linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] fat: Fix non-atomic NFS i

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Date:	Sat, 30 Jun 2012 03:54:24 +0900
From:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Steven J. Magnani" <steve@...idescorp.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fat: Fix non-atomic NFS i_pos read

"Steven J. Magnani" <steve@...idescorp.com> writes:

> fat_encode_fh() can fetch an invalid i_pos value on systems
> where 64-bit accesses are not atomic. Make it use the same
> accessor as the rest of the FAT code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steven J. Magnani <steve@...idescorp.com>
> Acked-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
> ---
> diff -uprN linux-3.5-rc4/fs/fat/inode.c new/fs/fat/inode.c
> --- linux-3.5-rc4/fs/fat/inode.c	2012-06-29 11:20:12.781348652 -0500
> +++ new/fs/fat/inode.c	2012-06-29 13:18:13.712940800 -0500
> @@ -738,22 +738,21 @@ static int
>  fat_encode_fh(struct inode *inode, __u32 *fh, int *lenp, struct inode *parent)
>  {
>  	int len = *lenp;
> -	u32 ipos_h, ipos_m, ipos_l;
> +	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(inode->i_sb);
> +	loff_t i_pos;
>  
>  	if (len < 5) {
>  		*lenp = 5;
>  		return 255; /* no room */
>  	}
>  
> -	ipos_h = MSDOS_I(inode)->i_pos >> 8;
> -	ipos_m = (MSDOS_I(inode)->i_pos & 0xf0) << 24;
> -	ipos_l = (MSDOS_I(inode)->i_pos & 0x0f) << 28;
> +	i_pos = fat_i_pos_read(sbi, inode);
>  	*lenp = 5;
>  	fh[0] = inode->i_ino;
>  	fh[1] = inode->i_generation;
> -	fh[2] = ipos_h;
> -	fh[3] = ipos_m | MSDOS_I(inode)->i_logstart;
> -	fh[4] = ipos_l;
> +	fh[2] = i_pos >> 8;
> +	fh[3] = ((i_pos & 0xf0) << 24) | MSDOS_I(inode)->i_logstart;
> +	fh[4] = (i_pos & 0x0f) << 28;
>  	if (parent)
>  		fh[4] |= MSDOS_I(parent)->i_logstart;
>  	return 3;
>

-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
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