[PATCH 01/14] writeback: don't call mapping_set_error on AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Thu Feb 15 2024 - 01:37:18 EST


mapping_set_error should only be called on 0 returns (which it ignores)
or a negative error code.

writepage_cb ends up being able to call writepage_cb on the magic
AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE return value from ->writepage which means
success but the caller needs to unlock the page. Ignore that and
just call mapping_set_error on negative errors.

(no fixes tag as this goes back more than 20 years over various renames
and refactors so I've given up chasing down the original introduction)

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
---
mm/page-writeback.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 3f255534986a2f..703e83c69ffe08 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -2535,7 +2535,9 @@ static int writepage_cb(struct folio *folio, struct writeback_control *wbc,
{
struct address_space *mapping = data;
int ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(&folio->page, wbc);
- mapping_set_error(mapping, ret);
+
+ if (ret < 0)
+ mapping_set_error(mapping, ret);
return ret;
}

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2.39.2