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Under some circumstances, filemap_read() will allocate sufficient pages to read to the end of the file, call readahead/readpages on them and copy the data over - and then it will allocate another page at the EOF and call readpage on that and then ignore it. This is unnecessary and a waste of time and resources. filemap_read() *does* check for this, but only after it has already done the allocation and I/O. Fix this by checking before calling filemap_get_pages() also. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/163472463105.3126792.7056099385135786492.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/160588481358.3465195.16552616179674485179.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163456863216.2614702.6384850026368833133.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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.