1 files changed, 82 insertions, 56 deletions

diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index b144fc367b8b..09bb80c479d8 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -2274,51 +2274,64 @@ int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	const unsigned blkbits = inode->i_blkbits;
 	const unsigned blocksize = 1 << blkbits;
-	struct buffer_head map_bh;
-	struct buffer_head *read_bh[MAX_BUF_PER_PAGE];
+	struct buffer_head *head, *bh;
 	unsigned block_in_page;
-	unsigned block_start;
+	unsigned block_start, block_end;
 	sector_t block_in_file;
 	char *kaddr;
 	int nr_reads = 0;
-	int i;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int is_mapped_to_disk = 1;
 
+	if (page_has_buffers(page))
+		return block_prepare_write(page, from, to, get_block);
+
 	if (PageMappedToDisk(page))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Allocate buffers so that we can keep track of state, and potentially
+	 * attach them to the page if an error occurs. In the common case of
+	 * no error, they will just be freed again without ever being attached
+	 * to the page (which is all OK, because we're under the page lock).
+	 *
+	 * Be careful: the buffer linked list is a NULL terminated one, rather
+	 * than the circular one we're used to.
+	 */
+	head = alloc_page_buffers(page, blocksize, 0);
+	if (!head)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	block_in_file = (sector_t)page->index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - blkbits);
-	map_bh.b_page = page;
 
 	/*
 	 * We loop across all blocks in the page, whether or not they are
 	 * part of the affected region.  This is so we can discover if the
 	 * page is fully mapped-to-disk.
 	 */
-	for (block_start = 0, block_in_page = 0;
+	for (block_start = 0, block_in_page = 0, bh = head;
 		  block_start < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
-		  block_in_page++, block_start += blocksize) {
-		unsigned block_end = block_start + blocksize;
+		  block_in_page++, block_start += blocksize, bh = bh->b_this_page) {
 		int create;
 
-		map_bh.b_state = 0;
+		block_end = block_start + blocksize;
+		bh->b_state = 0;
 		create = 1;
 		if (block_start >= to)
 			create = 0;
-		map_bh.b_size = blocksize;
 		ret = get_block(inode, block_in_file + block_in_page,
-					&map_bh, create);
+					bh, create);
 		if (ret)
 			goto failed;
-		if (!buffer_mapped(&map_bh))
+		if (!buffer_mapped(bh))
 			is_mapped_to_disk = 0;
-		if (buffer_new(&map_bh))
-			unmap_underlying_metadata(map_bh.b_bdev,
-							map_bh.b_blocknr);
-		if (PageUptodate(page))
+		if (buffer_new(bh))
+			unmap_underlying_metadata(bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr);
+		if (PageUptodate(page)) {
+			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 			continue;
-		if (buffer_new(&map_bh) || !buffer_mapped(&map_bh)) {
+		}
+		if (buffer_new(bh) || !buffer_mapped(bh)) {
 			kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
 			if (block_start < from)
 				memset(kaddr+block_start, 0, from-block_start);
@@ -2328,49 +2341,26 @@ int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
 			kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (buffer_uptodate(&map_bh))
+		if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
 			continue;	/* reiserfs does this */
 		if (block_start < from || block_end > to) {
-			struct buffer_head *bh = alloc_buffer_head(GFP_NOFS);
-
-			if (!bh) {
-				ret = -ENOMEM;
-				goto failed;
-			}
-			bh->b_state = map_bh.b_state;
-			atomic_set(&bh->b_count, 0);
-			bh->b_this_page = NULL;
-			bh->b_page = page;
-			bh->b_blocknr = map_bh.b_blocknr;
-			bh->b_size = blocksize;
-			bh->b_data = (char *)(long)block_start;
-			bh->b_bdev = map_bh.b_bdev;
-			bh->b_private = NULL;
-			read_bh[nr_reads++] = bh;
+			lock_buffer(bh);
+			bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_nobh;
+			submit_bh(READ, bh);
+			nr_reads++;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (nr_reads) {
-		struct buffer_head *bh;
-
 		/*
 		 * The page is locked, so these buffers are protected from
 		 * any VM or truncate activity.  Hence we don't need to care
 		 * for the buffer_head refcounts.
 		 */
-		for (i = 0; i < nr_reads; i++) {
-			bh = read_bh[i];
-			lock_buffer(bh);
-			bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_nobh;
-			submit_bh(READ, bh);
-		}
-		for (i = 0; i < nr_reads; i++) {
-			bh = read_bh[i];
+		for (bh = head; bh; bh = bh->b_this_page) {
 			wait_on_buffer(bh);
 			if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
 				ret = -EIO;
-			free_buffer_head(bh);
-			read_bh[i] = NULL;
 		}
 		if (ret)
 			goto failed;
@@ -2379,21 +2369,54 @@ int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
 	if (is_mapped_to_disk)
 		SetPageMappedToDisk(page);
 
+	do {
+		bh = head;
+		head = head->b_this_page;
+		free_buffer_head(bh);
+	} while (head);
+
 	return 0;
 
 failed:
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_reads; i++) {
-		if (read_bh[i])
-			free_buffer_head(read_bh[i]);
-	}
-
 	/*
-	 * Error recovery is pretty slack.  Clear the page and mark it dirty
-	 * so we'll later zero out any blocks which _were_ allocated.
+	 * Error recovery is a bit difficult. We need to zero out blocks that
+	 * were newly allocated, and dirty them to ensure they get written out.
+	 * Buffers need to be attached to the page at this point, otherwise
+	 * the handling of potential IO errors during writeout would be hard
+	 * (could try doing synchronous writeout, but what if that fails too?)
 	 */
-	zero_user_page(page, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, KM_USER0);
-	SetPageUptodate(page);
-	set_page_dirty(page);
+	spin_lock(&page->mapping->private_lock);
+	bh = head;
+	block_start = 0;
+	do {
+		if (PageUptodate(page))
+			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+		if (PageDirty(page))
+			set_buffer_dirty(bh);
+
+		block_end = block_start+blocksize;
+		if (block_end <= from)
+			goto next;
+		if (block_start >= to)
+			goto next;
+
+		if (buffer_new(bh)) {
+			clear_buffer_new(bh);
+			if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+				zero_user_page(page, block_start, bh->b_size, KM_USER0);
+				set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+			}
+			mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+		}
+next:
+		block_start = block_end;
+		if (!bh->b_this_page)
+			bh->b_this_page = head;
+		bh = bh->b_this_page;
+	} while (bh != head);
+	attach_page_buffers(page, head);
+	spin_unlock(&page->mapping->private_lock);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nobh_prepare_write);
@@ -2408,6 +2431,9 @@ int nobh_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	loff_t pos = ((loff_t)page->index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + to;
 
+	if (page_has_buffers(page))
+		return generic_commit_write(file, page, from, to);
+
 	SetPageUptodate(page);
 	set_page_dirty(page);
 	if (pos > inode->i_size) {