[PATCH] i_size atomic access
From: Daniel McNeil <daniel@osdl.org> This adds i_seqcount to the inode structure and then uses i_size_read() and i_size_write() to provide atomic access to i_size. This is a port of Andrea Arcangeli's i_size atomic access patch from 2.4. This only uses the generic reader/writer consistent mechanism. Before: mnm:/usr/src/25> size vmlinux text data bss dec hex filename 2229582 1027683 162436 3419701 342e35 vmlinux After: mnm:/usr/src/25> size vmlinux text data bss dec hex filename 2225642 1027655 162436 3415733 341eb5 vmlinux 3.9k more text, a lot of it fastpath :( It's a very minor bug, and the fix has a fairly non-minor cost. The most compelling reason for fixing this is that writepage() checks i_size. If it sees a transient value it may decide that page is outside i_size and will refuse to write it. Lost user data.
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