If a DIO read starts past EOF, the kernel won't attempt it, so we don't need to flush dirty pages before failing the syscall. Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/direct-io.c | 24 +++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c index 6c11db1cec27..c17efe58f1c9 100644 --- a/fs/direct-io.c +++ b/fs/direct-io.c @@ -1188,19 +1188,9 @@ do_blockdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode, memset(dio, 0, offsetof(struct dio, pages)); dio->flags = flags; - if (dio->flags & DIO_LOCKING) { - if (iov_iter_rw(iter) == READ) { - struct address_space *mapping = - iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping; - - /* will be released by direct_io_worker */ - inode_lock(inode); - - retval = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, offset, - end - 1); - if (retval) - goto fail_dio; - } + if (dio->flags & DIO_LOCKING && iov_iter_rw(iter) == READ) { + /* will be released by direct_io_worker */ + inode_lock(inode); } /* Once we sampled i_size check for reads beyond EOF */ @@ -1210,6 +1200,14 @@ do_blockdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode, goto fail_dio; } + if (dio->flags & DIO_LOCKING && iov_iter_rw(iter) == READ) { + struct address_space *mapping = iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping; + + retval = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, offset, end - 1); + if (retval) + goto fail_dio; + } + /* * For file extending writes updating i_size before data writeouts * complete can expose uninitialized blocks in dumb filesystems. -- 2.28.0