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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 26d742620897..8bb1c35fd6dd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -36,24 +36,34 @@
#include "acl.h"
#include "truncate.h"
-static bool ext4_dio_supported(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
+/*
+ * Returns %true if the given DIO request should be attempted with DIO, or
+ * %false if it should fall back to buffered I/O.
+ *
+ * DIO isn't well specified; when it's unsupported (either due to the request
+ * being misaligned, or due to the file not supporting DIO at all), filesystems
+ * either fall back to buffered I/O or return EINVAL. For files that don't use
+ * any special features like encryption or verity, ext4 has traditionally
+ * returned EINVAL for misaligned DIO. iomap_dio_rw() uses this convention too.
+ * In this case, we should attempt the DIO, *not* fall back to buffered I/O.
+ *
+ * In contrast, in cases where DIO is unsupported due to ext4 features, ext4
+ * traditionally falls back to buffered I/O.
+ *
+ * This function implements the traditional ext4 behavior in all these cases.
+ */
+static bool ext4_should_use_dio(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
{
struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
+ u32 dio_align = ext4_dio_alignment(inode);
- if (IS_ENCRYPTED(inode)) {
- if (!fscrypt_dio_supported(inode))
- return false;
- if (!IS_ALIGNED(iocb->ki_pos | iov_iter_alignment(iter),
- i_blocksize(inode)))
- return false;
- }
- if (fsverity_active(inode))
+ if (dio_align == 0)
return false;
- if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
- return false;
- if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
- return false;
- return true;
+
+ if (dio_align == 1)
+ return true;
+
+ return IS_ALIGNED(iocb->ki_pos | iov_iter_alignment(iter), dio_align);
}
static ssize_t ext4_dio_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
@@ -68,7 +78,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_dio_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
inode_lock_shared(inode);
}
- if (!ext4_dio_supported(iocb, to)) {
+ if (!ext4_should_use_dio(iocb, to)) {
inode_unlock_shared(inode);
/*
* Fallback to buffered I/O if the operation being performed on
@@ -516,7 +526,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_dio_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
}
/* Fallback to buffered I/O if the inode does not support direct I/O. */
- if (!ext4_dio_supported(iocb, from)) {
+ if (!ext4_should_use_dio(iocb, from)) {
if (ilock_shared)
inode_unlock_shared(inode);
else