On 12/19/2023 5:37 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote: > diff --git a/block/fops.c b/block/fops.c > index 0abaac705daf..787ce52bc2c6 100644 > --- a/block/fops.c > +++ b/block/fops.c > @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO_simple(struct kiocb *iocb, > bio_init(&bio, bdev, vecs, nr_pages, dio_bio_write_op(iocb)); > } > bio.bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> SECTOR_SHIFT; > + bio.bi_write_hint = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp)->i_write_hint; > bio.bi_ioprio = iocb->ki_ioprio; > > ret = bio_iov_iter_get_pages(&bio, iter); > @@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, > > for (;;) { > bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> SECTOR_SHIFT; > + bio->bi_write_hint = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp)->i_write_hint; > bio->bi_private = dio; > bio->bi_end_io = blkdev_bio_end_io; > bio->bi_ioprio = iocb->ki_ioprio; > @@ -321,6 +323,7 @@ static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO_async(struct kiocb *iocb, > dio->flags = 0; > dio->iocb = iocb; > bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> SECTOR_SHIFT; > + bio->bi_write_hint = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp)->i_write_hint; This (and two more places above) should rather be changed to: bio.bi_write_hint = bdev_file_inode(iocb->ki_filp)->i_write_hint; Note that at other places too (e.g., blkdev_fallocate, blkdev_mmap, blkdev_lseek) bdev inode is used and not file inode.