[PATCH v2] xfs: don't zero partial page cache pages during O_DIRECT

Chris Mason clm at fb.com
Sat Aug 9 07:57:00 CDT 2014


xfs is using truncate_pagecache_range to invalidate the page cache
during DIO reads.  This is different from the other filesystems who only
invalidate pages during DIO writes.

truncate_pagecache_range is meant to be used when we are freeing the
underlying data structs from disk, so it will zero any partial ranges in
the page.  This means a DIO read can zero out part of the page cache
page, and it is possible the page will stay in cache.

buffered reads will find an up to date page with zeros instead of the
data actually on disk.

This patch fixes things by using invalidate_inode_pages2_range instead.
It preserves the page cache invalidation, but won't zero any pages.

Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <clm at fb.com>
cc: stable at vger.kernel.org

---
 fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 1f66779..023d575 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ xfs_file_read_iter(
 				xfs_rw_iunlock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
 				return ret;
 			}
-			truncate_pagecache_range(VFS_I(ip), pos, -1);
+			invalidate_inode_pages2_range(VFS_I(ip)->i_mapping,
+					      pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT, -1);
 		}
 		xfs_rw_ilock_demote(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
 	}
-- 
1.8.1



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