Merge tag 'v3.15' into next

Linux 3.15

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 160a5489a93..31ba0935e32 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -664,7 +664,6 @@ static inline int dio_new_bio(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
 		goto out;
 	sector = start_sector << (sdio->blkbits - 9);
 	nr_pages = min(sdio->pages_in_io, bio_get_nr_vecs(map_bh->b_bdev));
-	nr_pages = min(nr_pages, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
 	BUG_ON(nr_pages <= 0);
 	dio_bio_alloc(dio, sdio, map_bh->b_bdev, sector, nr_pages);
 	sdio->boundary = 0;
@@ -1194,13 +1193,19 @@ do_blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * For file extending writes updating i_size before data
-	 * writeouts complete can expose uninitialized blocks. So
-	 * even for AIO, we need to wait for i/o to complete before
-	 * returning in this case.
+	 * For file extending writes updating i_size before data writeouts
+	 * complete can expose uninitialized blocks in dumb filesystems.
+	 * In that case we need to wait for I/O completion even if asked
+	 * for an asynchronous write.
 	 */
-	dio->is_async = !is_sync_kiocb(iocb) && !((rw & WRITE) &&
-		(end > i_size_read(inode)));
+	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
+		dio->is_async = false;
+	else if (!(dio->flags & DIO_ASYNC_EXTEND) &&
+            (rw & WRITE) && end > i_size_read(inode))
+		dio->is_async = false;
+	else
+		dio->is_async = true;
+
 	dio->inode = inode;
 	dio->rw = rw;