Re: [PATCH 4/6] ext4: Warn if we ever fallback to buffered-io for DIO atomic writes

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On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 09:15:53AM +0530, Ritesh Harjani (IBM) wrote:
> iomap will not return -ENOTBLK in case of dio atomic writes. But let's
> also add a WARN_ON_ONCE and return -EIO as a safety net.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/file.c | 10 +++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
> index f9516121a036..af6ebd0ac0d6 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/file.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
> @@ -576,8 +576,16 @@ static ssize_t ext4_dio_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
>  		iomap_ops = &ext4_iomap_overwrite_ops;
>  	ret = iomap_dio_rw(iocb, from, iomap_ops, &ext4_dio_write_ops,
>  			   dio_flags, NULL, 0);
> -	if (ret == -ENOTBLK)
> +	if (ret == -ENOTBLK) {
>  		ret = 0;
> +		/*
> +		 * iomap will never return -ENOTBLK if write fails for atomic
> +		 * write. But let's just add a safety net.

I think it can if the pagecache invalidation fails, so you really do
need the safety net.  I suspect that the xfs version of this series
needs it too, though it may have fallen out?

Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>

--D

> +		 */
> +		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_ATOMIC))
> +			ret = -EIO;
> +	}
> +
>  	if (extend) {
>  		/*
>  		 * We always perform extending DIO write synchronously so by
> -- 
> 2.46.0
> 
> 




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