[PATCH 2/2] ext4: Fix mmap data corruption when blocksize < pagesize

[Jan Kara]

On Wed 24-09-14 10:45:19, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Tue 23-09-14 17:03:23, Jan Kara wrote:
> > Use block_create_hole() when hole is being created in a file so that
> > ->page_mkwrite() will get called for the partial tail page if it is
> > mmaped (see the first patch in the series for details).
>   Just out of curiosity I did a change similar to this one for ext4 to XFS
> and indeed it fixed generic/030 test failures for XFS with blocksize 1k.
  Just for reference attached the patch I was testing - I can resend with
proper changelog etc. if people are fine with this approach.

								Honza

> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>
> > ---
> >  fs/ext4/inode.c | 6 +++++-
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> > index 3aa26e9117c4..fdcb007c2c9e 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> > @@ -4536,8 +4536,12 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
> >  				ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
> >  				goto err_out;
> >  			}
> > -		} else
> > +		} else {
> > +			loff_t old_size = inode->i_size;
> > +
> >  			i_size_write(inode, attr->ia_size);
> > +			block_create_hole(inode, old_size, inode->i_size);
> > +		}
> >  
> >  		/*
> >  		 * Blocks are going to be removed from the inode. Wait
> > -- 
> > 1.8.1.4
> > 
> -- 
> Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>
> SUSE Labs, CR
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Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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