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Date:      Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:17:25 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r242921 - stable/9/sys/kern
Message-ID:  <201211121517.qACFHPS1042525@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: kib
Date: Mon Nov 12 15:17:25 2012
New Revision: 242921
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/242921

Log:
  MFC r242617:
  A clarification to the behaviour of the active vnode list management
  regarding the vnode page cleaning.

Modified:
  stable/9/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
Directory Properties:
  stable/9/sys/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/9/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
==============================================================================
--- stable/9/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c	Mon Nov 12 14:34:46 2012	(r242920)
+++ stable/9/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c	Mon Nov 12 15:17:25 2012	(r242921)
@@ -2547,6 +2547,9 @@ vinactive(struct vnode *vp, struct threa
 	 * Before moving off the active list, we must be sure that any
 	 * modified pages are on the vnode's dirty list since these will
 	 * no longer be checked once the vnode is on the inactive list.
+	 * Because the vnode vm object keeps a hold reference on the vnode
+	 * if there is at least one resident non-cached page, the vnode
+	 * cannot leave the active list without the page cleanup done.
 	 */
 	obj = vp->v_object;
 	if (obj != NULL && (obj->flags & OBJ_MIGHTBEDIRTY) != 0) {



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