linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/3] fs: remove the buffer_unwritten check in page_seek_hole

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Date:   Thu, 31 May 2018 08:47:06 +1000
From:   Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] fs: remove the buffer_unwritten check in
 page_seek_hole_data

On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 12:02:07PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> We only call into this function through the iomap iterators, so we already
> know the buffer is unwritten.  In addition to that we always require the
> uptodate flag that is ORed with the result anyway.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
>  fs/iomap.c | 13 ++++---------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Makes sense to me.

Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>
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Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com