On 2024/5/1 17:40, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 10:29:41PM +0800, Zhang Yi wrote:
>> From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Add ext4_iomap_zero_range() for the zero_range iomap path, it zero out
>> the mapped blocks, all work have been done in iomap_zero_range(), so
>> call it directly.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> fs/ext4/inode.c | 9 +++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
>> index 9d694c780007..5af3b8acf1b9 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
>> @@ -4144,6 +4144,13 @@ static int __ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle_t *handle,
>> return err;
>> }
>>
>> +static int ext4_iomap_zero_range(struct inode *inode,
>> + loff_t from, loff_t length)
>> +{
>> + return iomap_zero_range(inode, from, length, NULL,
>> + &ext4_iomap_buffered_read_ops);
>> +}
>
> Zeroing is a buffered write operation, not a buffered read
> operation. It runs though iomap_write_begin(), so needs all the
> stale iomap detection stuff to be set up for correct operation.
>
Yeah, right, thanks for point this out. Although we can guarantee
that the zeroing is a partial block overwrite and no need to
allocate new blocks on ext4, use ext4_iomap_buffered_read_ops is
not appropriate, I'll use write ops instead.
Thanks,
Yi.
