ext4: Direct IO return value fix for holes/fallocate When direct IO complete, ext4 will convert unwritten extents to written, for writes over preallocated space, or holes. ext4_direct_IO should returns the number of bytes read/write on success. However there is a bug that cause ext4_direct_IO returns the number of bytes converted to written extents, which is 0 on success. This bug causes direct IO falls back to buffered IO even on sucessful rewrites or preallocated space. Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/extents.c | 1 + fs/ext4/inode.c | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.31-rc4/fs/ext4/extents.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.31-rc4.orig/fs/ext4/extents.c +++ linux-2.6.31-rc4/fs/ext4/extents.c @@ -3500,6 +3500,7 @@ retry: * * This function is called from the direct IO end io call back * function, to convert the fallocated extents after IO is completed. + * Returns 0 on success. */ int ext4_convert_unwritten_extents(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len) Index: linux-2.6.31-rc4/fs/ext4/inode.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.31-rc4.orig/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ linux-2.6.31-rc4/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -3693,13 +3693,17 @@ static ssize_t ext4_ext_direct_IO(int rw if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED && ret <= 0 && iocb->private) { ext4_free_io_end(iocb->private); iocb->private = NULL; - } else if (ret > 0) + } else if (ret > 0){ + int err; /* * for non AIO case, since the IO is already * completed, we could do the convertion right here */ - ret = ext4_convert_unwritten_extents(inode, + err = ext4_convert_unwritten_extents(inode, offset, ret); + if (err < 0) + ret = err; + } return ret; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html