linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cachefiles: fix __cachefiles_prepare

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Date:   Tue, 07 Dec 2021 17:02:20 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>, linux-cachefs@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cachefiles: fix __cachefiles_prepare_write() error handling

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:

>  	pos = cachefiles_inject_remove_error();
> -	if (pos == 0)
> -		ret = vfs_fallocate(file, FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE,
> -				    *_start, *_len);
> +	if (pos != 0)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	ret = vfs_fallocate(file, FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE,
> +			    *_start, *_len);
>  	if (ret < 0) {

The right fix is to use "ret" rather than "pos".  I've fixed this already on
my fscache-rewrite branch.  Hopefully I'll be able to push that over to my
next branch shortly.

David