pagecache_isize_extended (9) - Linux Manuals
pagecache_isize_extended: update pagecache after extension of i_size
NAME
pagecache_isize_extended - update pagecache after extension of i_size
SYNOPSIS
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void pagecache_isize_extended(struct inode
* inode, loff_tfrom, loff_t to);
ARGUMENTS
inode
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- inode for which i_size was extended
from
- original inode size
to
- new inode size
DESCRIPTION
Handle extension of inode size either caused by extending truncate or by write starting after current i_size. We mark the page straddling current i_size RO so that page_mkwrite is called on the nearest write access to the page. This way filesystem can be sure that page_mkwrite is called on the page before user writes to the page via mmap after the i_size has been changed.
The function must be called after i_size is updated so that page fault coming after we unlock the page will already see the new i_size. The function must be called while we still hold i_mutex - this not only makes sure i_size is stable but also that userspace cannot observe new i_size value before we are prepared to store mmap writes at new inode size.
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