linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: fix the comment of ext4_map_blocks()/ext4_ext_map

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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:25:11 +0800
From: Cheng Nie <niecheng1@...ontech.com>
To: tytso@....edu,
	adilger.kernel@...ger.ca
Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Cheng Nie <niecheng1@...ontech.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fix the comment of ext4_map_blocks()/ext4_ext_map_blocks()

this comment of ext4_map_blocks()/ext4_ext_map_blocks() need
update after commit c21770573319("ext4: Define a new set of
flags for ext4_get_blocks()").

Signed-off-by: Cheng Nie <niecheng1@...ontech.com>
---
 fs/ext4/extents.c |  6 +++---
 fs/ext4/inode.c   | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 01299b55a567..bb8fd760cc3c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4069,10 +4069,10 @@ static int get_implied_cluster_alloc(struct super_block *sb,
  *
  * Need to be called with
  * down_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem) if not allocating file system block
- * (ie, create is zero). Otherwise down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem)
+ * (ie, flags is zero). Otherwise down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem)
  *
  * return > 0, number of blocks already mapped/allocated
- *          if create == 0 and these are pre-allocated blocks
+ *          if flags doesn't contain EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE and these are pre-allocated blocks
  *          	buffer head is unmapped
  *          otherwise blocks are mapped
  *
@@ -4176,7 +4176,7 @@ int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,

 	/*
 	 * requested block isn't allocated yet;
-	 * we couldn't try to create block if create flag is zero
+	 * we couldn't try to create block if flags doesn't contain EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE
 	 */
 	if ((flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE) == 0) {
 		ext4_lblk_t hole_start, hole_len;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 5af1b0b8680e..89f0949ebcae 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -465,9 +465,10 @@ static void ext4_map_blocks_es_recheck(handle_t *handle,
  * Otherwise, call with ext4_ind_map_blocks() to handle indirect mapping
  * based files
  *
- * On success, it returns the number of blocks being mapped or allocated.  if
- * create==0 and the blocks are pre-allocated and unwritten, the resulting @map
- * is marked as unwritten. If the create == 1, it will mark @map as mapped.
+ * On success, it returns the number of blocks being mapped or allocated.
+ * If flags doesn't contain EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE the blocks are
+ * pre-allocated and unwritten, the resulting @map is marked as unwritten.
+ * If the flags contain EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE, it will mark @map as mapped.
  *
  * It returns 0 if plain look up failed (blocks have not been allocated), in
  * that case, @map is returned as unmapped but we still do fill map->m_len to
@@ -587,8 +588,7 @@ int ext4_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	 * Returns if the blocks have already allocated
 	 *
 	 * Note that if blocks have been preallocated
-	 * ext4_ext_get_block() returns the create = 0
-	 * with buffer head unmapped.
+	 * ext4_ext_map_blocks() returns with buffer head unmapped
 	 */
 	if (retval > 0 && map->m_flags & EXT4_MAP_MAPPED)
 		/*
--
2.20.1