[PATCH 1/3] direct-io: add flag to allow aio writes beyond i_size

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some filesystems can handle direct I/O writes beyond i_size safely,
so allow them to opt into receiving them.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
---
 fs/direct-io.c     |   18 ++++++++++++------
 include/linux/fs.h |    3 +++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 0e04142..11882e8 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -1194,13 +1194,19 @@ do_blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, 
struct inode *inode,
        }
 
        /*
-        * For file extending writes updating i_size before data
-        * writeouts complete can expose uninitialized blocks. So
-        * even for AIO, we need to wait for i/o to complete before
-        * returning in this case.
+        * For file extending writes updating i_size before data writeouts
+        * complete can expose uninitialized blocks in dumb filesystems.
+        * In that case we need to wait for I/O completion even if asked
+        * for an asynchronous write.
         */
-       dio->is_async = !is_sync_kiocb(iocb) && !((rw & WRITE) &&
-               (end > i_size_read(inode)));
+       if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
+               dio->is_async = false;
+       else if (!(dio->flags & DIO_ASYNC_EXTEND) &&
+            (rw & WRITE) && end > i_size_read(inode))
+               dio->is_async = false;
+       else
+               dio->is_async = true;
+
        dio->inode = inode;
        dio->rw = rw;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 121f11f..f8416fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2526,6 +2526,9 @@ enum {
 
        /* filesystem does not support filling holes */
        DIO_SKIP_HOLES  = 0x02,
+
+       /* filesystem can handle aio writes beyond i_size */
+       DIO_ASYNC_EXTEND = 0x04,
 };
 
 void dio_end_io(struct bio *bio, int error);
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