to what comment says, ..."; as it is, commit message alone
> reads as if commit fixed the problem with actual code.
  OK. Attached is a version with updated changelog. Is it better?

								Honza

[-- Attachment #2: 0001-mm-Fix-comment-at-truncate_setsize.patch --]
[-- Type: text/x-patch, Size: 1484 bytes --]

>From f237e25cae0b628fc81e4fa69b3b2a2ab2d0b086 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:29:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] mm: Fix comment at truncate_setsize()

The main fix in this patch is that, contrary to what the comment says,
truncate_setsize() should be called *before* filesystem truncated blocks.

CC: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
 mm/truncate.c |   11 +++++------
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
index ba887bf..e13e535 100644
--- a/mm/truncate.c
+++ b/mm/truncate.c
@@ -545,13 +545,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(truncate_pagecache);
  * @inode: inode
  * @newsize: new file size
  *
- * truncate_setsize updastes i_size update and performs pagecache
- * truncation (if necessary) for a file size updates. It will be
- * typically be called from the filesystem's setattr function when
- * ATTR_SIZE is passed in.
+ * truncate_setsize updates i_size and performs pagecache truncation (if
+ * necessary) to @newsize. It will be typically be called from the filesystem's
+ * setattr function when ATTR_SIZE is passed in.
  *
- * Must be called with inode_mutex held and after all filesystem
- * specific block truncation has been performed.
+ * Must be called with inode_mutex held and before all filesystem specific
+ * block truncation has been performed.
  */
 void truncate_setsize(struct inode *inode, loff_t newsize)
 {
-- 
1.6.4.2