Re: [PATCH 22/34] xfs: make xfs_writepage_map extent map centric

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On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 09:15:43AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 07:35:33AM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
> > That comment is what I'm basing on...
> > 
> > > 	/*
> > > 	 * We can end up here with no error and nothing to write if we
> > > 	 * race with a partial page truncate on a sub-page block sized
> > > 	 * filesystem. In that case we need to mark the page clean.
> > > 	 */
> > > 
> > 
> > So we can correctly end up with nothing to write on a dirty page, but it
> > presumes a race with truncate. So suppose we end up with a dirty page,
> >
> > at least one uptodate block, count is zero (i.e., due to holes) and
> > i_size is beyond the page. Would that not be completely bogus? If bogus,
> > I think that would at least detect the dumb example I posted earlier.
> 
> The trivial file_offset >= i_size_read assert explodes pretty soon
> in generic/091, and already does so with the existing mainline code.
> 

What exactly is the trivial check? Can you show the code please?

Brian

> I'd rather not open another can of worms right now..
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