linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] fs: hfs: initialize fsdata in hfs_file

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Message-Id: <20230124130401.eb5d453213d557cf3b7a8ed6@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2023 13:04:01 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu,
        adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, jaegeuk@...nel.org, chao@...nel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] fs: hfs: initialize fsdata in hfs_file_truncate()

On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:51:30 +0100 Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 12:21 PM Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > When aops->write_begin() does not initialize fsdata, KMSAN may report
> > an error passing the latter to aops->write_end().
> >
> > Fix this by unconditionally initializing fsdata.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
> > Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
> 
> Dear FS maintainers,
> 
> HFS/HFSPLUS are orphaned, can someone take this patch to their tree?
> Thanks in advance!
> (same for "fs: hfsplus: initialize fsdata in hfsplus_file_truncate()":
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221121112134.407362-5-glider@google.com/)

I grabbed both.

I removed the

	Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")

because that might provoke the backport bots to backport this fix
across eight years worth of kernels.  Before KMSAN existed!

If you intended that this be backported then please let's come up with a
more precise Fixes: target and we'll add cc:stable.