Re: [PATCH] ovl: disable IOCB_DIO_CALLER_COMP

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Tue Sep 26 2023 - 11:32:01 EST


On 9/26/23 9:23 AM, Zorro Lang wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 12:21:35AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> overlayfs copies the kiocb flags when it sets up a new kiocb to handle
>> a write, but it doesn't properly support dealing with the deferred
>> caller completions of the kiocb. This means it doesn't get the final
>> write completion value, and hence will complete the write with '0' as
>> the result.
>>
>> We could support the caller completions in overlayfs, but for now let's
>> just disable them in the generated write kiocb.
>>
>> Reported-by: Zorro Lang <zlang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/io-uring/20230924142754.ejwsjen5pvyc32l4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>> Fixes: 8c052fb3002e ("iomap: support IOCB_DIO_CALLER_COMP")
>> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> ---
>
> Thanks Jens, the fstests generic/617 works on latest linux kernel with
> this patch now.

Excellent, thanks for re-testing.

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Jens Axboe