From: Ross Zwisler Subject: [PATCH v6 01/17] ext4: allow DAX writeback for hole punch Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:50:06 -0600 Message-ID: <20161012225022.15507-2-ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> References: <20161012225022.15507-1-ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Theodore Ts'o , Matthew Wilcox , Dave Chinner , linux-nvdimm-hn68Rpc1hR1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org, stable-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Christoph Hellwig , linux-xfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org, Andreas Dilger , Alexander Viro , linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Jan Kara , linux-ext4-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Andrew Morton To: linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20161012225022.15507-1-ross.zwisler-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: linux-nvdimm-bounces-hn68Rpc1hR1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org Sender: "Linux-nvdimm" List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org Currently when doing a DAX hole punch with ext4 we fail to do a writeback. This is because the logic around filemap_write_and_wait_range() in ext4_punch_hole() only looks for dirty page cache pages in the radix tree, not for dirty DAX exceptional entries. Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Cc: --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c index 3131747..0900cb4 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -3890,7 +3890,7 @@ int ext4_update_disksize_before_punch(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, } /* - * ext4_punch_hole: punches a hole in a file by releaseing the blocks + * ext4_punch_hole: punches a hole in a file by releasing the blocks * associated with the given offset and length * * @inode: File inode @@ -3919,7 +3919,7 @@ int ext4_punch_hole(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length) * Write out all dirty pages to avoid race conditions * Then release them. */ - if (mapping->nrpages && mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) { + if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) { ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, offset, offset + length - 1); if (ret) -- 2.9.0