On 1/23/20 2:15 PM, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Thu 23-01-20 12:05:10, Vasily Averin wrote:
>> if seq_file .next fuction does not change position index,
>> read after some lseek can generate unexpected output.
>>
>> Script below generates endless output
>> $ q=;while read -r r;do echo "$((++q)) $r";done </proc/fs/jbd2/DEV/info
>
> I've just tried and this works for me just fine with openSUSE 15.1
> (4.12.14-based) kernel. Is it some recent regression?
I think it depends on
commit 1f4aace60b0e ("fs/seq_file.c: simplify seq_file iteration code and interface")
In OpenVz7 we got complain after backport of this patch.
I've reproduced it on last ubuntu kernel
$ uname -a
Linux vvs-ws 5.3.0-24-generic #26~18.04.2-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 26 12:34:22 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ q=;while read -r r;do echo "$((++q)) $r";done </proc/fs/jbd2/sda4-8/info | head -20
1 151327 transactions (132200 requested), each up to 65536 blocks
2 average:
3 0ms waiting for transaction
4 0ms request delay
5 3816ms running transaction
6 0ms transaction was being locked
7 0ms flushing data (in ordered mode)
8 36ms logging transaction
9 29753us average transaction commit time
10 1587 handles per transaction
11 32 blocks per transaction
12 33 logged blocks per transaction
13 151327 transactions (132200 requested), each up to 65536 blocks
14 151327 transactions (132200 requested), each up to 65536 blocks
15 151327 transactions (132200 requested), each up to 65536 blocks
16 151327 transactions (132200 requested), each up to 65536 blocks
17 151327 transactions (132200 requested), each up to 65536 blocks
18 151327 transactions (132200 requested), each up to 65536 blocks
19 151327 transactions (132200 requested), each up to 65536 blocks
20 151327 transactions (132200 requested), each up to 65536 blocks
>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206283
>> Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> fs/jbd2/journal.c | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
>> index 5e408ee..b3e2433 100644
>> --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
>> +++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
>> @@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ static void *jbd2_seq_info_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
>>
>> static void *jbd2_seq_info_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
>> {
>> + (*pos)++;
>> return NULL;
>> }
>>
>> --
>> 1.8.3.1
>>
