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Re: [PATCH v6 4/5] dax: for truncate/hole-punch, do zeroing through the

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/5] dax: for truncate/hole-punch, do zeroing through the driver if possible
From: "Verma, Vishal L" <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 18:39:59 +0000
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Thread-topic: [PATCH v6 4/5] dax: for truncate/hole-punch, do zeroing through the driver if possible
On Tue, 2016-05-10 at 12:49 -0600, Vishal Verma wrote:
>Â
...

> @@ -1240,11 +1254,16 @@ int dax_zero_page_range(struct inode *inode,
> loff_t from, unsigned length,
> Â                     .size = PAGE_SIZE,
> Â             };
> Â
> -             if (dax_map_atomic(bdev, &dax) < 0)
> -                     return PTR_ERR(dax.addr);
> -             clear_pmem(dax.addr + offset, length);
> -             wmb_pmem();
> -             dax_unmap_atomic(bdev, &dax);
> +             if (dax_range_is_aligned(bdev, &dax, offset, length))
> +                     return blkdev_issue_zeroout(bdev, dax.sector,
> +                                     length >> 9, GFP_NOFS, true);

Found another bug here while testing. The zeroout needs to be done for
sector + (offset >> 9). The above just zeroed out the first sector of
the page irrespective of offset, which is wrong.
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