Re: [PATCH -next v5 08/32] ext4: allow ext4_map_blocks() to start its own transaction handle
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-ext4 |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
> From: Zhang Yi <[email protected]> > > Make ext4_map_blocks() start its own transaction handle when the caller > does not provide one. The handle is started after the lookup path > confirms that allocation is actually needed, and is stopped at the > unified out_handle exit path. This avoids unnecessarily starting a > handle for pure mapping queries. This prepares for the buffered iomap > writeback conversion, which improves performance for fragile overwrite > cases. > > Suggested-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <[email protected]> Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great! -- Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/[email protected]?part=8