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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/direct-io.c | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 3 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c index 160a5489a939..a701752dd750 100644 --- a/fs/direct-io.c +++ b/fs/direct-io.c @@ -1194,13 +1194,19 @@ do_blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode, } /* - * For file extending writes updating i_size before data - * writeouts complete can expose uninitialized blocks. So - * even for AIO, we need to wait for i/o to complete before - * returning in this case. + * For file extending writes updating i_size before data writeouts + * complete can expose uninitialized blocks in dumb filesystems. + * In that case we need to wait for I/O completion even if asked + * for an asynchronous write. */ - dio->is_async = !is_sync_kiocb(iocb) && !((rw & WRITE) && - (end > i_size_read(inode))); + if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) + dio->is_async = false; + else if (!(dio->flags & DIO_ASYNC_EXTEND) && + (rw & WRITE) && end > i_size_read(inode)) + dio->is_async = false; + else + dio->is_async = true; + dio->inode = inode; dio->rw = rw; diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 09f553c59813..f7faefcf4843 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -2527,6 +2527,9 @@ enum { /* filesystem does not support filling holes */ DIO_SKIP_HOLES = 0x02, + + /* filesystem can handle aio writes beyond i_size */ + DIO_ASYNC_EXTEND = 0x04, }; void dio_end_io(struct bio *bio, int error); |
