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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/rd.c13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/rd.c b/drivers/block/rd.c
index 47f8ac6cce57..82f4eecc8699 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rd.c
@@ -189,6 +189,18 @@ static int ramdisk_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * releasepage is called by pagevec_strip/try_to_release_page if
+ * buffers_heads_over_limit is true. Without a releasepage function
+ * try_to_free_buffers is called instead. That can unset the dirty
+ * bit of our ram disk pages, which will be eventually freed, even
+ * if the page is still in use.
+ */
+static int ramdisk_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t dummy)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
static const struct address_space_operations ramdisk_aops = {
.readpage = ramdisk_readpage,
.prepare_write = ramdisk_prepare_write,
@@ -196,6 +208,7 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ramdisk_aops = {
.writepage = ramdisk_writepage,
.set_page_dirty = ramdisk_set_page_dirty,
.writepages = ramdisk_writepages,
+ .releasepage = ramdisk_releasepage,
};
static int rd_blkdev_pagecache_IO(int rw, struct bio_vec *vec, sector_t sector,