iomap: rework IOMAP atomic flags

Flag IOMAP_ATOMIC_SW is not really required. The idea of having this flag
is that the FS ->iomap_begin callback could check if this flag is set to
decide whether to do a SW (FS-based) atomic write. But the FS can set
which ->iomap_begin callback it wants when deciding to do a FS-based
atomic write.

Furthermore, it was thought that IOMAP_ATOMIC_HW is not a proper name, as
the block driver can use SW-methods to emulate an atomic write. So change
back to IOMAP_ATOMIC.

The ->iomap_begin callback needs though to indicate to iomap core that
REQ_ATOMIC needs to be set, so add IOMAP_F_ATOMIC_BIO for that.

These changes were suggested by Christoph Hellwig and Dave Chinner.

Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250320120250.4087011-4-john.g.garry@oracle.com
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/iomap/operations.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/iomap/operations.rst
index b08a79d11d9f..3b628e370d88 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/iomap/operations.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/iomap/operations.rst
@@ -514,29 +514,32 @@ IOMAP_WRITE`` with any combination of the following enhancements:
    if the mapping is unwritten and the filesystem cannot handle zeroing
    the unaligned regions without exposing stale contents.
 
- * ``IOMAP_ATOMIC_HW``: This write is being issued with torn-write
-   protection based on HW-offload support.
-   Only a single bio can be created for the write, and the write must
-   not be split into multiple I/O requests, i.e. flag REQ_ATOMIC must be
-   set.
+ * ``IOMAP_ATOMIC``: This write is being issued with torn-write
+   protection.
+   Torn-write protection may be provided based on HW-offload or by a
+   software mechanism provided by the filesystem.
+
+   For HW-offload based support, only a single bio can be created for the
+   write, and the write must not be split into multiple I/O requests, i.e.
+   flag REQ_ATOMIC must be set.
    The file range to write must be aligned to satisfy the requirements
    of both the filesystem and the underlying block device's atomic
    commit capabilities.
    If filesystem metadata updates are required (e.g. unwritten extent
-   conversion or copy on write), all updates for the entire file range
+   conversion or copy-on-write), all updates for the entire file range
    must be committed atomically as well.
-   Only one space mapping is allowed per untorn write.
-   Untorn writes may be longer than a single file block. In all cases,
+   Untorn-writes may be longer than a single file block. In all cases,
    the mapping start disk block must have at least the same alignment as
    the write offset.
-
- * ``IOMAP_ATOMIC_SW``: This write is being issued with torn-write
-   protection via a software mechanism provided by the filesystem.
-   All the disk block alignment and single bio restrictions which apply
-   to IOMAP_ATOMIC_HW do not apply here.
-   SW-based untorn writes would typically be used as a fallback when
-   HW-based untorn writes may not be issued, e.g. the range of the write
-   covers multiple extents, meaning that it is not possible to issue
+   The filesystems must set IOMAP_F_ATOMIC_BIO to inform iomap core of an
+   untorn-write based on HW-offload.
+
+   For untorn-writes based on a software mechanism provided by the
+   filesystem, all the disk block alignment and single bio restrictions
+   which apply for HW-offload based untorn-writes do not apply.
+   The mechanism would typically be used as a fallback for when
+   HW-offload based untorn-writes may not be issued, e.g. the range of the
+   write covers multiple extents, meaning that it is not possible to issue
    a single bio.
    All filesystem metadata updates for the entire file range must be
    committed atomically as well.