Convert ext2 to use ->perform_write. This uses the main loop out of generic_perform_write, but when encountering a short usercopy, it zeroes out new uninitialised blocks, and passes in a short-length commit to __block_commit_write, which does the right thing (in terms of not setting things uptodate). fs/buffer.c | 143 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ fs/ext2/inode.c | 7 ++ include/linux/buffer_head.h | 1 include/linux/pagemap.h | 2 4 files changed, 153 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6/fs/buffer.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/buffer.c +++ linux-2.6/fs/buffer.c @@ -1866,6 +1866,50 @@ next_bh: return err; } +void page_zero_new_buffers(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to) +{ + unsigned int block_start, block_end; + struct buffer_head *head, *bh; + + BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page)); + if (!page_has_buffers(page)) + return; + + bh = head = page_buffers(page); + block_start = 0; + do { + block_end = block_start + bh->b_size; + + if (buffer_new(bh)) { + if (block_end > from && block_start < to) { + if (!PageUptodate(page)) { + unsigned start, end; + void *kaddr; + + start = max(from, block_start); + end = min(to, block_end); + + kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0); + memset(kaddr+start, 0, block_end-end); + flush_dcache_page(page); + kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0); + set_buffer_uptodate(bh); + } + + /* + * XXX: make buffer_new behaviour more + * consistent. + * clear_buffer_new(bh); + */ + mark_buffer_dirty(bh); + } + } + + block_start = block_end; + bh = bh->b_this_page; + } while (bh != head); +} + static int __block_commit_write(struct inode *inode, struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to) { @@ -1900,6 +1944,105 @@ static int __block_commit_write(struct i return 0; } +ssize_t block_perform_write(struct file *file, struct iovec_iterator *i, + loff_t pos, get_block_t *get_block) +{ + struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping; + struct inode *inode = mapping->host; + long status = 0; + ssize_t written = 0; + + do { + struct page *page; + pgoff_t index; /* Pagecache index for current page */ + unsigned long offset; /* Offset into pagecache page */ + unsigned long bytes; /* Bytes to write to page */ + size_t copied; /* Bytes copied from user */ + + offset = (pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1)); + index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT; + bytes = min_t(unsigned long, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset, + iovec_iterator_count(i)); + + /* + * Bring in the user page that we will copy from _first_. + * Otherwise there's a nasty deadlock on copying from the + * same page as we're writing to, without it being marked + * up-to-date. + * + * Not only is this an optimisation, but it is also required + * to check that the address is actually valid, when atomic + * usercopies are used, below. + */ + if (unlikely(iovec_iterator_fault_in_readable(i))) { + status = -EFAULT; + break; + } + + page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index); + if (!page) { + status = -ENOMEM; + break; + } + + status = __block_prepare_write(inode, page, offset, + offset+bytes, get_block); + if (unlikely(status)) { + ClearPageUptodate(page); + + page_cache_release(page); + + /* + * prepare_write() may have instantiated a few blocks + * outside i_size. Trim these off again. Don't need + * i_size_read because we hold i_mutex. + */ + if (pos + bytes > inode->i_size) + vmtruncate(inode, inode->i_size); + break; + } + + /* + * Must not enter the pagefault handler here, because + * we hold the page lock. See mm/filemap.c for more + * details. + */ + pagefault_disable(); + copied = iovec_iterator_copy_from_user_atomic(page, i, + offset, bytes); + pagefault_enable(); + if (unlikely(copied < bytes)) + page_zero_new_buffers(page, offset+copied, offset+bytes); + flush_dcache_page(page); + + /* This could be a short (even 0-length) commit */ + __block_commit_write(inode, page, offset, offset+copied); + + unlock_page(page); + mark_page_accessed(page); + page_cache_release(page); + + iovec_iterator_advance(i, copied); + pos += copied; + written += copied; + + balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping); + cond_resched(); + + } while (iovec_iterator_count(i)); + + /* + * No need to use i_size_read() here, the i_size + * cannot change under us because we hold i_mutex. + */ + if (pos > inode->i_size) { + i_size_write(inode, pos); + mark_inode_dirty(inode); + } + + return written ? written : status; +} + /* * Generic "read page" function for block devices that have the normal * get_block functionality. This is most of the block device filesystems. Index: linux-2.6/fs/ext2/inode.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ext2/inode.c +++ linux-2.6/fs/ext2/inode.c @@ -642,6 +642,12 @@ ext2_readpages(struct file *file, struct return mpage_readpages(mapping, pages, nr_pages, ext2_get_block); } +static ssize_t +ext2_perform_write(struct file *file, struct iovec_iterator *i, loff_t pos) +{ + return block_perform_write(file, i, pos, ext2_get_block); +} + static int ext2_prepare_write(struct file *file, struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to) @@ -689,6 +695,7 @@ const struct address_space_operations ex .readpages = ext2_readpages, .writepage = ext2_writepage, .sync_page = block_sync_page, + .perform_write = ext2_perform_write, .prepare_write = ext2_prepare_write, .commit_write = generic_commit_write, .bmap = ext2_bmap, Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/buffer_head.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/buffer_head.h +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/buffer_head.h @@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ void block_invalidatepage(struct page *p int block_write_full_page(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block, struct writeback_control *wbc); int block_read_full_page(struct page*, get_block_t*); +ssize_t block_perform_write(struct file *, struct iovec_iterator*, loff_t, get_block_t*); int block_prepare_write(struct page*, unsigned, unsigned, get_block_t*); int cont_prepare_write(struct page*, unsigned, unsigned, get_block_t*, loff_t *); Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/pagemap.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/pagemap.h +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/pagemap.h @@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ unsigned find_get_pages_contig(struct ad unsigned find_get_pages_tag(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t *index, int tag, unsigned int nr_pages, struct page **pages); +struct page *__grab_cache_page(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index); + /* * Returns locked page at given index in given cache, creating it if needed. */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html