Re: [PATCH v2] iomap: iomap that extends beyond EOF should be marked dirty

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On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 05:06:04PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index 516faa280ced..e9dc52537e5b 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -3523,9 +3523,16 @@ static int ext4_iomap_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
>  			return ret;
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Writes that span EOF might trigger an IO size update on completion,
> +	 * so consider them to be dirty for the purposes of O_DSYNC even if
> +	 * there is no other metadata changes being made or are pending here.
> +	 */
>  	iomap->flags = 0;
> -	if (ext4_inode_datasync_dirty(inode))
> +	if (ext4_inode_datasync_dirty(inode) ||
> +	    offset + length > i_size_read(inode))
>  		iomap->flags |= IOMAP_F_DIRTY;
> +
>  	iomap->bdev = inode->i_sb->s_bdev;
>  	iomap->dax_dev = sbi->s_daxdev;
>  	iomap->offset = (u64)first_block << blkbits;

Ext4 is not currently using iomap for any kind of writing right now,
so perhaps this should land via Matthew's patchset?

					- Ted



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