On Thu, Dec 05, 2019 at 09:56:26AM -0600, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote: [...] > +static ssize_t btrfs_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to) > +{ > + ssize_t ret = 0; > + > + if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) { > + struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp); > + > + inode_lock_shared(inode); > + ret = btrfs_direct_IO(iocb, to); > + inode_unlock_shared(inode); > + if (ret < 0) > + return ret; > + } > + > + return generic_file_buffered_read(iocb, to, ret); This could as well call generic_file_read_iter() and would thus make patch 1 of this series obsolete. I think this is cleaner. Thanks, Johannes