Re: [PATCH 11/23] VFS: Add FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT file flag

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On Mon, 24 Jan 2022, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 02:48:32PM +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
> > Currently various places test if direct IO is possible on a file by
> > checking for the existence of the direct_IO address space operation.
> > This is a poor choice, as the direct_IO operation may not be used - it is
> > only used if the generic_file_*_iter functions are called for direct IO
> > and some filesystems - particularly NFS - don't do this.
> > 
> > Instead, introduce a new f_mode flag: FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT and change the
> > various places to check this (avoiding pointer dereferences).
> > do_dentry_open() will set this flag if ->direct_IO is present, so
> > filesystems do not need to be changed.
> > 
> > NFS *is* changed, to set the flag explicitly and discard the direct_IO
> > entry in the address_space_operations for files.
> 
> Looks good:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> 
> It would be nice to throw in a cleanup to remove noop_direct_IO as well.

I don't want to add this to the present series.  When it lands I'll send
patches to the various filesystems to switch to using FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT.

Thanks,
NeilBrown



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