linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH] ext4: disambiguate the return value of ext4_dio_write_end

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Message-ID: <173099237654.321265.14598292051529807032.b4-ty@mit.edu>
Date: Thu,  7 Nov 2024 10:12:52 -0500
From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To: adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, alexjlzheng@...il.com
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@...cent.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] ext4: disambiguate the return value of ext4_dio_write_end_io()


On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 16:25:39 +0800, alexjlzheng@...il.com wrote:
> The commit 91562895f803 ("ext4: properly sync file size update after O_SYNC
> direct IO") causes confusion about the meaning of the return value of
> ext4_dio_write_end_io().
> 
> Specifically, when the ext4_handle_inode_extension() operation succeeds,
> ext4_dio_write_end_io() directly returns count instead of 0.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: disambiguate the return value of ext4_dio_write_end_io()
      commit: e88d17afcf8364c353942e951f8e968f66bfcaa0

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>