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[PATCH] broken fault_in_pages_readable call in generic_file_buffered_write() 

fault_in_pages_readable() is being passed an incorrect `end' address, which
can result in writes accidentally faulting in pages which will not be affected
by the write() call.

Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Martin Schwidefsky 2005-06-06 13:35:54 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 7cef5677ef
commit a511718168
1 changed files with 7 additions and 1 deletions
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@ -1968,6 +1968,7 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
do {
unsigned long index;
unsigned long offset;
unsigned long maxlen;
size_t copied;
offset = (pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE -1)); /* Within page */
@ -1982,7 +1983,10 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
* same page as we're writing to, without it being marked
* up-to-date.
*/
fault_in_pages_readable(buf, bytes);
maxlen = cur_iov->iov_len - iov_base;
if (maxlen > bytes)
maxlen = bytes;
fault_in_pages_readable(buf, maxlen);
page = __grab_cache_page(mapping,index,&cached_page,&lru_pvec);
if (!page) {
@ -2024,6 +2028,8 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
filemap_set_next_iovec(&cur_iov,
&iov_base, status);
buf = cur_iov->iov_base + iov_base;
} else {
iov_base += status;
}
}
}