linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] fs: allow short direct-io reads to be completed via buffered IO

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Message-ID: <20100504001418.GH2591@dastard>
Date:	Tue, 4 May 2010 10:14:18 +1000
From:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:	Josef Bacik <josef@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] fs: allow short direct-io reads to be completed
 via buffered IO

On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 01:27:02PM -0400, Josef Bacik wrote:
> This is similar to what already happens in the write case.  If we have a short
> read while doing O_DIRECT, instead of just returning, fallthrough and try to
> read the rest via buffered IO.  BTRFS needs this because if we encounter a
> compressed or inline extent during DIO, we need to fallback on buffered.  If the
> extent is compressed we need to read the entire thing into memory and
> de-compress it into the users pages.  I have tested this with fsx and everything
> works great.  Thanks,

Won't this mean that any direct IO read that spans EOF  (i.e. get a
short read) now attempt a buffered IO (that will fail) before returning?

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com
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