[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2: fall back to buffer IO when append dio is disabled with file hole existing
Joseph Qi
jiangqi903 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 18 17:39:06 PST 2017
On 17/12/19 09:27, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 09:24:17 +0800 Joseph Qi <jiangqi903 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> --- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c~ocfs2-fall-back-to-buffer-io-when-append-dio-is-disabled-with-file-hole-existing-fix
>>> +++ a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
>>> @@ -2469,10 +2469,9 @@ static int ocfs2_dio_end_io(struct kiocb
>>> * Will look for holes and unwritten extents in the range starting at
>>> * pos for count bytes (inclusive).
>>> */
>>> -static int ocfs2_check_range_for_holes(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
>>> - size_t count)
>>> +static bool ocfs2_range_has_holes(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, size_t count)
>>> {
>>> - int ret = 0;
>>> + bool ret = false;
>>
>> I have a different opinion here. If we change return value from int to
>> bool, the error returned by ocfs2_get_clusters cannot be reflected. So
>> I'd prefer the original version.
>
> But that error code is not used?
>
IMO, since ocfs2_get_clusters will get io involved, the caller shouldn't
ignore its error.
Something like:
ret = ocfs2_check_range_for_holes();
if (ret < 0) {
mlog_errno(ret);
goto out;
}
Then check if append dio feature has been enabled as well as write range
and hole.
Thanks,
Joseph
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