Re: [PATCH 06/12] xfs: factor out a xfs_file_write_zero_eof helper

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On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 07:09:36AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 02:14:19PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > I gotta say, I'm not a big fan of the "return 1 to loop again" behavior.
> > Can you add a comment at the top stating that this is a possible return
> > value and why it gets returned?
> 
> Sure.  If you have a better idea I'm all ears, too.

Sadly, I don't.  The closest I can think of is that iterator functions
return 1 for "here's an object", 0 for "no more objects", or negative
errno.  But this isn't iterating objects, it's (at best) "iterating" the
"not yet ready to do zeroing" states, and that's a stretch.

--D




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