linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] splice: Fix corruption in data spliced to pipe

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Message-ID: <7d33f8a7-eb75-4a0d-bb10-aa4ab497c016@mattwhitlock.name>
Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2023 14:16:02 -0400
From:   Matt Whitlock <kernel@...twhitlock.name>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, <linux-fsdevel@...ck.org>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] splice: Fix corruption in data spliced to pipe

On Thursday, 29 June 2023 11:54:29 EDT, David Howells wrote:
> Matt Whitlock, Matthew Wilcox and Dave Chinner are of the opinion that data
> in the pipe must not be seen to change and that if it does, this is a bug.
> Apart from in one specific instance (vmsplice() with SPLICE_F_GIFT), the
> manual pages agree with them.  I'm more inclined to adjust the
> documentation since the behaviour we have has been that way since 2005, I
> think.

Anecdotally, my use case had been working fine for years until I upgraded 
from 5.15.x to 6.1.x in February of this year. That's when my backups 
started being corrupted. I only noticed when I was trying to restore a lost 
file from backup earlier this week.