On Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 06:42:36PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 08:16:05PM +0530, Ritesh Harjani wrote:
> > > @@ -1645,6 +1766,11 @@ iomap_writepage_map(struct iomap_writepage_ctx *wpc,
> > > int error = 0, count = 0, i;
> > > LIST_HEAD(submit_list);
> > >
> > > + if (!ifs && nblocks > 1) {
> > > + ifs = ifs_alloc(inode, folio, 0);
> > > + iomap_set_range_dirty(folio, 0, folio_size(folio));
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > WARN_ON_ONCE(ifs && atomic_read(&ifs->write_bytes_pending) != 0);
> > >
> > > /*
> > > @@ -1653,7 +1779,7 @@ iomap_writepage_map(struct iomap_writepage_ctx *wpc,
> > > * invalid, grab a new one.
> > > */
> > > for (i = 0; i < nblocks && pos < end_pos; i++, pos += len) {
> > > - if (ifs && !ifs_block_is_uptodate(ifs, i))
> > > + if (ifs && !ifs_block_is_dirty(folio, ifs, i))
> > > continue;
> > >
> > > error = wpc->ops->map_blocks(wpc, inode, pos);
> > > @@ -1697,6 +1823,7 @@ iomap_writepage_map(struct iomap_writepage_ctx *wpc,
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > + iomap_clear_range_dirty(folio, 0, end_pos - folio_pos(folio));
> > > folio_start_writeback(folio);
> > > folio_unlock(folio);
> > >
> >
> > I think we should fold below change with this patch.
> > end_pos is calculated in iomap_do_writepage() such that it is either
> > folio_pos(folio) + folio_size(folio), or if this value becomes more then
> > isize, than end_pos is made isize.
> >
> > The current patch does not have a functional problem I guess. But in
> > some cases where truncate races with writeback, it will end up marking
> > more bits & later doesn't clear those. Hence I think we should correct
> > it using below diff.
>
> I don't think this is the only place where we'll set dirty bits beyond
> EOF. For example, if we mmap the last partial folio in a file,
> page_mkwrite will dirty the entire folio, but we won't write back
> blocks past EOF. I think we'd be better off clearing all the dirty
> bits in the folio, even the ones past EOF. What do you think?
Clear the dirty bits beyond EOF where we zero the data range beyond
EOF in iomap_do_writepage() via folio_zero_segment()?
-Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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