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diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 9f5e323e883e..d78f577baef2 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@
* ->swap_lock (try_to_unmap_one)
* ->private_lock (try_to_unmap_one)
* ->i_pages lock (try_to_unmap_one)
- * ->zone_lru_lock(zone) (follow_page->mark_page_accessed)
- * ->zone_lru_lock(zone) (check_pte_range->isolate_lru_page)
+ * ->pgdat->lru_lock (follow_page->mark_page_accessed)
+ * ->pgdat->lru_lock (check_pte_range->isolate_lru_page)
* ->private_lock (page_remove_rmap->set_page_dirty)
* ->i_pages lock (page_remove_rmap->set_page_dirty)
* bdi.wb->list_lock (page_remove_rmap->set_page_dirty)
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ static int filemap_check_and_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping)
* opposed to a regular memory cleansing writeback. The difference between
* these two operations is that if a dirty page/buffer is encountered, it must
* be waited upon, and not just skipped over.
+ *
+ * Return: %0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
*/
int __filemap_fdatawrite_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start,
loff_t end, int sync_mode)
@@ -438,6 +440,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fdatawrite_range);
*
* This is a mostly non-blocking flush. Not suitable for data-integrity
* purposes - I/O may not be started against all dirty pages.
+ *
+ * Return: %0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
*/
int filemap_flush(struct address_space *mapping)
{
@@ -453,6 +457,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_flush);
*
* Find at least one page in the range supplied, usually used to check if
* direct writing in this range will trigger a writeback.
+ *
+ * Return: %true if at least one page exists in the specified range,
+ * %false otherwise.
*/
bool filemap_range_has_page(struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte)
@@ -529,6 +536,8 @@ static void __filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
* Since the error status of the address space is cleared by this function,
* callers are responsible for checking the return value and handling and/or
* reporting the error.
+ *
+ * Return: error status of the address space.
*/
int filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start_byte,
loff_t end_byte)
@@ -551,6 +560,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fdatawait_range);
* Since the error status of the file is advanced by this function,
* callers are responsible for checking the return value and handling and/or
* reporting the error.
+ *
+ * Return: error status of the address space vs. the file->f_wb_err cursor.
*/
int file_fdatawait_range(struct file *file, loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte)
{
@@ -572,6 +583,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_fdatawait_range);
* Use this function if callers don't handle errors themselves. Expected
* call sites are system-wide / filesystem-wide data flushers: e.g. sync(2),
* fsfreeze(8)
+ *
+ * Return: error status of the address space.
*/
int filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping)
{
@@ -623,6 +636,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_write_and_wait);
*
* Note that @lend is inclusive (describes the last byte to be written) so
* that this function can be used to write to the very end-of-file (end = -1).
+ *
+ * Return: error status of the address space.
*/
int filemap_write_and_wait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t lstart, loff_t lend)
@@ -678,6 +693,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__filemap_set_wb_err);
* While we handle mapping->wb_err with atomic operations, the f_wb_err
* value is protected by the f_lock since we must ensure that it reflects
* the latest value swapped in for this file descriptor.
+ *
+ * Return: %0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
*/
int file_check_and_advance_wb_err(struct file *file)
{
@@ -720,6 +737,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_check_and_advance_wb_err);
*
* After writing out and waiting on the data, we check and advance the
* f_wb_err cursor to the latest value, and return any errors detected there.
+ *
+ * Return: %0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
*/
int file_write_and_wait_range(struct file *file, loff_t lstart, loff_t lend)
{
@@ -753,6 +772,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_write_and_wait_range);
* caller must do that.
*
* The remove + add is atomic. This function cannot fail.
+ *
+ * Return: %0
*/
int replace_page_cache_page(struct page *old, struct page *new, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
@@ -867,6 +888,8 @@ error:
*
* This function is used to add a page to the pagecache. It must be locked.
* This function does not add the page to the LRU. The caller must do that.
+ *
+ * Return: %0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
*/
int add_to_page_cache_locked(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
pgoff_t offset, gfp_t gfp_mask)
@@ -1463,7 +1486,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_cache_prev_miss);
* If the slot holds a shadow entry of a previously evicted page, or a
* swap entry from shmem/tmpfs, it is returned.
*
- * Otherwise, %NULL is returned.
+ * Return: the found page or shadow entry, %NULL if nothing is found.
*/
struct page *find_get_entry(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t offset)
{
@@ -1521,9 +1544,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_get_entry);
* If the slot holds a shadow entry of a previously evicted page, or a
* swap entry from shmem/tmpfs, it is returned.
*
- * Otherwise, %NULL is returned.
- *
* find_lock_entry() may sleep.
+ *
+ * Return: the found page or shadow entry, %NULL if nothing is found.
*/
struct page *find_lock_entry(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t offset)
{
@@ -1563,12 +1586,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_lock_entry);
* - FGP_CREAT: If page is not present then a new page is allocated using
* @gfp_mask and added to the page cache and the VM's LRU
* list. The page is returned locked and with an increased
- * refcount. Otherwise, NULL is returned.
+ * refcount.
+ * - FGP_FOR_MMAP: Similar to FGP_CREAT, only we want to allow the caller to do
+ * its own locking dance if the page is already in cache, or unlock the page
+ * before returning if we had to add the page to pagecache.
*
* If FGP_LOCK or FGP_CREAT are specified then the function may sleep even
* if the GFP flags specified for FGP_CREAT are atomic.
*
* If there is a page cache page, it is returned with an increased refcount.
+ *
+ * Return: the found page or %NULL otherwise.
*/
struct page *pagecache_get_page(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t offset,
int fgp_flags, gfp_t gfp_mask)
@@ -1616,7 +1644,7 @@ no_page:
if (!page)
return NULL;
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(fgp_flags & FGP_LOCK)))
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(fgp_flags & (FGP_LOCK | FGP_FOR_MMAP))))
fgp_flags |= FGP_LOCK;
/* Init accessed so avoid atomic mark_page_accessed later */
@@ -1630,6 +1658,13 @@ no_page:
if (err == -EEXIST)
goto repeat;
}
+
+ /*
+ * add_to_page_cache_lru locks the page, and for mmap we expect
+ * an unlocked page.
+ */
+ if (page && (fgp_flags & FGP_FOR_MMAP))
+ unlock_page(page);
}
return page;
@@ -1656,8 +1691,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pagecache_get_page);
* Any shadow entries of evicted pages, or swap entries from
* shmem/tmpfs, are included in the returned array.
*
- * find_get_entries() returns the number of pages and shadow entries
- * which were found.
+ * Return: the number of pages and shadow entries which were found.
*/
unsigned find_get_entries(struct address_space *mapping,
pgoff_t start, unsigned int nr_entries,
@@ -1727,8 +1761,8 @@ retry:
* indexes. There may be holes in the indices due to not-present pages.
* We also update @start to index the next page for the traversal.
*
- * find_get_pages_range() returns the number of pages which were found. If this
- * number is smaller than @nr_pages, the end of specified range has been
+ * Return: the number of pages which were found. If this number is
+ * smaller than @nr_pages, the end of specified range has been
* reached.
*/
unsigned find_get_pages_range(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t *start,
@@ -1765,7 +1799,7 @@ unsigned find_get_pages_range(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t *start,
pages[ret] = page;
if (++ret == nr_pages) {
- *start = page->index + 1;
+ *start = xas.xa_index + 1;
goto out;
}
continue;
@@ -1801,7 +1835,7 @@ out:
* find_get_pages_contig() works exactly like find_get_pages(), except
* that the returned number of pages are guaranteed to be contiguous.
*
- * find_get_pages_contig() returns the number of pages which were found.
+ * Return: the number of pages which were found.
*/
unsigned find_get_pages_contig(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index,
unsigned int nr_pages, struct page **pages)
@@ -1837,16 +1871,6 @@ unsigned find_get_pages_contig(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index,
if (unlikely(page != xas_reload(&xas)))
goto put_page;
- /*
- * must check mapping and index after taking the ref.
- * otherwise we can get both false positives and false
- * negatives, which is just confusing to the caller.
- */
- if (!page->mapping || page_to_pgoff(page) != xas.xa_index) {
- put_page(page);
- break;
- }
-
pages[ret] = page;
if (++ret == nr_pages)
break;
@@ -1872,6 +1896,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_get_pages_contig);
*
* Like find_get_pages, except we only return pages which are tagged with
* @tag. We update @index to index the next page for the traversal.
+ *
+ * Return: the number of pages which were found.
*/
unsigned find_get_pages_range_tag(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t *index,
pgoff_t end, xa_mark_t tag, unsigned int nr_pages,
@@ -1911,7 +1937,7 @@ unsigned find_get_pages_range_tag(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t *index,
pages[ret] = page;
if (++ret == nr_pages) {
- *index = page->index + 1;
+ *index = xas.xa_index + 1;
goto out;
}
continue;
@@ -1949,6 +1975,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_get_pages_range_tag);
*
* Like find_get_entries, except we only return entries which are tagged with
* @tag.
+ *
+ * Return: the number of entries which were found.
*/
unsigned find_get_entries_tag(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t start,
xa_mark_t tag, unsigned int nr_entries,
@@ -2034,6 +2062,10 @@ static void shrink_readahead_size_eio(struct file *filp,
*
* This is really ugly. But the goto's actually try to clarify some
* of the logic when it comes to error handling etc.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * * total number of bytes copied, including those the were already @written
+ * * negative error code if nothing was copied
*/
static ssize_t generic_file_buffered_read(struct kiocb *iocb,
struct iov_iter *iter, ssize_t written)
@@ -2295,6 +2327,9 @@ out:
*
* This is the "read_iter()" routine for all filesystems
* that can use the page cache directly.
+ * Return:
+ * * number of bytes copied, even for partial reads
+ * * negative error code if nothing was read
*/
ssize_t
generic_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
@@ -2354,62 +2389,98 @@ out:
EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_read_iter);
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-/**
- * page_cache_read - adds requested page to the page cache if not already there
- * @file: file to read
- * @offset: page index
- * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags
- *
- * This adds the requested page to the page cache if it isn't already there,
- * and schedules an I/O to read in its contents from disk.
- */
-static int page_cache_read(struct file *file, pgoff_t offset, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+#define MMAP_LOTSAMISS (100)
+static struct file *maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(struct vm_fault *vmf,
+ struct file *fpin)
{
- struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
- struct page *page;
- int ret;
+ int flags = vmf->flags;
- do {
- page = __page_cache_alloc(gfp_mask);
- if (!page)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (fpin)
+ return fpin;
- ret = add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping, offset, gfp_mask);
- if (ret == 0)
- ret = mapping->a_ops->readpage(file, page);
- else if (ret == -EEXIST)
- ret = 0; /* losing race to add is OK */
+ /*
+ * FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT means we don't want to wait on page locks or
+ * anything, so we only pin the file and drop the mmap_sem if only
+ * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY is set.
+ */
+ if ((flags & (FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY | FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT)) ==
+ FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) {
+ fpin = get_file(vmf->vma->vm_file);
+ up_read(&vmf->vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem);
+ }
+ return fpin;
+}
- put_page(page);
+/*
+ * lock_page_maybe_drop_mmap - lock the page, possibly dropping the mmap_sem
+ * @vmf - the vm_fault for this fault.
+ * @page - the page to lock.
+ * @fpin - the pointer to the file we may pin (or is already pinned).
+ *
+ * This works similar to lock_page_or_retry in that it can drop the mmap_sem.
+ * It differs in that it actually returns the page locked if it returns 1 and 0
+ * if it couldn't lock the page. If we did have to drop the mmap_sem then fpin
+ * will point to the pinned file and needs to be fput()'ed at a later point.
+ */
+static int lock_page_maybe_drop_mmap(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct page *page,
+ struct file **fpin)
+{
+ if (trylock_page(page))
+ return 1;
- } while (ret == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE);
+ /*
+ * NOTE! This will make us return with VM_FAULT_RETRY, but with
+ * the mmap_sem still held. That's how FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT
+ * is supposed to work. We have way too many special cases..
+ */
+ if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT)
+ return 0;
- return ret;
+ *fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, *fpin);
+ if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_KILLABLE) {
+ if (__lock_page_killable(page)) {
+ /*
+ * We didn't have the right flags to drop the mmap_sem,
+ * but all fault_handlers only check for fatal signals
+ * if we return VM_FAULT_RETRY, so we need to drop the
+ * mmap_sem here and return 0 if we don't have a fpin.
+ */
+ if (*fpin == NULL)
+ up_read(&vmf->vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ } else
+ __lock_page(page);
+ return 1;
}
-#define MMAP_LOTSAMISS (100)
/*
- * Synchronous readahead happens when we don't even find
- * a page in the page cache at all.
+ * Synchronous readahead happens when we don't even find a page in the page
+ * cache at all. We don't want to perform IO under the mmap sem, so if we have
+ * to drop the mmap sem we return the file that was pinned in order for us to do
+ * that. If we didn't pin a file then we return NULL. The file that is
+ * returned needs to be fput()'ed when we're done with it.
*/
-static void do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- struct file_ra_state *ra,
- struct file *file,
- pgoff_t offset)
+static struct file *do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_fault *vmf)
{
+ struct file *file = vmf->vma->vm_file;
+ struct file_ra_state *ra = &file->f_ra;
struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
+ struct file *fpin = NULL;
+ pgoff_t offset = vmf->pgoff;
/* If we don't want any read-ahead, don't bother */
- if (vma->vm_flags & VM_RAND_READ)
- return;
+ if (vmf->vma->vm_flags & VM_RAND_READ)
+ return fpin;
if (!ra->ra_pages)
- return;
+ return fpin;
- if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SEQ_READ) {
+ if (vmf->vma->vm_flags & VM_SEQ_READ) {
+ fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, fpin);
page_cache_sync_readahead(mapping, ra, file, offset,
ra->ra_pages);
- return;
+ return fpin;
}
/* Avoid banging the cache line if not needed */
@@ -2421,37 +2492,44 @@ static void do_sync_mmap_readahead(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* stop bothering with read-ahead. It will only hurt.
*/
if (ra->mmap_miss > MMAP_LOTSAMISS)
- return;
+ return fpin;
/*
* mmap read-around
*/
+ fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, fpin);
ra->start = max_t(long, 0, offset - ra->ra_pages / 2);
ra->size = ra->ra_pages;
ra->async_size = ra->ra_pages / 4;
ra_submit(ra, mapping, file);
+ return fpin;
}
/*
* Asynchronous readahead happens when we find the page and PG_readahead,
- * so we want to possibly extend the readahead further..
+ * so we want to possibly extend the readahead further. We return the file that
+ * was pinned if we have to drop the mmap_sem in order to do IO.
*/
-static void do_async_mmap_readahead(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- struct file_ra_state *ra,
- struct file *file,
- struct page *page,
- pgoff_t offset)
+static struct file *do_async_mmap_readahead(struct vm_fault *vmf,
+ struct page *page)
{
+ struct file *file = vmf->vma->vm_file;
+ struct file_ra_state *ra = &file->f_ra;
struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
+ struct file *fpin = NULL;
+ pgoff_t offset = vmf->pgoff;
/* If we don't want any read-ahead, don't bother */
- if (vma->vm_flags & VM_RAND_READ)
- return;
+ if (vmf->vma->vm_flags & VM_RAND_READ)
+ return fpin;
if (ra->mmap_miss > 0)
ra->mmap_miss--;
- if (PageReadahead(page))
+ if (PageReadahead(page)) {
+ fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, fpin);
page_cache_async_readahead(mapping, ra, file,
page, offset, ra->ra_pages);
+ }
+ return fpin;
}
/**
@@ -2476,11 +2554,14 @@ static void do_async_mmap_readahead(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* has not been released.
*
* We never return with VM_FAULT_RETRY and a bit from VM_FAULT_ERROR set.
+ *
+ * Return: bitwise-OR of %VM_FAULT_ codes.
*/
vm_fault_t filemap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
{
int error;
struct file *file = vmf->vma->vm_file;
+ struct file *fpin = NULL;
struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
struct file_ra_state *ra = &file->f_ra;
struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
@@ -2502,23 +2583,26 @@ vm_fault_t filemap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
* We found the page, so try async readahead before
* waiting for the lock.
*/
- do_async_mmap_readahead(vmf->vma, ra, file, page, offset);
+ fpin = do_async_mmap_readahead(vmf, page);
} else if (!page) {
/* No page in the page cache at all */
- do_sync_mmap_readahead(vmf->vma, ra, file, offset);
count_vm_event(PGMAJFAULT);
count_memcg_event_mm(vmf->vma->vm_mm, PGMAJFAULT);
ret = VM_FAULT_MAJOR;
+ fpin = do_sync_mmap_readahead(vmf);
retry_find:
- page = find_get_page(mapping, offset);
- if (!page)
- goto no_cached_page;
+ page = pagecache_get_page(mapping, offset,
+ FGP_CREAT|FGP_FOR_MMAP,
+ vmf->gfp_mask);
+ if (!page) {
+ if (fpin)
+ goto out_retry;
+ return vmf_error(-ENOMEM);
+ }
}
- if (!lock_page_or_retry(page, vmf->vma->vm_mm, vmf->flags)) {
- put_page(page);
- return ret | VM_FAULT_RETRY;
- }
+ if (!lock_page_maybe_drop_mmap(vmf, page, &fpin))
+ goto out_retry;
/* Did it get truncated? */
if (unlikely(page->mapping != mapping)) {
@@ -2536,6 +2620,16 @@ retry_find:
goto page_not_uptodate;
/*
+ * We've made it this far and we had to drop our mmap_sem, now is the
+ * time to return to the upper layer and have it re-find the vma and
+ * redo the fault.
+ */
+ if (fpin) {
+ unlock_page(page);
+ goto out_retry;
+ }
+
+ /*
* Found the page and have a reference on it.
* We must recheck i_size under page lock.
*/
@@ -2549,28 +2643,6 @@ retry_find:
vmf->page = page;
return ret | VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
-no_cached_page:
- /*
- * We're only likely to ever get here if MADV_RANDOM is in
- * effect.
- */
- error = page_cache_read(file, offset, vmf->gfp_mask);
-
- /*
- * The page we want has now been added to the page cache.
- * In the unlikely event that someone removed it in the
- * meantime, we'll just come back here and read it again.
- */
- if (error >= 0)
- goto retry_find;
-
- /*
- * An error return from page_cache_read can result if the
- * system is low on memory, or a problem occurs while trying
- * to schedule I/O.
- */
- return vmf_error(error);
-
page_not_uptodate:
/*
* Umm, take care of errors if the page isn't up-to-date.
@@ -2579,12 +2651,15 @@ page_not_uptodate:
* and we need to check for errors.
*/
ClearPageError(page);
+ fpin = maybe_unlock_mmap_for_io(vmf, fpin);
error = mapping->a_ops->readpage(file, page);
if (!error) {
wait_on_page_locked(page);
if (!PageUptodate(page))
error = -EIO;
}
+ if (fpin)
+ goto out_retry;
put_page(page);
if (!error || error == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE)
@@ -2593,6 +2668,18 @@ page_not_uptodate:
/* Things didn't work out. Return zero to tell the mm layer so. */
shrink_readahead_size_eio(file, ra);
return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+
+out_retry:
+ /*
+ * We dropped the mmap_sem, we need to return to the fault handler to
+ * re-find the vma and come back and find our hopefully still populated
+ * page.
+ */
+ if (page)
+ put_page(page);
+ if (fpin)
+ fput(fpin);
+ return ret | VM_FAULT_RETRY;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fault);
@@ -2861,6 +2948,8 @@ out:
* not set, try to fill the page and wait for it to become unlocked.
*
* If the page does not get brought uptodate, return -EIO.
+ *
+ * Return: up to date page on success, ERR_PTR() on failure.
*/
struct page *read_cache_page(struct address_space *mapping,
pgoff_t index,
@@ -2881,6 +2970,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(read_cache_page);
* any new page allocations done using the specified allocation flags.
*
* If the page does not get brought uptodate, return -EIO.
+ *
+ * Return: up to date page on success, ERR_PTR() on failure.
*/
struct page *read_cache_page_gfp(struct address_space *mapping,
pgoff_t index,
@@ -3081,7 +3172,7 @@ generic_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
/* If there are pages to writeback, return */
if (filemap_range_has_page(inode->i_mapping, pos,
- pos + write_len))
+ pos + write_len - 1))
return -EAGAIN;
} else {
written = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, pos,
@@ -3264,6 +3355,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_perform_write);
* This function does *not* take care of syncing data in case of O_SYNC write.
* A caller has to handle it. This is mainly due to the fact that we want to
* avoid syncing under i_mutex.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * * number of bytes written, even for truncated writes
+ * * negative error code if no data has been written at all
*/
ssize_t __generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
{
@@ -3348,6 +3443,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__generic_file_write_iter);
* This is a wrapper around __generic_file_write_iter() to be used by most
* filesystems. It takes care of syncing the file in case of O_SYNC file
* and acquires i_mutex as needed.
+ * Return:
+ * * negative error code if no data has been written at all of
+ * vfs_fsync_range() failed for a synchronous write
+ * * number of bytes written, even for truncated writes
*/
ssize_t generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
{
@@ -3374,8 +3473,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_write_iter);
* @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags (and I/O mode)
*
* The address_space is to try to release any data against the page
- * (presumably at page->private). If the release was successful, return '1'.
- * Otherwise return zero.
+ * (presumably at page->private).
*
* This may also be called if PG_fscache is set on a page, indicating that the
* page is known to the local caching routines.
@@ -3383,6 +3481,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_write_iter);
* The @gfp_mask argument specifies whether I/O may be performed to release
* this page (__GFP_IO), and whether the call may block (__GFP_RECLAIM & __GFP_FS).
*
+ * Return: %1 if the release was successful, otherwise return zero.
*/
int try_to_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{