[PATCH 4/6] ext4: Warn if we ever fallback to buffered-io for DIO atomic writes
From: Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
Date: Thu Oct 24 2024 - 23:47:36 EST
iomap will not return -ENOTBLK in case of dio atomic writes. But let's
also add a WARN_ON_ONCE and return -EIO as a safety net.
Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/file.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index f9516121a036..af6ebd0ac0d6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -576,8 +576,16 @@ static ssize_t ext4_dio_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
iomap_ops = &ext4_iomap_overwrite_ops;
ret = iomap_dio_rw(iocb, from, iomap_ops, &ext4_dio_write_ops,
dio_flags, NULL, 0);
- if (ret == -ENOTBLK)
+ if (ret == -ENOTBLK) {
ret = 0;
+ /*
+ * iomap will never return -ENOTBLK if write fails for atomic
+ * write. But let's just add a safety net.
+ */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_ATOMIC))
+ ret = -EIO;
+ }
+
if (extend) {
/*
* We always perform extending DIO write synchronously so by
--
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