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From: Matthew Bobrowski <mbobrowski@mbobrowski.org>
To: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: tytso@mit.edu, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	hch@infradead.org, david@fromorbit.com, darrick.wong@oracle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/8] ext4: move inode extension/truncate code out from ->iomap_end() callback
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:44:18 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191010054418.GD19064@bobrowski> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191009125132.GC5050@quack2.suse.cz>

On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 02:51:32PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Wed 09-10-19 21:18:50, Matthew Bobrowski wrote:
> > > Just small nits below:
> > > 
> > > > +static int ext4_handle_inode_extension(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
> > > > +				       ssize_t written, size_t count)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	int ret = 0;
> > > 
> > > I think both the function and callsites may be slightly simpler if you let
> > > the function return 'written' or error (not 0 or error). But I'll leave
> > > that decision upto you.
> > 
> > Hm, don't we actually need to return 0 for success cases so that
> > iomap_dio_complete() behaves correctly i.e. increments iocb->ki_pos,
> > etc?
> 
> Correct, iomap_dio_complete() expects 0 on success. So if we keep calling
> ext4_handle_inode_extension() from ->end_io handler, we'd need some
> specialcasing there and I agree that changing ext4_handle_inode_extension()
> return convention isn't then very beneficial. If we stop calling
> ext4_handle_inode_extension() from ->end_io handler (patch 8/8 discussion
> pending), then the change would be a clear win.

Agreed. Well, I think we've got some movement in the right direction in 8/8,
so it looks like changing up the return values is what we'll go ahead with.

--<M>--

  reply	other threads:[~2019-10-10  5:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-03 11:32 [PATCH v4 0/8] ext4: port direct I/O to iomap infrastructure Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-03 11:33 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] ext4: move out iomap field population into separate helper Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-08 10:27   ` Jan Kara
2019-10-09  8:57     ` Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-09 13:06       ` Jan Kara
2019-10-10  5:39         ` Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-09  6:02   ` Ritesh Harjani
2019-10-09  7:07     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-10-09  7:50       ` Ritesh Harjani
2019-10-09  9:09         ` Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-03 11:33 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] ext4: move out IOMAP_WRITE path " Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-08 10:31   ` Jan Kara
2019-10-09  9:18     ` Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-09  6:22   ` Ritesh Harjani
2019-10-09  9:31     ` Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-03 11:33 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] ext4: introduce new callback for IOMAP_REPORT operations Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-08 10:42   ` Jan Kara
2019-10-09  9:41     ` Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-09  6:00   ` Ritesh Harjani
2019-10-09 12:08     ` Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-09 13:14       ` Ritesh Harjani
2019-10-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] ext4: introduce direct I/O read path using iomap infrastructure Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-08 10:52   ` Jan Kara
2019-10-09 10:55     ` Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-09  6:39   ` Ritesh Harjani
2019-10-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] ext4: move inode extension/truncate code out from ->iomap_end() callback Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-08 11:25   ` Jan Kara
2019-10-09 10:18     ` Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-09 12:51       ` Jan Kara
2019-10-10  5:44         ` Matthew Bobrowski [this message]
2019-10-09  6:27   ` Ritesh Harjani
2019-10-09 10:20     ` Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] ext4: move inode extension checks out from ext4_iomap_alloc() Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-08 11:27   ` Jan Kara
2019-10-09 10:21     ` Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-09  6:30   ` Ritesh Harjani
2019-10-09 10:39     ` Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-03 11:34 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] ext4: reorder map.m_flags checks in ext4_set_iomap() Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-08 11:30   ` Jan Kara
2019-10-09 10:42     ` Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-09  6:35   ` Ritesh Harjani
2019-10-09 10:43     ` Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-03 11:35 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] ext4: introduce direct I/O write path using iomap infrastructure Matthew Bobrowski
2019-10-08 15:12   ` Jan Kara
2019-10-09  7:11     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-10-09 13:41       ` Jan Kara
2019-10-09 11:53     ` Matthew Bobrowski

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