Re: [PATCH 5/7] ext4: Convert filesystem to the new truncatecalling convention

From: Jan Kara
Date: Tue Sep 22 2009 - 13:16:14 EST


On Tue 22-09-09 15:36:04, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 05:21:45PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > CC: linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: tytso@xxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > fs/ext4/file.c | 2 +-
> > fs/ext4/inode.c | 166 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> > 2 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
> > index 3f1873f..22f49d7 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/file.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
> > @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext4_file_operations = {
> > };
> >
> > const struct inode_operations ext4_file_inode_operations = {
> > - .truncate = ext4_truncate,
> > + .new_truncate = 1,
> > .setattr = ext4_setattr,
> > .getattr = ext4_getattr,
> > #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> > index 58492ab..be25874 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> > @@ -3354,6 +3354,7 @@ static int ext4_journalled_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
> > }
> >
> > static const struct address_space_operations ext4_ordered_aops = {
> > + .new_writepage = 1,
>
> No. We already have one half-finished series here; mixing it with another
> one is not going to happen. Such flags are tolerable only as bisectability
> helpers. They *must* disappear by the end of series. Before it can be
> submitted for merge.
>
> In effect, you are mixing truncate switchover with your writepage one.
> Please, split and reorder.
Well, this wasn't meant as a final version of those patches. It was
meant as a request for comment whether it makes sence to fix the problem
how I propose to fix it. If we agree on that, I'll go and convert the rest
of filesystems so that we can remove .new_writepage hack. By that time I
hope that new truncate sequence patches will be merged so that dependency
should go away as well...

Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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