The patch titled
mm: do_sync_mapping_range integrity fix
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-do_sync_mapping_range-integrity-fix.patch
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Subject: mm: do_sync_mapping_range integrity fix
From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
Chris Mason notices do_sync_mapping_range didn't actually ask for data
integrity writeout. Unfortunately, it is advertised as being usable for
data integrity operations.
This is a data integrity bug.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: jim owens <jowens@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/sync.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN fs/sync.c~mm-do_sync_mapping_range-integrity-fix fs/sync.c
--- a/fs/sync.c~mm-do_sync_mapping_range-integrity-fix
+++ a/fs/sync.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ int do_sync_mapping_range(struct address
if (flags & SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE) {
ret = __filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, offset, endbyte,
- WB_SYNC_NONE);
+ WB_SYNC_ALL);
if (ret < 0)
goto out;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from npiggin@xxxxxxx are
mm-increase-the-default-mlock-limit-from-32k-to-64k.patch
fs-remove-prepare_write-commit_write.patch
linux-next.patch
mm-dont-mark_page_accessed-in-fault-path.patch
mm-invoke-oom-killer-from-page-fault.patch
mm-invoke-oom-killer-from-page-fault-fix.patch
mm-invoke-oom-killer-from-page-fault-fix-fix-2.patch
mm-write_cache_pages-cyclic-fix.patch
mm-write_cache_pages-cyclic-fix-fix.patch
mm-write_cache_pages-early-loop-termination.patch
mm-write_cache_pages-writepage-error-fix.patch
mm-write_cache_pages-integrity-fix.patch
mm-write_cache_pages-cleanups.patch
mm-write_cache_pages-optimise-page-cleaning.patch
mm-write_cache_pages-terminate-quickly.patch
mm-write_cache_pages-more-terminate-quickly.patch
mm-do_sync_mapping_range-integrity-fix.patch
reiser4.patch
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