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netfs: zero the tail of a short DIO/unbuffered readgrafted
The buffered read collector zero-fills the tail of a short read that stops below the inode's i_size (netfs_clear_unread()), so a read that races an extending write still returns the expected number of bytes. The non-buffered collector path does no such thing: it just records how much was transferred. Add the same zero-fill for the non-buffered case, gated on NETFS_SREQ_CLEAR_TAIL: a subreq's source sets that flag when a short result from it is known to be safe to treat as a hole, as opposed to NETFS_SREQ_HIT_EOF, which means the read genuinely ran off the end of the file and should be reported short as-is. Only CLEAR_TAIL should zero-fill here; a real EOF must stay a real short read. No source currently sets CLEAR_TAIL on an unbuffered/DIO subrequest, so this is inert on its own -- a following change teaches cifs to set it in the one case that needs it. Fixes: e2d46f2ec332 ("netfs: Change the read result collector to only use one work item") Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com> Cc: Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@microsoft.com> Cc: Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com> Cc: Bharath SM <bharathsm@microsoft.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
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+.. _clangformat:
+
+clang-format
+============
+
+``clang-format`` is a tool to format C/C++/... code according to
+a set of rules and heuristics. Like most tools, it is not perfect
+nor covers every single case, but it is good enough to be helpful.
+
+``clang-format`` can be used for several purposes:
+
+ - Quickly reformat a block of code to the kernel style. Specially useful
+ when moving code around and aligning/sorting. See clangformatreformat_.
+
+ - Spot style mistakes, typos and possible improvements in files
+ you maintain, patches you review, diffs, etc. See clangformatreview_.
+
+ - Help you follow the coding style rules, specially useful for those
+ new to kernel development or working at the same time in several
+ projects with different coding styles.
+
+Its configuration file is ``.clang-format`` in the root of the kernel tree.
+The rules contained there try to approximate the most common kernel
+coding style. They also try to follow :ref:`Documentation/process/coding-style.rst <codingstyle>`
+as much as possible. Since not all the kernel follows the same style,
+it is possible that you may want to tweak the defaults for a particular
+subsystem or folder. To do so, you can override the defaults by writing
+another ``.clang-format`` file in a subfolder.
+
+The tool itself has already been included in the repositories of popular
+Linux distributions for a long time. Search for ``clang-format`` in
+your repositories. Otherwise, you can either download pre-built
+LLVM/clang binaries or build the source code from:
+
+ https://releases.llvm.org/download.html
+
+See more information about the tool at:
+
+ https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html
+
+ https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.html
+
+
+.. _clangformatreview:
+
+Review files and patches for coding style
+-----------------------------------------
+
+By running the tool in its inline mode, you can review full subsystems,
+folders or individual files for code style mistakes, typos or improvements.
+
+To do so, you can run something like::
+
+ # Make sure your working directory is clean!
+ clang-format -i kernel/*.[ch]
+
+And then take a look at the git diff.
+
+Counting the lines of such a diff is also useful for improving/tweaking
+the style options in the configuration file; as well as testing new
+``clang-format`` features/versions.
+
+``clang-format`` also supports reading unified diffs, so you can review
+patches and git diffs easily. See the documentation at:
+
+ https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html#script-for-patch-reformatting
+
+To avoid ``clang-format`` formatting some portion of a file, you can do::
+
+ int formatted_code;
+ // clang-format off
+ void unformatted_code ;
+ // clang-format on
+ void formatted_code_again;
+
+While it might be tempting to use this to keep a file always in sync with
+``clang-format``, specially if you are writing new files or if you are
+a maintainer, please note that people might be running different
+``clang-format`` versions or not have it available at all. Therefore,
+you should probably refrain yourself from using this in kernel sources;
+at least until we see if ``clang-format`` becomes commonplace.
+
+
+.. _clangformatreformat:
+
+Reformatting blocks of code
+---------------------------
+
+By using an integration with your text editor, you can reformat arbitrary
+blocks (selections) of code with a single keystroke. This is specially
+useful when moving code around, for complex code that is deeply indented,
+for multi-line macros (and aligning their backslashes), etc.
+
+Remember that you can always tweak the changes afterwards in those cases
+where the tool did not do an optimal job. But as a first approximation,
+it can be very useful.
+
+There are integrations for many popular text editors. For some of them,
+like vim, emacs, BBEdit and Visual Studio you can find support built-in.
+For instructions, read the appropriate section at:
+
+ https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html
+
+For Atom, Eclipse, Sublime Text, Visual Studio Code, XCode and other
+editors and IDEs you should be able to find ready-to-use plugins.
+
+For this use case, consider using a secondary ``.clang-format``
+so that you can tweak a few options. See clangformatextra_.
+
+
+.. _clangformatmissing:
+
+Missing support
+---------------
+
+``clang-format`` is missing support for some things that are common
+in kernel code. They are easy to remember, so if you use the tool
+regularly, you will quickly learn to avoid/ignore those.
+
+In particular, some very common ones you will notice are:
+
+ - Aligned blocks of one-line ``#defines``, e.g.::
+
+ #define TRACING_MAP_BITS_DEFAULT 11
+ #define TRACING_MAP_BITS_MAX 17
+ #define TRACING_MAP_BITS_MIN 7
+
+ vs.::
+
+ #define TRACING_MAP_BITS_DEFAULT 11
+ #define TRACING_MAP_BITS_MAX 17
+ #define TRACING_MAP_BITS_MIN 7
+
+ - Aligned designated initializers, e.g.::
+
+ static const struct file_operations uprobe_events_ops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .open = probes_open,
+ .read = seq_read,
+ .llseek = seq_lseek,
+ .release = seq_release,
+ .write = probes_write,
+ };
+
+ vs.::
+
+ static const struct file_operations uprobe_events_ops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .open = probes_open,
+ .read = seq_read,
+ .llseek = seq_lseek,
+ .release = seq_release,
+ .write = probes_write,
+ };
+
+
+.. _clangformatextra:
+
+Extra features/options
+----------------------
+
+Some features/style options are not enabled by default in the configuration
+file in order to minimize the differences between the output and the current
+code. In other words, to make the difference as small as possible,
+which makes reviewing full-file style, as well diffs and patches as easy
+as possible.
+
+In other cases (e.g. particular subsystems/folders/files), the kernel style
+might be different and enabling some of these options may approximate
+better the style there.
+
+For instance:
+
+ - Aligning assignments (``AlignConsecutiveAssignments``).
+
+ - Aligning declarations (``AlignConsecutiveDeclarations``).
+
+ - Reflowing text in comments (``ReflowComments``).
+
+ - Sorting ``#includes`` (``SortIncludes``).
+
+They are typically useful for block re-formatting, rather than full-file.
+You might want to create another ``.clang-format`` file and use that one
+from your editor/IDE instead.