Re: [PATCH v2 16/18] iomap: remove ->iomap_begin()/->iomap_end() legacy path

From: Darrick J. Wong

Date: Thu Jul 02 2026 - 13:52:37 EST


On Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 05:09:31PM -0700, Joanne Koong wrote:
> With all in-tree filesystems implementing ->iomap_next(), drop the
> ->iomap_begin()/->iomap_end() path.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@xxxxxxxxx>

Yeah, the legacy path can go away. :)

Reviewed-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>

--D

> ---
> fs/iomap/iter.c | 87 +++++--------------------------------------
> include/linux/iomap.h | 4 +-
> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/iomap/iter.c b/fs/iomap/iter.c
> index 1062e4e34c38..466c491bdef6 100644
> --- a/fs/iomap/iter.c
> +++ b/fs/iomap/iter.c
> @@ -39,81 +39,6 @@ static inline void iomap_iter_done(struct iomap_iter *iter)
> trace_iomap_iter_srcmap(iter->inode, &iter->srcmap);
> }
>
> -static int iomap_iter_legacy(struct iomap_iter *iter, const struct iomap_ops *ops)
> -{
> - bool stale = iter->iomap.flags & IOMAP_F_STALE;
> - ssize_t advanced;
> - u64 olen;
> - int ret;
> -
> - trace_iomap_iter(iter, ops, _RET_IP_);
> -
> - if (!iter->iomap.length)
> - goto begin;
> -
> - /*
> - * Calculate how far the iter was advanced and the original length bytes
> - * for ->iomap_end().
> - */
> - advanced = iter->pos - iter->iter_start_pos;
> - olen = iter->len + advanced;
> -
> - if (ops->iomap_end) {
> - ret = ops->iomap_end(iter->inode, iter->iter_start_pos,
> - iomap_length_trim(iter, iter->iter_start_pos,
> - olen),
> - advanced, iter->flags, &iter->iomap);
> - if (ret < 0 && !advanced)
> - return ret;
> - }
> -
> - /* detect old return semantics where this would advance */
> - if (WARN_ON_ONCE(iter->status > 0))
> - iter->status = -EIO;
> -
> - /*
> - * Use iter->len to determine whether to continue onto the next mapping.
> - * Explicitly terminate on error status or if the current iter has not
> - * advanced at all (i.e. no work was done for some reason) unless the
> - * mapping has been marked stale and needs to be reprocessed.
> - */
> - if (iter->status < 0)
> - ret = iter->status;
> - else if (iter->len == 0 || (!advanced && !stale))
> - ret = 0;
> - else
> - ret = 1;
> - iomap_iter_clean_fbatch(iter);
> - iter->status = 0;
> - if (ret <= 0)
> - return ret;
> -
> - memset(&iter->iomap, 0, sizeof(iter->iomap));
> - memset(&iter->srcmap, 0, sizeof(iter->srcmap));
> -
> -begin:
> - ret = ops->iomap_begin(iter->inode, iter->pos, iter->len, iter->flags,
> - &iter->iomap, &iter->srcmap);
> - if (ret < 0)
> - return ret;
> - iomap_iter_done(iter);
> - return 1;
> -}
> -
> -static int iomap_iter_next(struct iomap_iter *iter, const struct iomap_ops *ops)
> -{
> - int ret;
> -
> - trace_iomap_iter(iter, ops, _RET_IP_);
> -
> - ret = ops->iomap_next(iter, &iter->iomap, &iter->srcmap);
> - iter->status = 0;
> - if (ret > 0)
> - iomap_iter_done(iter);
> -
> - return ret;
> -}
> -
> /**
> * iomap_iter - iterate over a ranges in a file
> * @iter: iteration structue
> @@ -131,10 +56,16 @@ static int iomap_iter_next(struct iomap_iter *iter, const struct iomap_ops *ops)
> */
> int iomap_iter(struct iomap_iter *iter, const struct iomap_ops *ops)
> {
> - if (ops->iomap_next)
> - return iomap_iter_next(iter, ops);
> + int ret;
> +
> + trace_iomap_iter(iter, ops, _RET_IP_);
>
> - return iomap_iter_legacy(iter, ops);
> + ret = ops->iomap_next(iter, &iter->iomap, &iter->srcmap);
> + iter->status = 0;
> + if (ret > 0)
> + iomap_iter_done(iter);
> +
> + return ret;
> }
>
> /**
> diff --git a/include/linux/iomap.h b/include/linux/iomap.h
> index 8a78f47c557b..52d6f585b941 100644
> --- a/include/linux/iomap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/iomap.h
> @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ struct iomap_write_ops {
> };
>
> /*
> - * Flags for iomap_begin / iomap_end. No flag implies a read.
> + * Flags for iomap_next. No flag implies a read.
> */
> #define IOMAP_WRITE (1 << 0) /* writing, must allocate blocks */
> #define IOMAP_ZERO (1 << 1) /* zeroing operation, may skip holes */
> @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ struct iomap_ops {
> * incremental iter advance.
> * @status: Status of the most recent iteration. Zero on success or a negative
> * errno on error.
> - * @flags: Zero or more of the iomap_begin flags above.
> + * @flags: Zero or more of the iomap_next flags above.
> * @iomap: Map describing the I/O iteration
> * @srcmap: Source map for COW operations
> */
> --
> 2.52.0
>
>