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

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Message-ID: <ZGb2ej6H12hFogPM@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 18 May 2023 21:09:30 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Sarthak Kukreti <sarthakkukreti@...omium.org>
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, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...nel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Brian Foster <bfoster@...hat.com>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@...gle.com>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] block: Don't invalidate pagecache for invalid
 falloc modes

On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 03:33:22PM -0700, Sarthak Kukreti 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>

Looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>