Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:30:14 +0200 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: [rfc][patch 3/3] fs: convert ext2,tmpfs to new truncate |
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On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 02:45:29PM +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > On 07/06/2009 07:56 PM, Nick Piggin wrote: > > Convert filemap_xip.c, buffer.c, and some filesystems to the new truncate > > convention. Converting generic helpers is using some ugly code (testing > > for i_op->ftruncate) to distinguish new and old callers... better > > alternative might be just define a new function for these guys. > > @@ -770,13 +793,22 @@ ext2_nobh_write_begin(struct file *file, > > loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags, > > struct page **pagep, void **fsdata) > > { > > + int ret; > > + > > /* > > * Dir-in-pagecache still uses ext2_write_begin. Would have to rework > > * directory handling code to pass around offsets rather than struct > > * pages in order to make this work easily. > > */ > > - return nobh_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata, > > + ret = nobh_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata, > > ext2_get_block); > > + if (ret < 0) { > > + loff_t isize; > > + isize = i_size_read(inode); > > Unlike the other places you use i_size_read() here, please explain what is the > locking rules for this? > > Did your patchset change things in this regard?
i_mutex should protect i_size. I was doing a bit of cutting and pasting so it probably isn't perfect. I'll double check.
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