From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx193.postini.com [74.125.245.193]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 364566B0036 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:41:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from /spool/local by e28smtp09.in.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:06:51 +0530 Received: from d28relay02.in.ibm.com (d28relay02.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.59]) by d28dlp03.in.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7A0C125805B for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:10:06 +0530 (IST) Received: from d28av01.in.ibm.com (d28av01.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.63]) by d28relay02.in.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id r5E9fCMr23658678 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:11:13 +0530 Received: from d28av01.in.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d28av01.in.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id r5E9f6CY021278 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:41:08 GMT Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:41:05 +0800 From: Wanpeng Li Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] mm/writeback: fix wb_do_writeback exported unsafely Message-ID: <20130614094105.GA10412@hacker.(null)> Reply-To: Wanpeng Li References: <1371195041-26654-1-git-send-email-liwanp@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20130614093121.GB28555@hli22-desktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130614093121.GB28555@hli22-desktop> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Haicheng Li Cc: Andrew Morton , Michal Hocko , David Rientjes , "Kirill A. Shutemov" , Fengguang Wu , Rik van Riel , Andrew Shewmaker , Jiri Kosina , Namjae Jeon , Jan Kara , Tejun Heo , linux-mm@kvack.org On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 05:31:21PM +0800, Haicheng Li wrote: > >On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 03:30:34PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote: >> There is just one caller in fs-writeback.c call wb_do_writeback and >> current codes unnecessary export it in header file, this patch fix >> it by changing wb_do_writeback to static function. >> >> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li > >Hi Wanpeng, > >A simliar patch has been merged in -next tree with commit#: 836f29bbb0f7a08dbdf1ed3ee704ef8aea81e56f > >BTW, actually this should have nothing to do with safety, just unnecessary to export it globally. Oh, I miss your commit, anyway, good to see your work. ;-) >> --- >> fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 +- >> include/linux/writeback.h | 1 - >> 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c >> index 3be5718..f892dec 100644 >> --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c >> +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c >> @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb) >> /* >> * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe >> */ >> -long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait) >> +static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait) >> { >> struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi; >> struct wb_writeback_work *work; >> diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h >> index 579a500..e27468e 100644 >> --- a/include/linux/writeback.h >> +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h >> @@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *, unsigned long nr, >> void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *); >> long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages, >> enum wb_reason reason); >> -long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait); >> void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason); >> void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode); >> >> -- >> 1.8.1.2 >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in >> the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, >> see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . >> Don't email: email@kvack.org -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org