linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] iomap: iomap that extends beyond EOF should be marked dirty

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Date:   Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:40:33 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:     Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iomap: iomap that extends beyond EOF should be marked
 dirty

On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 10:27:13PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Writes that span EOF might trigger an IO size update on completion,
> > +	 * so consider them to be dirty for the purposes of O_DSYNC even if
> > +	 * there is no other metadata changes being made or are pending here.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (offset + count > i_size_read(inode))
> > +		iomap->flags |= IOMAP_F_DIRTY;
> 
> This ought to be in xfs_direct_write_iomap_begin(), right?
> 
> (Hoping to see another rev of Christoph's iomap cleanup series... ;))

I need to finish off all the nitpicks on the first iomap series..

Also we'll want this patch in first as it is 5.4 / -stable material,
so I'll need to rebase on top of that as well.