Re: [PATCH v6 02/13] iomap: comment on atomic write checks in iomap_dio_bio_iter()

From: IBM
Date: Mon Mar 17 2025 - 10:20:30 EST


John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Help explain the code.
>
> Also clarify the comment for bio size check.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/iomap/direct-io.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
> index 8c1bec473586..9d72b99cb447 100644
> --- a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
> +++ b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
> @@ -350,6 +350,11 @@ static int iomap_dio_bio_iter(struct iomap_iter *iter, struct iomap_dio *dio)
> bio_opf |= REQ_OP_WRITE;
>
> if (iter->flags & IOMAP_ATOMIC_HW) {
> + /*
> + * Ensure that the mapping covers the full write length,
> + * otherwise we will submit multiple BIOs, which is
> + * disallowed.
> + */

Nit: IMO, this can be clubbed together with your next patch PATCH-03 itself.
But either ways, no strong preference.

-ritesh

> if (length != iter->len)
> return -EINVAL;
> bio_opf |= REQ_ATOMIC;
> @@ -449,7 +454,7 @@ static int iomap_dio_bio_iter(struct iomap_iter *iter, struct iomap_dio *dio)
> n = bio->bi_iter.bi_size;
> if (WARN_ON_ONCE((bio_opf & REQ_ATOMIC) && n != length)) {
> /*
> - * This bio should have covered the complete length,
> + * An atomic write bio must cover the complete length,
> * which it doesn't, so error. We may need to zero out
> * the tail (complete FS block), similar to when
> * bio_iov_iter_get_pages() returns an error, above.
> --
> 2.31.1