On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 02:28:58PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > +/* Has this file lost any of the data stored in it? */ > +static inline bool > +xfile_has_lost_data( > + struct inode *inode, > + struct folio *folio) > +{ > + struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping; > + > + /* This folio itself has been poisoned. */ > + if (folio_test_hwpoison(folio)) > + return true; > + > + /* A base page under this large folio has been poisoned. */ > + if (folio_test_large(folio) && folio_test_has_hwpoisoned(folio)) > + return true; > + > + /* Data loss has occurred anywhere in this shmem file. */ > + if (test_bit(AS_EIO, &mapping->flags)) > + return true; > + if (filemap_check_wb_err(mapping, 0)) > + return true; > + > + return false; > +} This is too much. filemap_check_wb_err() will do just fine for your needs unless you really want to get fine-grained and perhaps try to reconstruct the contents of the file.