[PATCH] tmpfs: don't undo fallocate past its last page
When fallocate is interrupted it will undo a range that extends one byte past its range of allocated pages. This can corrupt an in-use page by zeroing out its first byte. Instead, undo using the inclusive byte range. Signed-off-by: Anthony Romano <anthony.rom...@coreos.com> --- mm/shmem.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c index 719bd6b..f0f9405 100644 --- a/mm/shmem.c +++ b/mm/shmem.c @@ -2238,7 +2238,7 @@ static long shmem_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, /* Remove the !PageUptodate pages we added */ shmem_undo_range(inode, (loff_t)start << PAGE_SHIFT, - (loff_t)index << PAGE_SHIFT, true); + ((loff_t)index << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1, true); goto undone; } -- 2.8.1
[PATCH] tmpfs: don't undo fallocate past its last page
When fallocate is interrupted it will undo a range that extends one byte past its range of allocated pages. This can corrupt an in-use page by zeroing out its first byte. Instead, undo using the inclusive byte range. Signed-off-by: Anthony Romano --- mm/shmem.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c index 719bd6b..f0f9405 100644 --- a/mm/shmem.c +++ b/mm/shmem.c @@ -2238,7 +2238,7 @@ static long shmem_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, /* Remove the !PageUptodate pages we added */ shmem_undo_range(inode, (loff_t)start << PAGE_SHIFT, - (loff_t)index << PAGE_SHIFT, true); + ((loff_t)index << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1, true); goto undone; } -- 2.8.1
