fs, dax: unify IOMAP_F_DIRTY read vs write handling policy in the dax core
While reviewing whether MAP_SYNC should strengthen its current guarantee
of syncing writes from the initiating process to also include
third-party readers observing dirty metadata, Dave pointed out that the
check of IOMAP_WRITE is misplaced.
The policy of what to with IOMAP_F_DIRTY should be separated from the
generic filesystem mechanism of reporting dirty metadata. Move this
policy to the fs-dax core to simplify the per-filesystem iomap handlers,
and further centralize code that implements the MAP_SYNC policy. This
otherwise should not change behavior, it just makes it easier to change
behavior in the future.
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Reported-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 13a1989..ee4d907 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3479,7 +3479,7 @@ static int ext4_iomap_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
}
iomap->flags = 0;
- if ((flags & IOMAP_WRITE) && ext4_inode_datasync_dirty(inode))
+ if (ext4_inode_datasync_dirty(inode))
iomap->flags |= IOMAP_F_DIRTY;
iomap->bdev = inode->i_sb->s_bdev;
iomap->dax_dev = sbi->s_daxdev;
