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Wong\" <djwong@kernel.org>","To":"tytso@mit.edu","Cc":"bernd@bsbernd.com, miklos@szeredi.hu, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,\n neal@gompa.dev, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, fuse-devel@lists.linux.dev,\n joannelkoong@gmail.com","Message-ID":"<177747214274.4107228.2148742246580255983.stgit@frogsfrogsfrogs>","In-Reply-To":"<177747214224.4107228.16300103064218258692.stgit@frogsfrogsfrogs>","References":"<177747214224.4107228.16300103064218258692.stgit@frogsfrogsfrogs>","Precedence":"bulk","X-Mailing-List":"linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org","List-Id":"<linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org>","List-Subscribe":"<mailto:linux-ext4+subscribe@vger.kernel.org>","List-Unsubscribe":"<mailto:linux-ext4+unsubscribe@vger.kernel.org>","MIME-Version":"1.0","Content-Type":"text/plain; charset=\"utf-8\"","Content-Transfer-Encoding":"7bit","X-Spam-Status":"No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=ARC_SIGNED,ARC_VALID,\n\tDKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DMARC_PASS,\n\tMAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=disabled\n\tversion=4.0.1","X-Spam-Checker-Version":"SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-25) on gandalf.ozlabs.org"},"content":"From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>\n\nThere's no need to invalidate the entire cache when writing a range of\nbytes to the device.  The only ones we need to invalidate are the ones\nthat we're writing separately.\n\nSigned-off-by: \"Darrick J. Wong\" <djwong@kernel.org>\n---\n lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c |   12 ++++++++++--\n 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)","diff":"diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c b/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c\nindex 54bd4b5597ea9e..35c42c35f735a3 100644\n--- a/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c\n+++ b/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c\n@@ -1588,6 +1588,7 @@ static errcode_t unix_write_byte(io_channel channel, unsigned long offset,\n {\n \tstruct unix_private_data *data;\n \terrcode_t\tretval = 0;\n+\tunsigned long long bno, nbno;\n \tssize_t\t\tactual;\n \n \tEXT2_CHECK_MAGIC(channel, EXT2_ET_MAGIC_IO_CHANNEL);\n@@ -1603,10 +1604,17 @@ static errcode_t unix_write_byte(io_channel channel, unsigned long offset,\n \n #ifndef NO_IO_CACHE\n \t/*\n-\t * Flush out the cache completely\n+\t * Flush all the dirty blocks, then invalidate the blocks we're about\n+\t * to write.\n \t */\n-\tif ((retval = flush_cached_blocks(channel, data, FLUSH_INVALIDATE)))\n+\tretval = flush_cached_blocks(channel, data, 0);\n+\tif (retval)\n \t\treturn retval;\n+\n+\tbno = offset / channel->block_size;\n+\tnbno = (offset + size + channel->block_size - 1) / channel->block_size;\n+\n+\tinvalidate_cached_blocks(channel, data, bno, nbno - bno);\n #endif\n \n \tif (lseek(data->dev, offset + data->offset, SEEK_SET) < 0)\n","prefixes":["2/5"]}