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This commit changes the implementation of cow_file_range_async in order to get rid of the BUG_ON in the middle of the loop. Additionally it reworks the inner loop in the hopes of making it more understandable. The idea is to make async_cow be a top-level structured, shared amongst all chunks being sent for compression. This allows to perform one memory allocation at the beginning and gracefully fail the IO if there isn't enough memory. Now, each chunk is going to be described by an async_chunk struct. It's the responsibility of the final chunk to actually free the memory. Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.