linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v5 22/22] XIP: Add support for unwritten extents

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:08:29 -0500
From:	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 22/22] XIP: Add support for unwritten extents

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 03:51:56PM -0700, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> > +			if (hole) {
> >  				addr = NULL;
> > -				hole = true;
> >  				size = bh->b_size;
> > +			} else {
> > +				unsigned first;
> > +				retval = xip_get_addr(inode, bh, &addr);
> > +				if (retval < 0)
> > +					break;
> > +				size = retval;
> > +				first = offset - (block << inode->i_blkbits);
> > +				if (buffer_unwritten(bh))
> > +					memset(addr, 0, first);
> > +				addr += first;
> 
> +                               size -= first;
> 
> This is needed so that we don't overrun the XIP buffer we are given in the
> event that our user buffer >= our XIP buffer and the start of our I/O isn't
> block aligned.

You're right!  Thank you!  However, we also need it for the hole ==
true case, don't we?  So maybe something like this, incrementally on top of
patch 22/22:

P.S. Can someone come up with a better name for this variable than 'first'?
I'd usually use 'offset', but that's already taken.  'annoying_bit' seems a
bit judgemental.  'misaligned', maybe?  'skip' or 'seek' like dd uses?

diff --git a/fs/xip.c b/fs/xip.c
index 92157ff..1ae00db 100644
--- a/fs/xip.c
+++ b/fs/xip.c
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ static ssize_t xip_io(int rw, struct inode *inode, const struct iovec *iov,
 
 		if (max == offset) {
 			sector_t block = offset >> inode->i_blkbits;
+			unsigned first = offset - (block << inode->i_blkbits);
 			long size;
 			memset(bh, 0, sizeof(*bh));
 			bh->b_size = ALIGN(end - offset, PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -121,14 +122,12 @@ static ssize_t xip_io(int rw, struct inode *inode, const struct iovec *iov,
 
 			if (hole) {
 				addr = NULL;
-				size = bh->b_size;
+				size = bh->b_size - first;
 			} else {
-				unsigned first;
 				retval = xip_get_addr(inode, bh, &addr);
 				if (retval < 0)
 					break;
-				size = retval;
-				first = offset - (block << inode->i_blkbits);
+				size = retval - first;
 				if (buffer_unwritten(bh))
 					memset(addr, 0, first);
 				addr += first;
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