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It\nrefactors the ext4 zero partial block code path in preparation for\nconverting buffered I/O to the iomap infrastructure. The main changes\nare:\n\n[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/20260203062523.3869120-1-yi.zhang@huawei.com/\n\n1. Introduce ext4_block_zero_eof(): Extend and rename\n ext4_block_truncate_page() to handle post-EOF partial block zeroing\n for both append writes and truncate operations.\n2. Separate ordered data handling: Move data=ordered mode handling from\n __ext4_block_zero_page_range to ext4_block_zero_eof(). Only truncate\n and post-EOF append write/fallocate paths need ordered data mode,\n hole punching and zero range paths don't need ordered data handling.\n3. Split journal mode handling: Extract\n ext4_block_journalled_zero_range() from\n __ext4_block_zero_page_range() for data=journal mode, leaving\n ext4_block_do_zero_range() for data=ordered/writeback modes.\n4. Refactor ext4_alloc_file_blocks(): Change parameters to loff_t byte\n granularity to simplify callers and prepares removing the zero call\n from the allocation loop for unaligned append writes.\n5. Remove handle parameters: Stop passing handle_t * to zero functions.\n Make ext4_block_journalled_zero_range() start its own handle, and\n move zero operations outside active handles. This is required because\n iomap uses \"folio lock -> transaction start\" lock ordering, opposite\n to the current lock ordering.\n6. Centralize zeroing in ext4_write_checks(): Move all post-EOF partial\n block zeroing to ext4_write_checks() so it applies to both regular\n buffered writes and the upcoming iomap path.\n\nThanks\nYi.\n\nZhang Yi (10):\n ext4: add did_zero output parameter to ext4_block_zero_page_range()\n ext4: ext4_block_truncate_page() returns zeroed length on success\n ext4: rename and extend ext4_block_truncate_page()\n ext4: factor out journalled block zeroing range\n ext4: rename ext4_block_zero_page_range() to ext4_block_zero_range()\n ext4: move ordered data handling out of ext4_block_do_zero_range()\n ext4: remove handle parameters from zero partial block functions\n ext4: pass allocate range as loff_t to ext4_alloc_file_blocks()\n ext4: move zero partial block range functions out of active handle\n ext4: zero post-EOF partial block before appending write\n\n fs/ext4/ext4.h | 5 +-\n fs/ext4/extents.c | 83 +++++++--------\n fs/ext4/file.c | 14 +++\n fs/ext4/inode.c | 255 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------\n 4 files changed, 207 insertions(+), 150 deletions(-)" }