The patch titled Subject: hfs: fix return value of hfs_get_block() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is hfs-fix-return-value-of-hfs_get_block.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/hfs-fix-return-value-of-hfs_get_block.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/hfs-fix-return-value-of-hfs_get_block.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Ernesto A. Fernandez <ernesto.mnd.fernandez@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: hfs: fix return value of hfs_get_block() Direct writes to empty inodes fail with EIO. The generic direct-io code is in part to blame (a patch has been submitted as "direct-io: allow direct writes to empty inodes"), but hfs is worse affected than the other filesystems because the fallback to buffered I/O doesn't happen. The problem is the return value of hfs_get_block() when called with !create. Change it to be more consistent with the other modules. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4538ab8c35ea37338490525f0f24cbc37227528c.1539195310.git.ernesto.mnd.fernandez@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ernesto A. Fernandez <ernesto.mnd.fernandez@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff -puN fs/hfs/extent.c~hfs-fix-return-value-of-hfs_get_block fs/hfs/extent.c --- a/fs/hfs/extent.c~hfs-fix-return-value-of-hfs_get_block +++ a/fs/hfs/extent.c @@ -345,7 +345,9 @@ int hfs_get_block(struct inode *inode, s ablock = (u32)block / HFS_SB(sb)->fs_div; if (block >= HFS_I(inode)->fs_blocks) { - if (block > HFS_I(inode)->fs_blocks || !create) + if (!create) + return 0; + if (block > HFS_I(inode)->fs_blocks) return -EIO; if (ablock >= HFS_I(inode)->alloc_blocks) { res = hfs_extend_file(inode); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ernesto.mnd.fernandez@xxxxxxxxx are hfsplus-prevent-btree-data-loss-on-root-split.patch hfsplus-fix-bug-on-bnode-parent-update.patch hfs-prevent-btree-data-loss-on-root-split.patch hfs-fix-bug-on-bnode-parent-update.patch hfsplus-prevent-btree-data-loss-on-enospc.patch hfs-prevent-btree-data-loss-on-enospc.patch hfsplus-fix-return-value-of-hfsplus_get_block.patch hfs-fix-return-value-of-hfs_get_block.patch