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SubjectRe: [PATCH] IDE: Do not call bh_phys() on buffers with invalid b_page.
On Wed, Jan 29 2003, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> Hi, I just spotted this in the patch (but the code itself have been
> there since 2.4.20-pre2).
>
> > - if (((unsigned long) bh->b_data) < PAGE_SIZE)
> > + if ((unsigned long) bh->b_data < PAGE_SIZE)
>
> Didn't you meant PAGE_OFFSET and not PAGE_SIZE here ? I fail to see why
> it would make any sense to compare a virtual address to PAGE_SIZE ;)

For highmem buffer heads, b_data is the offset into the page. Does look
confusing, I'll give you that :-)

The test should most likely just be removed, if anything.

--
Jens Axboe

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