[PATCH 3/4] fs: Remove i_size check from do_fallocate

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 08:57:44PM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> Currently in do_fallocate in collapse range case we're checking whether
> offset + len is not bigger than i_size. However there is nothing which
> would prevent i_size from changing so the check is pointless. It should
> be done in the file system itself and the file system needs to make sure
> that i_size is not going to change.
> 
> As it is now we can easily crash kernel by having two processes doing
> truncate and fallocate collapse range at the same time. This can be
> reproduced on ext4 and it is theoretically possible on xfs even though I
> was not able to trigger it with this simple test.
> 
> This commit removes the check from do_fallocate and adds it to the file
> system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner at redhat.com>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/extents.c | 11 +++++++++--
>  fs/open.c         |  8 --------
>  fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 10 +++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Looks good to me.  Do the xfs folks mind if I carry this in the ext4
tree and push it to Linus shortly after -rc1?  If so, please send me
an ack'ed by.

If folks have a strong preference to handle this differently, let me
know.

Cheers,

						- Ted