[f2fs-dev] Patch "filemap: update ki_pos in generic_perform_write" has been added to the 6.1-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    filemap: update ki_pos in generic_perform_write

to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     filemap-update-ki_pos-in-generic_perform_write.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


From stable+bounces-188298-greg=kroah.com@vger.kernel.org Tue Oct 21 16:16:51 2025
From: Mahmoud Adam <mngyadam@amazon.de>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:03:38 +0200
Subject: filemap: update ki_pos in generic_perform_write
To: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, <nagy@khwaternagy.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Xiubo Li <xiubli@redhat.com>, Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>, "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com>, "Anna Schumaker" <anna@kernel.org>, Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>, Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@gmail.com>, Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>, "Miklos Szeredi" <miklos@szeredi.hu>, Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>, "Trond Myklebust" <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>, Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@dilger.ca>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, "Ryusuke Konishi" <konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
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Message-ID: <20251021070353.96705-5-mngyadam@amazon.de>

From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

commit 182c25e9c157f37bd0ab5a82fe2417e2223df459 upstream.

All callers of generic_perform_write need to updated ki_pos, move it into
common code.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230601145904.1385409-4-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Xiubo Li <xiubli@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Acked-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Acked-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com>
Cc: Anna Schumaker <anna@kernel.org>
Cc: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@gmail.com>
Cc: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Mahmoud Adam <mngyadam@amazon.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/ceph/file.c |    2 --
 fs/ext4/file.c |    9 +++------
 fs/f2fs/file.c |    1 -
 fs/nfs/file.c  |    1 -
 mm/filemap.c   |    8 ++++----
 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -1891,8 +1891,6 @@ retry_snap:
 		 * can not run at the same time
 		 */
 		written = generic_perform_write(iocb, from);
-		if (likely(written >= 0))
-			iocb->ki_pos = pos + written;
 		ceph_end_io_write(inode);
 	}
 
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -287,12 +287,9 @@ static ssize_t ext4_buffered_write_iter(
 
 out:
 	inode_unlock(inode);
-	if (likely(ret > 0)) {
-		iocb->ki_pos += ret;
-		ret = generic_write_sync(iocb, ret);
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	if (unlikely(ret <= 0))
+		return ret;
+	return generic_write_sync(iocb, ret);
 }
 
 static ssize_t ext4_handle_inode_extension(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -4659,7 +4659,6 @@ static ssize_t f2fs_buffered_write_iter(
 	current->backing_dev_info = NULL;
 
 	if (ret > 0) {
-		iocb->ki_pos += ret;
 		f2fs_update_iostat(F2FS_I_SB(inode), inode,
 						APP_BUFFERED_IO, ret);
 	}
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -645,7 +645,6 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_write(struct kiocb *ioc
 		goto out;
 
 	written = result;
-	iocb->ki_pos += written;
 	nfs_add_stats(inode, NFSIOS_NORMALWRITTENBYTES, written);
 
 	if (mntflags & NFS_MOUNT_WRITE_EAGER) {
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -3891,7 +3891,10 @@ again:
 		balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
 	} while (iov_iter_count(i));
 
-	return written ? written : status;
+	if (!written)
+		return status;
+	iocb->ki_pos += written;
+	return written;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_perform_write);
 
@@ -3970,7 +3973,6 @@ ssize_t __generic_file_write_iter(struct
 		endbyte = pos + status - 1;
 		err = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, pos, endbyte);
 		if (err == 0) {
-			iocb->ki_pos = endbyte + 1;
 			written += status;
 			invalidate_mapping_pages(mapping,
 						 pos >> PAGE_SHIFT,
@@ -3983,8 +3985,6 @@ ssize_t __generic_file_write_iter(struct
 		}
 	} else {
 		written = generic_perform_write(iocb, from);
-		if (likely(written > 0))
-			iocb->ki_pos += written;
 	}
 out:
 	current->backing_dev_info = NULL;


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mngyadam@amazon.de are

queue-6.1/block-fix-race-between-set_blocksize-and-read-paths.patch
queue-6.1/filemap-add-a-kiocb_invalidate_pages-helper.patch
queue-6.1/fs-factor-out-a-direct_write_fallback-helper.patch
queue-6.1/direct_write_fallback-on-error-revert-the-ki_pos-update-from-buffered-write.patch
queue-6.1/filemap-update-ki_pos-in-generic_perform_write.patch
queue-6.1/filemap-add-a-kiocb_invalidate_post_direct_write-helper.patch
queue-6.1/nilfs2-fix-deadlock-warnings-caused-by-lock-dependency-in-init_nilfs.patch
queue-6.1/block-open-code-__generic_file_write_iter-for-blkdev-writes.patch


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