From: Qu Wenruo <quwenruo.btrfs@gmx.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] iomap: follow the alignment requirement for iomap_dio_hole_iter()
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 07:01:20 +0930 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d3e39d91-e7cc-4f8c-b7dd-22896fffe639@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <anHirnemstkJksXp@infradead.org>
在 2026/8/4 22:31, Christoph Hellwig 写道:
> On Sat, Aug 01, 2026 at 07:17:26AM +0930, Qu Wenruo wrote:
>> +++ b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
>> @@ -409,7 +409,10 @@ static inline unsigned int iomap_dio_alignment(struct inode *inode,
>> {
>> if (dio_flags & IOMAP_DIO_FSBLOCK_ALIGNED)
>> return i_blocksize(inode);
>> - return bdev_logical_block_size(bdev);
>> + /* @bdev can be NULL for hole cases. */
>> + if (bdev)
>> + return bdev_logical_block_size(bdev);
>> + return SECTOR_SIZE;
>
> No. As said for previous versions you should not use
> iomap_dio_alignment. There is no such things as sub-fsblock alignment
> for holes. All mappings need to be aligned on fs blocks, you can do
> sub-mapping granularity I/O in it, but not align on it. So don't
> call iomap_dio_alignment, but instead align down the shortened range
> from the fault to a fs block boundary.
OK, got it now.
>
> And really sort out the btrfs locking that we can't get rid of this
> premature faulting as it keeps messing up core code way too much.
That will be a long term work, meanwhile I'm only fixing a short-term
bug, already affecting existing bs > ps support.
I hate the btrfs internal locking mechanism just as you, but it won't be
an easy thing to do in the short term.
Thanks,
Qu
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-04 21:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-31 21:47 [PATCH v3] iomap: follow the alignment requirement for iomap_dio_hole_iter() Qu Wenruo
2026-08-04 13:01 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-08-04 21:31 ` Qu Wenruo [this message]
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