linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] block: Don't invalidate pagecache for invalid falloc modes

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Date:   Wed, 31 May 2023 16:40:44 -0400
From:   Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...nel.org>
To:     Sarthak Kukreti <sarthakkukreti@...omium.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     dm-devel@...hat.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@...gle.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        Brian Foster <bfoster@...hat.com>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] block: Don't invalidate pagecache for invalid
 falloc modes

On Thu, May 18 2023 at  6:33P -0400,
Sarthak Kukreti <sarthakkukreti@...omium.org> wrote:

> Only call truncate_bdev_range() if the fallocate mode is
> supported. This fixes a bug where data in the pagecache
> could be invalidated if the fallocate() was called on the
> block device with an invalid mode.
> 
> Fixes: 25f4c41415e5 ("block: implement (some of) fallocate for block devices")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Reported-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sarthak Kukreti <sarthakkukreti@...omium.org>

Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...nel.org>

Jens, this one is independent of the rest of the patchset and should
be ready to go upstream whenever you are able.

Thanks,
Mike