Re: [PATCH] 9p: set page uptodate when required in write_end()

From: Al Viro
Date: Wed Oct 11 2017 - 12:47:05 EST


On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:27:43PM +0000, Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin) wrote:
> >> diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
> >> index adaf6f6..e1cbdfd 100644
> >> --- a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
> >> +++ b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
> >> @@ -310,9 +310,13 @@ static int v9fs_write_end(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
> >>
> >> p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp %p, mapping %p\n", filp, mapping);
> >>
> >> - if (unlikely(copied < len && !PageUptodate(page))) {
> >> - copied = 0;
> >> - goto out;
> >> + if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
> >> + if (unlikely(copied < len)) {
> >> + copied = 0;
> >> + goto out;
> >> + } else if (len == PAGE_SIZE) {
> >> + SetPageUptodate(page);
> >> + }

Umm... I'm not sure I like it in that form. Look: to get here
we need to successfully pass through ->write_begin(). Which
means that we either have returned with PageUptodate(page) or
had hit len == PAGE_SIZE && !PageUptodate(page). Case of
non-uptodate with len < PAGE_SIZE is handled by forcing readpage
and repeating the entire thing.

So the only way to get !PageUptodate(page) in ->write_end() is
to have had len == PAGE_SIZE. It needs a comment, at the very
least.