linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v17 09/14] iomap: Don't get an reference on ZERO

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Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2023 08:08:36 +1100
From:   Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v17 09/14] iomap: Don't get an reference on ZERO_PAGE for
 direct I/O block zeroing

On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 04:52:46PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> ZERO_PAGE can't go away, no need to hold an extra reference.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
> cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  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 f771001574d0..850fb9870c2f 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);
>  }

Looks fine.

Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com