2008-02-29 09:06:28

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: ext4-mm-delalloc-ext4.patch


generic_commit_write() is scheduled for removal in 2.6.26 and is
removed already from -mm.

Please switch to the new write_begin/write_end interface.


2008-02-29 17:27:41

by Mingming Cao

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Subject: Re: ext4-mm-delalloc-ext4.patch

On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 01:05 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> generic_commit_write() is scheduled for removal in 2.6.26 and is
> removed already from -mm.
>
> Please switch to the new write_begin/write_end interface.

I have a patch for that, sent to linux-ext4 last week. I will merge it
to the parent patch and update in ext4 patch queue.

ext4: use write_begin/write_end in delalloc instead of prepare_write()
From: Mingming Cao <[email protected]>

Since generally the current mainline VFS API changed to use write-begin()
and write_end(), updating ext4 delayed allocation to adopt this change.

Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <[email protected]>
---
fs/ext4/inode.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.25-rc2/fs/ext4/inode.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.25-rc2.orig/fs/ext4/inode.c 2008-02-21 17:30:59.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.25-rc2/fs/ext4/inode.c 2008-02-22 12:17:16.000000000 -0800
@@ -1421,13 +1421,6 @@ static int ext4_da_get_block_prep(struct
return ret;
}

-
-static int ext4_da_prepare_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
- unsigned from, unsigned to)
-{
- return block_prepare_write(page, from, to, ext4_da_get_block_prep);
-}
-
static int ext4_da_get_block_write(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create)
{
@@ -1485,11 +1478,34 @@ out:
}

static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
- struct writeback_control *wbc)
+ struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
return mpage_da_writepages(mapping, wbc, ext4_da_get_block_write);
}

+static int ext4_da_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+ loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
+ struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
+{
+ int ret;
+ struct page *page;
+ pgoff_t index;
+ unsigned from, to;
+
+ index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ from = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
+ to = from + len;
+
+ page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+ if (!page)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ *pagep = page;
+
+ ret = block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
+ ext4_da_get_block_prep);
+ return ret;
+}
+
static void ext4_da_invalidatepage(struct page *page, unsigned long offset)
{
struct buffer_head *head, *bh;
@@ -1990,8 +2006,8 @@ static const struct address_space_operat
.writepage = ext4_writeback_writepage,
.writepages = ext4_da_writepages,
.sync_page = block_sync_page,
- .prepare_write = ext4_da_prepare_write,
- .commit_write = generic_commit_write,
+ .write_begin = ext4_da_write_begin,
+ .write_end = generic_write_end,
.bmap = ext4_bmap,
.invalidatepage = ext4_da_invalidatepage,
.releasepage = ext4_releasepage,



2008-03-03 21:08:51

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: Re: ext4-mm-delalloc-ext4.patch

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:26:36 -0800
Mingming Cao <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 01:05 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > generic_commit_write() is scheduled for removal in 2.6.26 and is
> > removed already from -mm.
> >
> > Please switch to the new write_begin/write_end interface.
>
> I have a patch for that, sent to linux-ext4 last week. I will merge it
> to the parent patch and update in ext4 patch queue.
>
> ext4: use write_begin/write_end in delalloc instead of prepare_write()
> From: Mingming Cao <[email protected]>

Thanks. But this change still isn't at
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/ext4-patches/LATEST/broken-out/,
so ext4 is still a no-build for me.


2008-03-03 23:13:13

by Mingming Cao

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Subject: Re: ext4-mm-delalloc-ext4.patch

On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 13:08 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:26:36 -0800
> Mingming Cao <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 01:05 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > generic_commit_write() is scheduled for removal in 2.6.26 and is
> > > removed already from -mm.
> > >
> > > Please switch to the new write_begin/write_end interface.
> >
> > I have a patch for that, sent to linux-ext4 last week. I will merge it
> > to the parent patch and update in ext4 patch queue.
> >
> > ext4: use write_begin/write_end in delalloc instead of prepare_write()
> > From: Mingming Cao <[email protected]>
>
> Thanks. But this change still isn't at
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/ext4-patches/LATEST/broken-out/,
> so ext4 is still a no-build for me.
>

Oh, sorry about the confusion. What I mean by "ext4 patch queue" is a
cutting edge ext4 development tree, which is not intend for mm or
upstream inclusion.

I have asked Ted this morning to update the "official" ext4 patch queue
at kernel.org, which is visiable to you and the world. I can't update it
myself.

Best regards,
Mingming