[PATCH] Fix for get_empty_dquot() in 2.2.14pre9

Daniel Roesen (droesen@home.ivm.de)
Tue, 30 Nov 1999 01:42:31 +0100

> Well, if you care about this printk - don't, otherwise count is bitbucket
> fodder. As for the goal (in free_inode_memory) - depends on the future
> plans. Andrea, your comments?

OK, as Andrea thinks about backporting the prune_* stuff back to 2.2.x, I
decided to leave free_inodes_memory() untouched. This one would go anyway,
but this keeps the patch smaller ;)

Best regards,
Daniel

New patch against vanilla 2.2.14pre9:

--- linux-2.2.14pre9.vanilla/fs/dquot.c Tue Nov 30 00:16:27 1999
+++ linux-2.2.14pre9/fs/dquot.c Tue Nov 30 01:27:53 1999
@@ -569,9 +569,14 @@
/*
* Try pruning the dcache to free up some dquots ...
*/
- printk(KERN_DEBUG "get_empty_dquot: pruning %d\n", count);
- if (prune_dcache(0, 128))
+
+ printk(KERN_DEBUG "get_empty_dquot: trying to prune dcache\n");
+
+ count = prune_dcache(0, 128);
+ if (count)
{
+ printk(KERN_DEBUG "get_empty_dquot: pruning %d\n", count);
+
free_inode_memory(count);
goto repeat;
}

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