linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH V9 02/11] fs: Remove unneeded IS_DAX() check in io_is

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Message-ID: <20200421201328.GZ6742@magnolia>
Date:   Tue, 21 Apr 2020 13:13:29 -0700
From:   "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
To:     ira.weiny@...el.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V9 02/11] fs: Remove unneeded IS_DAX() check in
 io_is_direct()

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 12:17:44PM -0700, ira.weiny@...el.com wrote:
> From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> 
> Remove the check because DAX now has it's own read/write methods and
> file systems which support DAX check IS_DAX() prior to IOCB_DIRECT on
> their own.  Therefore, it does not matter if the file state is DAX when
> the iocb flags are created.
> 
> Also remove io_is_direct() as it is just a simple flag check.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>

Looks fine to me,
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

--D

> 
> ---
> Changes from v8:
> 	Rebase to latest Linus tree
> 
> Changes from v6:
> 	remove io_is_direct() as well.
> 	Remove Reviews since this is quite a bit different.
> 
> Changes from v3:
> 	Reword commit message.
> 	Reordered to be a 'pre-cleanup' patch
> ---
>  drivers/block/loop.c | 6 +++---
>  include/linux/fs.h   | 7 +------
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
> index da693e6a834e..14372df0f354 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/loop.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
> @@ -634,8 +634,8 @@ static int do_req_filebacked(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq)
>  
>  static inline void loop_update_dio(struct loop_device *lo)
>  {
> -	__loop_update_dio(lo, io_is_direct(lo->lo_backing_file) |
> -			lo->use_dio);
> +	__loop_update_dio(lo, (lo->lo_backing_file->f_flags & O_DIRECT) |
> +				lo->use_dio);
>  }
>  
>  static void loop_reread_partitions(struct loop_device *lo,
> @@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
>  	if (!(lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY) && file->f_op->fsync)
>  		blk_queue_write_cache(lo->lo_queue, true, false);
>  
> -	if (io_is_direct(lo->lo_backing_file) && inode->i_sb->s_bdev) {
> +	if ((lo->lo_backing_file->f_flags & O_DIRECT) && inode->i_sb->s_bdev) {
>  		/* In case of direct I/O, match underlying block size */
>  		unsigned short bsize = bdev_logical_block_size(
>  			inode->i_sb->s_bdev);
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index 4f6f59b4f22a..a87cc5845a02 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -3394,11 +3394,6 @@ extern void setattr_copy(struct inode *inode, const struct iattr *attr);
>  
>  extern int file_update_time(struct file *file);
>  
> -static inline bool io_is_direct(struct file *filp)
> -{
> -	return (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT) || IS_DAX(filp->f_mapping->host);
> -}
> -
>  static inline bool vma_is_dax(const struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  {
>  	return vma->vm_file && IS_DAX(vma->vm_file->f_mapping->host);
> @@ -3423,7 +3418,7 @@ static inline int iocb_flags(struct file *file)
>  	int res = 0;
>  	if (file->f_flags & O_APPEND)
>  		res |= IOCB_APPEND;
> -	if (io_is_direct(file))
> +	if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT)
>  		res |= IOCB_DIRECT;
>  	if ((file->f_flags & O_DSYNC) || IS_SYNC(file->f_mapping->host))
>  		res |= IOCB_DSYNC;
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>