On Wed 26-07-17 13:55:36, Jeff Layton wrote:
> +int file_write_and_wait(struct file *file)
> +{
> + int err = 0, err2;
> + struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
> +
> + if ((!dax_mapping(mapping) && mapping->nrpages) ||
> + (dax_mapping(mapping) && mapping->nrexceptional)) {
> + err = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
> + /* See comment of filemap_write_and_wait() */
> + if (err != -EIO) {
> + loff_t i_size = i_size_read(mapping->host);
> +
> + if (i_size != 0)
> + __filemap_fdatawait_range(mapping, 0,
> + i_size - 1);
> + }
> + }
Err, what's the i_size check doing here? I'd just pass ~0 as the end of the
range and ignore i_size. It is much easier than trying to wrap your head
around possible races with file operations modifying i_size.
Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
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