Re: [PATCH v2] f2fs: allow compression of files without blocks

From: Jaegeuk Kim
Date: Mon Jul 11 2022 - 21:36:23 EST


On 07/07, Chao Liu wrote:
> From: Chao Liu <liuchao@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Files created by truncate(1) have a size but no blocks, so
> they can be allowed to enable compression.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chao Liu <liuchao@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2:
> - update commit message: truncate -> truncate(1)
>
> fs/f2fs/file.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> index 0f29af7876a6..f7a82858486a 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> @@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ static int f2fs_setflags_common(struct inode *inode, u32 iflags, u32 mask)
> if (iflags & F2FS_COMPR_FL) {
> if (!f2fs_may_compress(inode))
> return -EINVAL;
> - if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_size)
> + if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && F2FS_HAS_BLOCKS(inode))

What about inline_data case?

> return -EINVAL;
>
> set_compress_context(inode);
> --
> 2.36.1