[PATCH] [3/3] writes: fix spurious fs truncate errors

From: Oliver Xymoron (oxymoron@waste.org)
Date: Fri Aug 01 2003 - 23:20:18 EST


Get rid of newly exposed EIO errors from truncate races in filesystems

diff -urN -x genksyms -x '*.ver' -x '.patch*' -x '*.orig' orig/fs/buffer.c patched/fs/buffer.c
--- orig/fs/buffer.c 2003-05-21 13:26:41.000000000 -0500
+++ patched/fs/buffer.c 2003-05-21 13:26:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -2625,7 +2625,7 @@
                  */
                 block_invalidatepage(page, 0);
                 unlock_page(page);
- return -EIO;
+ return 0; /* don't care */
         }
 
         /*
diff -urN -x genksyms -x '*.ver' -x '.patch*' -x '*.orig' orig/fs/cifs/file.c patched/fs/cifs/file.c
--- orig/fs/cifs/file.c 2003-05-12 14:34:30.000000000 -0500
+++ patched/fs/cifs/file.c 2003-05-21 13:26:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -433,12 +433,18 @@
         write_data = kmap(page);
         write_data += from;
 
- if((to > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) || (from > to) || (offset > mapping->host->i_size)) {
+ if((to > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) || (from > to)) {
                 kunmap(page);
                 FreeXid(xid);
                 return -EIO;
         }
 
+ /* racing with truncate? */
+ if(offset > mapping->host->i_size) {
+ FreeXid(xid);
+ return 0; /* don't care */
+ }
+
         /* check to make sure that we are not extending the file */
         if(mapping->host->i_size - offset < (loff_t)to)
                 to = (unsigned)(mapping->host->i_size - offset);
diff -urN -x genksyms -x '*.ver' -x '.patch*' -x '*.orig' orig/fs/nfs/write.c patched/fs/nfs/write.c
--- orig/fs/nfs/write.c 2003-05-21 12:54:32.000000000 -0500
+++ patched/fs/nfs/write.c 2003-05-21 13:30:39.000000000 -0500
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
         offset = inode->i_size & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-1);
 
         /* OK, are we completely out? */
- err = -EIO;
+ err = 0; /* potential race with truncate - ignore */
         if (page->index >= end_index+1 || !offset)
                 goto out;
 do_it:
diff -urN -x genksyms -x '*.ver' -x '.patch*' -x '*.orig' orig/fs/ntfs/aops.c patched/fs/ntfs/aops.c
--- orig/fs/ntfs/aops.c 2003-05-12 14:34:30.000000000 -0500
+++ patched/fs/ntfs/aops.c 2003-05-21 13:26:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -811,8 +811,8 @@
         if (unlikely(page->index >= (vi->i_size + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >>
                         PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT)) {
                 unlock_page(page);
- ntfs_debug("Write outside i_size. Returning i/o error.");
- return -EIO;
+ ntfs_debug("Write outside i_size - truncated?");
+ return 0;
         }
 
         ni = NTFS_I(vi);
diff -urN -x genksyms -x '*.ver' -x '.patch*' -x '*.orig' orig/fs/reiserfs/inode.c patched/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
--- orig/fs/reiserfs/inode.c 2003-05-21 12:54:32.000000000 -0500
+++ patched/fs/reiserfs/inode.c 2003-05-21 13:26:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -2048,8 +2048,8 @@
         last_offset = inode->i_size & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) ;
         /* no file contents in this page */
         if (page->index >= end_index + 1 || !last_offset) {
- error = -EIO ;
- goto fail ;
+ error = 0 ;
+ goto done ;
         }
         kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
         memset(kaddr + last_offset, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-last_offset) ;
diff -urN -x genksyms -x '*.ver' -x '.patch*' -x '*.orig' orig/fs/smbfs/file.c patched/fs/smbfs/file.c
--- orig/fs/smbfs/file.c 2003-04-19 21:50:45.000000000 -0500
+++ patched/fs/smbfs/file.c 2003-05-21 13:26:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
         offset = inode->i_size & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-1);
         /* OK, are we completely out? */
         if (page->index >= end_index+1 || !offset)
- return -EIO;
+ return 0; /* truncated - don't care */
 do_it:
         page_cache_get(page);
         err = smb_writepage_sync(inode, page, 0, offset);

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