This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled block: use i_size_write() in bd_set_size() to the 3.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: block-use-i_size_write-in-bd_set_size.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From d646a02a9d44d1421f273ae3923d97b47b918176 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guo Chao <yan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:16:42 -0800 Subject: block: use i_size_write() in bd_set_size() From: Guo Chao <yan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit d646a02a9d44d1421f273ae3923d97b47b918176 upstream. blkdev_ioctl(GETBLKSIZE) uses i_size_read() to read size of block device. If we update block size directly, reader may see intermediate result in some machines and configurations. Use i_size_write() instead. Signed-off-by: Guo Chao <yan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Guo Chao <yan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: M. Hindess <hindessm@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@xxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/block_dev.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/block_dev.c +++ b/fs/block_dev.c @@ -1086,7 +1086,9 @@ void bd_set_size(struct block_device *bd { unsigned bsize = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev); - bdev->bd_inode->i_size = size; + mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_inode->i_mutex); + i_size_write(bdev->bd_inode, size); + mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_inode->i_mutex); while (bsize < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) { if (size & bsize) break; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from yan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.4/loopdev-fix-a-deadlock.patch queue-3.4/block-use-i_size_write-in-bd_set_size.patch queue-3.4/loopdev-remove-an-user-triggerable-oops.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html