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From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>,
	netfs@lists.linux.dev, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 13/22] netfs: Fix write streaming disablement if fd open O_RDWR
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:46:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260427154639.180684-14-dhowells@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260427154639.180684-1-dhowells@redhat.com>

In netfs_perform_write(), "write streaming" (the caching of dirty data in
dirty but !uptodate folios) is performed to avoid the need to read data
that is just going to get immediately overwritten.  However, this is/will
be disabled in three circumstances: if the fd is open O_RDWR, if fscache is
in use (as we need to round out the blocks for DIO) or if content
encryption is enabled (again for rounding out purposes).

The idea behind disabling it if the fd is open O_RDWR is that we'd need to
flush the write-streaming page before we could read the data, particularly
through mmap.  But netfs now fills in the gaps if ->read_folio() is called
on the page, so that is unnecessary.  Further, this doesn't actually work
if a separate fd is open for reading.

Fix this by removing the check for O_RDWR, thereby allowing streaming
writes even when we might read.

This caused a number of problems with the generic/522 xfstest, but those
are now fixed.

Fixes: c38f4e96e605 ("netfs: Provide func to copy data to pagecache for buffered write")
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
---
 fs/netfs/buffered_write.c | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c b/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
index 25571a570ac9..b782cf83fb57 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
@@ -283,12 +283,9 @@ ssize_t netfs_perform_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 
 		/* We don't want to do a streaming write on a file that loses
 		 * caching service temporarily because the backing store got
-		 * culled and we don't really want to get a streaming write on
-		 * a file that's open for reading as ->read_folio() then has to
-		 * be able to flush it.
+		 * culled.
 		 */
-		if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) ||
-		    netfs_is_cache_enabled(ctx)) {
+		if (netfs_is_cache_enabled(ctx)) {
 			if (finfo) {
 				netfs_stat(&netfs_n_wh_wstream_conflict);
 				goto flush_content;


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-27 15:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-27 15:46 [PATCH v4 00/22] netfs: Miscellaneous fixes David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 01/22] netfs: Fix cancellation of a DIO and single read subrequests David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 02/22] netfs: Fix missing barriers when accessing stream->subrequests locklessly David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 03/22] netfs: Fix missing locking around retry adding new subreqs David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 04/22] netfs: Fix netfs_read_to_pagecache() to pause on subreq failure David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 05/22] netfs: Fix potential for tearing in ->remote_i_size and ->zero_point David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 06/22] netfs: Fix zeropoint update where i_size > remote_i_size David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 07/22] netfs: fix VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO() issue in netfs_write_begin() call David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 08/22] netfs: fix error handling in netfs_extract_user_iter() David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 09/22] netfs: Fix netfs_invalidate_folio() to clear dirty bit if all changes gone David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 10/22] netfs: Defer the emission of trace_netfs_folio() David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 11/22] netfs: Fix streaming write being overwritten David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 12/22] netfs: Fix read-gaps to remove netfs_folio from filled folio David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` David Howells [this message]
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 14/22] netfs: Fix early put of sink folio in netfs_read_gaps() David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 15/22] netfs: Fix leak of request in netfs_write_begin() error handling David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 16/22] netfs: Fix potential UAF in netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages() David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 17/22] netfs: Fix potential uninitialised var in netfs_extract_user_iter() David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 18/22] netfs: Fix partial invalidation of streaming-write folio David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 19/22] netfs: Fix folio->private handling in netfs_perform_write() David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 20/22] netfs: Fix netfs_read_folio() to wait on writeback David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 21/22] netfs, afs: Fix write skipping in dir/link writepages David Howells
2026-04-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v4 22/22] afs: Fix the locking used by afs_get_link() David Howells

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