Invalidate the page cache (as a regular O_DIRECT write would do) to avoid returning stale cache contents at a later time. v5: Refactor the 4.4 refactoring of the ioctl code into separate functions. Split the page invalidation and the new ioctl into separate patches. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/ioctl.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c index d8996bb..c6eb462 100644 --- a/block/ioctl.c +++ b/block/ioctl.c @@ -226,7 +226,9 @@ static int blk_ioctl_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned long arg) { uint64_t range[2]; - uint64_t start, len; + struct address_space *mapping; + uint64_t start, end, len; + int ret; if (!(mode & FMODE_WRITE)) return -EBADF; @@ -236,18 +238,33 @@ static int blk_ioctl_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, start = range[0]; len = range[1]; + end = start + len - 1; if (start & 511) return -EINVAL; if (len & 511) return -EINVAL; - start >>= 9; - len >>= 9; - - if (start + len > (i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode) >> 9)) + if (end >= (uint64_t)i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode)) + return -EINVAL; + if (end < start) return -EINVAL; - return blkdev_issue_zeroout(bdev, start, len, GFP_KERNEL, false); + /* Invalidate the page cache, including dirty pages */ + mapping = bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping; + truncate_inode_pages_range(mapping, start, end); + + ret = blkdev_issue_zeroout(bdev, start >> 9, len >> 9, GFP_KERNEL, + false); + if (ret) + return ret; + + /* + * Invalidate again; if someone wandered in and dirtied a page, + * the caller will be given -EBUSY. + */ + return invalidate_inode_pages2_range(mapping, + start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT, + end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT); } static int put_ushort(unsigned long arg, unsigned short val) -- 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