DAX uses ->iomap_begin path which gets called to map/allocate extents. In order to avoid starting journal txn where extent allocation is not required, we need to check if ext4_map_blocks() has returned any mapped extent entry. Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/ext4.h | 2 ++ fs/ext4/file.c | 14 +++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h index 42f5060f3cdf..8a1b468bfb49 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h @@ -3232,6 +3232,8 @@ extern const struct dentry_operations ext4_dentry_ops; extern const struct inode_operations ext4_file_inode_operations; extern const struct file_operations ext4_file_operations; extern loff_t ext4_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin); +extern bool ext4_overwrite_io(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_map_blocks *map, + bool is_dax); /* inline.c */ extern int ext4_get_max_inline_size(struct inode *inode); diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c index 84f73ed91af2..6c252498334b 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/file.c +++ b/fs/ext4/file.c @@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ ext4_extending_io(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, size_t len) } /* Is IO overwriting allocated and initialized blocks? */ -static bool ext4_overwrite_io(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_map_blocks *map) +bool ext4_overwrite_io(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_map_blocks *map, + bool is_dax) { unsigned int blkbits = inode->i_blkbits; loff_t end = (map->m_lblk + map->m_len) << blkbits; @@ -198,12 +199,19 @@ static bool ext4_overwrite_io(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_map_blocks *map) return false; err = ext4_map_blocks(NULL, inode, map, 0); + /* + * In case of dax to avoid starting a transaction in ext4_iomap_begin() + * we check if ext4_map_blocks() can return any mapped extent. + * * 'err==len' means that all of the blocks have been preallocated, * regardless of whether they have been initialized or not. To exclude * unwritten extents, we need to check m_flags. */ - return err == blklen && (map->m_flags & EXT4_MAP_MAPPED); + if (is_dax) + return err > 0 && (map->m_flags & EXT4_MAP_MAPPED); + else + return err == blklen && (map->m_flags & EXT4_MAP_MAPPED); } static ssize_t ext4_generic_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, @@ -427,7 +435,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_dio_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from, * in file_modified(). */ if (*ilock_shared && (!IS_NOSEC(inode) || *extend || - !ext4_overwrite_io(inode, &map))) { + !ext4_overwrite_io(inode, &map, false))) { inode_unlock_shared(inode); *ilock_shared = false; inode_lock(inode); -- 2.25.4