[PATCH] NTFS: Critical bug fix (affects MIPS and possibly others)

Many thanks to Pauline Ng for the detailed bug report and analysis! Signed-off-by: Anton Altaparmakov <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
dbaluta · Jun 22, 2006 · f893afb · f893afb
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diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -1484,14 +1484,15 @@ static inline void ntfs_flush_dcache_pages(struct page **pages,
 		unsigned nr_pages)
 {
 	BUG_ON(!nr_pages);
+	/*
+	 * Warning: Do not do the decrement at the same time as the call to
+	 * flush_dcache_page() because it is a NULL macro on i386 and hence the
+	 * decrement never happens so the loop never terminates.
+	 */
 	do {
-		/*
-		 * Warning: Do not do the decrement at the same time as the
-		 * call because flush_dcache_page() is a NULL macro on i386
-		 * and hence the decrement never happens.
-		 */
+		--nr_pages;
 		flush_dcache_page(pages[nr_pages]);
-	} while (--nr_pages > 0);
+	} while (nr_pages > 0);
 }
 
 /**