linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 04/10] iomap: don't get an reference on ZERO

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Message-ID: <76a0dc81-7fd6-a923-f22c-22b0be12a709@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:29:46 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 04/10] iomap: don't get an reference on ZERO_PAGE for
 direct I/O block zeroing

On 23.01.23 18:30, David Howells wrote:
> From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> 
> ZERO_PAGE can't go away, no need to hold an extra reference.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> ---
>   fs/iomap/direct-io.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
> index 9804714b1751..47db4ead1e74 100644
> --- a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
> +++ b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
> @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static void iomap_dio_zero(const struct iomap_iter *iter, struct iomap_dio *dio,
>   	bio->bi_private = dio;
>   	bio->bi_end_io = iomap_dio_bio_end_io;
>   
> -	get_page(page);
> +	bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_NO_PAGE_REF);
>   	__bio_add_page(bio, page, len, 0);
>   	iomap_dio_submit_bio(iter, dio, bio, pos);
>   }
> 

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb