Re: [PATCH v3] block: Discard page cache of zone reset target range

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On 3/11/21 12:25 AM, Shin'ichiro Kawasaki wrote:
> When zone reset ioctl and data read race for a same zone on zoned block
> devices, the data read leaves stale page cache even though the zone
> reset ioctl zero clears all the zone data on the device. To avoid
> non-zero data read from the stale page cache after zone reset, discard
> page cache of reset target zones in blkdev_zone_mgmt_ioctl(). Introduce
> the helper function blkdev_truncate_zone_range() to discard the page
> cache. Ensure the page cache discarded by calling the helper function
> before and after zone reset in same manner as fallocate does.
> 
> This patch can be applied back to the stable kernel version v5.10.y.
> Rework is needed for older stable kernels.

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe




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