Re: [PATCH v5.3 08/11] btrfs: extent_io: Kill the BUG_ON() in lock_extent_buffer_for_io()

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On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 02:27:46PM +0800, Qu Wenruo wrote:
> This function needs some extra check on locked pages and eb.
> 
> For error handling we need to unlock locked pages and the eb.
> 
> Also add comment for possible return values of lock_extent_buffer_for_io().
> 
> There is a rare >0 return value branch, where all pages get locked
> while write bio is not flushed.
> 
> Thankfully it's handled by the only caller, btree_write_cache_pages(),
> as later write_one_eb() call will trigger submit_one_bio().
> So there shouldn't be any problem.

Right, I'd suggest to add a comment to btree_write_cache_pages
explaining that and possibly changing the condition to make it more
explicit that all 3 types of values are really handled.



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