linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/3] ext4: Wait for outstanding dio during truncate in nojournal mode

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Date:   Thu, 23 May 2019 23:46:27 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ext4: Wait for outstanding dio during truncate in
 nojournal mode

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 11:03:15AM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> We didn't wait for outstanding direct IO during truncate in nojournal
> mode (as we skip orphan handling in that case). This can lead to fs
> corruption or stale data exposure if truncate ends up freeing blocks
> and these get reallocated before direct IO finishes. Fix the condition
> determining whether the wait is necessary.
> 
> CC: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Fixes: 1c9114f9c0f1 ("ext4: serialize unlocked dio reads with truncate")
> Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted