linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] smb3: fix temporary data corruption in collapse range

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Date:   Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:17:25 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, sfrench@...ba.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
        lsahlber@...hat.com, jlayton@...nel.org, dchinner@...hat.com,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        samba-technical@...ts.samba.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] smb3: fix temporary data corruption in collapse range

Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:

> >  	filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
> > +	truncate_pagecache_range(inode, off, old_eof);
> 
> It's a bit odd to writeback the entire file but then truncate only part
> of it.  XFS does the same part:

Actually, filemap_write_and_wait() should check for error, yes.

Is there something that combines these that we should use?
invalidate_inode_pages2_range() for example.

David