linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] netfs: Advance iterator correctly rather than jumping it

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Message-ID: <20240927-weinreben-ortstarif-e855de189596@brauner>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:11:33 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
	netfs@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfs: Advance iterator correctly rather than jumping it

On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:08:42 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> In netfs_write_folio(), use iov_iter_advance() to advance the folio as we
> split bits of it off to subrequests rather than manually jumping the
> ->iov_offset value around.  This becomes more problematic when we use a
> bounce buffer made out of single-page folios to cover a multipage pagecache
> folio.
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

[1/1] netfs: Advance iterator correctly rather than jumping it
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/507a9ef9e851