Re: [PATCH] scsi: target: core: add missing file_{start,end}_write()

Jens Axboe
2023-11-23T20:04:04Z

On 11/23/23 2:20 AM, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> The callers of vfs_iter_write() are required to hold file_start_write().
> file_start_write() is a no-op for the S_ISBLK() case, but it is really
> needed when the backing file is a regular file.
>
> We are going to move file_{start,end}_write() into vfs_iter_write(), but
> we need to fix this first, so that the fix could be backported to stable
> kernels.

Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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