Commit 91803b49 authored by Jeff Moyer's avatar Jeff Moyer Committed by Linus Torvalds

do_generic_file_read: clear page errors when issuing a fresh read of the page

I/O errors can happen due to temporary failures, like multipath
errors or losing network contact with the iSCSI server. Because
of that, the VM will retry readpage on the page.

However, do_generic_file_read does not clear PG_error.  This
causes the system to be unable to actually use the data in the
page cache page, even if the subsequent readpage completes
successfully!

The function filemap_fault has had a ClearPageError before
readpage forever.  This patch simply adds the same to
do_generic_file_read.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarRik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Acked-by: default avatarLarry Woodman <lwoodman@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 63a64403
......@@ -1105,6 +1105,12 @@ static void do_generic_file_read(struct file *filp, loff_t *ppos,
}
readpage:
/*
* A previous I/O error may have been due to temporary
* failures, eg. multipath errors.
* PG_error will be set again if readpage fails.
*/
ClearPageError(page);
/* Start the actual read. The read will unlock the page. */
error = mapping->a_ops->readpage(filp, page);
......
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