Re: [PATCH v3] fuse: invalidate the page cache after direct write

From: Bernd Schubert

Date: Sun Jan 11 2026 - 04:44:00 EST




On 1/11/26 09:18, Markus Elfring wrote:
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>> +++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
>> @@ -667,6 +667,18 @@ static void fuse_aio_complete(struct fuse_io_priv *io, int err, ssize_t pos)
>> struct inode *inode = file_inode(io->iocb->ki_filp);
>> struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
>> struct fuse_inode *fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
>> + struct address_space *mapping = io->iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping;
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * As in generic_file_direct_write(), invalidate after the
>> + * write, to invalidate read-ahead cache that may have competed
>> + * with the write.
>> + */
>> + if (io->write && res && mapping->nrpages) {
>> + invalidate_inode_pages2_range(mapping,
>> + io->offset >> PAGE_SHIFT,
>> + (io->offset + res - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
>> + }
>>
>> spin_lock(&fi->lock);
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>> @@ -1160,10 +1174,26 @@ static ssize_t fuse_send_write(struct fuse_io_args *ia, loff_t pos,
>
> - return err ?: ia->write.out.size;
>> + /*
>> + * Without FOPEN_DIRECT_IO, generic_file_direct_write() does the
>> + * invalidation for us.
>> + */
>> + if (!err && written && mapping->nrpages &&
>> + (ff->open_flags & FOPEN_DIRECT_IO)) {
>> + /*
>> + * As in generic_file_direct_write(), invalidate after the
>> + * write, to invalidate read-ahead cache that may have competed
>> + * with the write.
>> + */
>> + invalidate_inode_pages2_range(mapping, pos >> PAGE_SHIFT,
>> + (pos + written - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
>> + }
>> +
>> + return err ?: written;
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> You may omit curly brackets at selected source code places.
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?h=v6.19-rc4#n197

We could, but we could also concentrate on code correctness instead of
nit-picky debatable code style.

Thanks,
Bernd