Merge tag 'v3.15-rc1' into patchwork

Linux 3.15-rc1

* tag 'v3.15-rc1': (12180 commits)
  Linux 3.15-rc1
  mm: Initialize error in shmem_file_aio_read()
  cifs: Use min_t() when comparing "size_t" and "unsigned long"
  sym53c8xx_2: Set DID_REQUEUE return code when aborting squeue
  powerpc: Don't try to set LPCR unless we're in hypervisor mode
  futex: update documentation for ordering guarantees
  ceph: fix pr_fmt() redefinition
  vti: don't allow to add the same tunnel twice
  gre: don't allow to add the same tunnel twice
  drivers: net: xen-netfront: fix array initialization bug
  missing bits of "splice: fix racy pipe->buffers uses"
  cifs: fix the race in cifs_writev()
  ceph_sync_{,direct_}write: fix an oops on ceph_osdc_new_request() failure
  pktgen: be friendly to LLTX devices
  r8152: check RTL8152_UNPLUG
  net: sun4i-emac: add promiscuous support
  net/apne: replace IS_ERR and PTR_ERR with PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO
  blackfin: cleanup board files
  bf609: clock: drop unused clock bit set/clear functions
  Blackfin: bf537: rename "CONFIG_ADT75"
  ...

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 160a5489a939..31ba0935e32e 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;