VFS: add FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT file flag

Currently various places test if direct IO is possible on a file by
checking for the existence of the direct_IO address space operation.
This is a poor choice, as the direct_IO operation may not be used - it is
only used if the generic_file_*_iter functions are called for direct IO
and some filesystems - particularly NFS - don't do this.

Instead, introduce a new f_mode flag: FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT and change the
various places to check this (avoiding pointer dereferences).
do_dentry_open() will set this flag if ->direct_IO is present, so
filesystems do not need to be changed.

NFS *is* changed, to set the flag explicitly and discard the direct_IO
entry in the address_space_operations for files.

Other filesystems which currently use noop_direct_IO could usefully be
changed to set this flag instead.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/164859778128.29473.15189737957277399416.stgit@noble.brown
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Tested-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>
Cc: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index f15d885b9796..34a3faa4886d 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -56,11 +56,10 @@ static int setfl(int fd, struct file * filp, unsigned long arg)
 		   arg |= O_NONBLOCK;
 
 	/* Pipe packetized mode is controlled by O_DIRECT flag */
-	if (!S_ISFIFO(inode->i_mode) && (arg & O_DIRECT)) {
-		if (!filp->f_mapping || !filp->f_mapping->a_ops ||
-			!filp->f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO)
-				return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	if (!S_ISFIFO(inode->i_mode) &&
+	    (arg & O_DIRECT) &&
+	    !(filp->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (filp->f_op->check_flags)
 		error = filp->f_op->check_flags(arg);