[This patch may not necessarily be merged, but at least we should be aware of the problem.] When user space requests past-EOF data, do_generic_file_read() will issue a bonus readpage call, which may be unfavorable. do_generic_file_read: -> find_page: -> find_get_page() = NULL -> page_cache_sync_readahead() -> find_get_page() = NULL -> no_cached_page: -> readpage: -> nfs_readpage() = error -> readpage_error: Reported-by: Xu Chenfeng <xcf@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/filemap.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) --- mm.orig/mm/filemap.c +++ mm/mm/filemap.c @@ -1269,6 +1269,11 @@ readpage_error: goto out; no_cached_page: + isize = i_size_read(inode); + end_index = (isize - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT; + if (unlikely(!isize || index > end_index)) + goto out; + /* * Ok, it wasn't cached, so we need to create a new * page.. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html