linux-ext4 - Re: [patch] ext4: clean up the flags passed to __blockdev_direct

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Date:	Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:52:53 -0600
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] ext4: clean up the flags passed to __blockdev_direct_IO
 for extent-based files

On 2/24/12 3:49 PM, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For extent-based files, you can perform DIO to holes, as mentioned in
> the comments in ext4_ext_direct_IO.  However, that function passes
> DIO_SKIP_HOLES to __blockdev_direct_IO, which is *really* confusing to
> the uninitiated reader.  The key, here, is that the get_block function
> passed in, ext4_get_block_write, completely ignores the create flag that
> is passed to it (the create flag is passed in from the direct I/O code,
> which uses the DIO_SKIP_HOLES flag to determine whether or not it should
> be cleared).
> 
> This is a long-winded way of saying that the DIO_SKIP_HOLES flag is
> ultimately ignored.  So, in the interest of preserving sanity, I propose
> the following patch.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jeff
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>

Thank you sir.

Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>

> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index feaa82f..521ca03 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -2940,7 +2940,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_ext_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
>  					 ext4_get_block_write,
>  					 ext4_end_io_dio,
>  					 NULL,
> -					 DIO_LOCKING | DIO_SKIP_HOLES);
> +					 DIO_LOCKING);
>  		if (iocb->private)
>  			EXT4_I(inode)->cur_aio_dio = NULL;
>  		/*
> --
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