Re: [PATCH 4/6] xfs: call xfs_flush_unmap_range from xfs_free_file_space

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On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 01:03:31PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > @@ -848,6 +848,14 @@ xfs_free_file_space(
> >  	if (len <= 0)	/* if nothing being freed */
> >  		return 0;
> >  
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Now AIO and DIO has drained we flush and (if necessary) invalidate
> > +	 * the cached range over the first operation we are about to run.
> > +	 */
> > +	error = xfs_flush_unmap_range(ip, offset, len);
> > +	if (error)
> > +		return error;
> > +
> >  	startoffset_fsb = XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, offset);
> >  	endoffset_fsb = XFS_B_TO_FSBT(mp, offset + len);
> 
> Ok, so if we ever change the zeroing implementation to not punch a
> hole first, we're going to have to make sure we add this to whatever
> new zeroing implementation we have.
> 
> Can you leave a comment in the FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE implementation
> code that notes it currently relies on the xfs_flush_unmap_range()
> in xfs_free_file_space() for correct operation?

Sure.





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