Re: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2: Fix data corruption after failed write

[Joseph Qi via Ocfs2-devel <ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com>]

On 3/2/23 11:38 PM, Jan Kara wrote:
> When buffered write fails to copy data into underlying page cache page,
> ocfs2_write_end_nolock() just zeroes out and dirties the page. This can
> leave dirty page beyond EOF and if page writeback tries to write this
> page before write succeeds and expands i_size, page gets into
> inconsistent state where page dirty bit is clear but buffer dirty bits
> stay set resulting in page data never getting written and so data copied
> to the page is lost. Fix the problem by invalidating page beyond EOF
> after failed write.
> 
> Fixes: 6dbf7bb55598 ("fs: Don't invalidate page buffers in block_write_full_page()")
> CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

Looks good.
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>

> ---
>  fs/ocfs2/aops.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
> index 1d65f6ef00ca..0394505fdce3 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
> @@ -1977,11 +1977,26 @@ int ocfs2_write_end_nolock(struct address_space *mapping,
>  	}
>  
>  	if (unlikely(copied < len) && wc->w_target_page) {
> +		loff_t new_isize;
> +
>  		if (!PageUptodate(wc->w_target_page))
>  			copied = 0;
>  
> -		ocfs2_zero_new_buffers(wc->w_target_page, start+copied,
> -				       start+len);
> +		new_isize = max_t(loff_t, i_size_read(inode), pos + copied);
> +		if (new_isize > page_offset(wc->w_target_page))
> +			ocfs2_zero_new_buffers(wc->w_target_page, start+copied,
> +					       start+len);
> +		else {
> +			/*
> +			 * When page is fully beyond new isize (data copy
> +			 * failed), do not bother zeroing the page. Invalidate
> +			 * it instead so that writeback does not get confused
> +			 * put page & buffer dirty bits into inconsistent
> +			 * state.
> +			 */
> +			block_invalidate_folio(page_folio(wc->w_target_page),
> +						0, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		}
>  	}
>  	if (wc->w_target_page)
>  		flush_dcache_page(wc->w_target_page);

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