[2.4] beyond_eof check in generic_direct_IO
PATCH 1/1 [2.4] beyond_eof check in generic_direct_IO
Hello all,
reiserfs has to do a few odd tail conversion steps during direct io. Picture a file whose size is currently 3500 bytes, and a direct io write extending it to 4096 bytes.
reiserfs will have those 3500 bytes packed into a tail, and when it gets a get_block call with create == 1, it will convert the tail into a full block and return the newly created block.
The new generic_direct_IO code doesn't send create == 1 to get_block unless the new block is entirely past eof. I think it should instead allow any part of the block to be past eof, which allows reiserfs to properly convert the tail:
-chris
fs/buffer.c +1 -1
@@ -2147,7 +2148,7 @@ bh.b_size = blocksize; bh.b_page =NULL ; -if (((loff_t ) blocknr) * blocksize >= inode->i_size) +if (((loff_t) (blocknr +1 )) * blocksize > inode->i_size) beyond_eof =1 ;/* Only allow get_block to create new blocks if we are safely