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[BACKGROUND] Currently memove_extent_buffer() does a loop where it strop at any page boundary inside [dst_offset, dst_offset + len) or [src_offset, src_offset + len). This is mostly allowing us to do copy_pages(), but if we're going to use folios we will need to handle multi-page (the old behavior) or single folio (the new optimization). The current code would be a burden for future changes. [ENHANCEMENT] Instead of sticking with copy_pages(), here we utilize the new __write_extent_buffer() helper to handle the writes. Unlike the refactoring in memcpy_extent_buffer(), we can not just rely on the write_extent_buffer() and only handle page boundaries inside src range. The function write_extent_buffer() itself is still doing forward writing, thus it cannot handle the following case: (already in the extent buffer memory operation tests, cross page overlapping run 2) Src Page boundary |///////| |///|////| Dst In the above case, if we just follow page boundary in the src range, we have no need to do any split, just one __write_extent_buffer() with use_memmove = true. But __write_extent_buffer() would split the dst range into two, so it first copies the beginning part of the src range into the first half of the dst range. After this operation, the beginning of the dst range is already updated, causing corruption. So we have to follow the old behavior of handling both page boundaries. And since we're the last caller of copy_pages(), we can remove it completely. Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.