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From: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
To: mason@kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu, cem@kernel.org,
	david@fromorbit.com, jack@suse.cz, djwong@kernel.org,
	josef@toxicpanda.com, hch@lst.de, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
	tz2294@columbia.edu, brauner@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v8 07/15] xfs: test for reflink after the dio write checks
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 20:02:36 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261112010229.51029-8-mason@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261112010229.51029-1-mason@kernel.org>

A direct write that is not block aligned can expose stale disk contents
on XFS if it races with the first clone of the file.

xfs_file_dio_write_unaligned() falls back to buffered I/O if the file is
reflinked, and tests for that right after it takes the iolock. But
xfs_file_write_checks() runs after the test and can drop the iolock, for
example if S_NOSEC is not set. A clone can run in that gap:

    direct write                        clone
    ============                        =====
    takes the iolock shared
    sees that the file is not reflinked
    drops the iolock
                                        shares the blocks
    takes the iolock exclusive
    writes a part of a new COW block
    maps the whole block into the file
      /* the rest was never written */

The fix used here is to move the test after xfs_file_write_checks().

Fixes: ed1128c2d0c8 ("xfs: reduce exclusive locking on unaligned dio")
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---

Notes:
    v7->v8:
    - No change.
    
    v6->v7:
    - No change.

 fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 8ee88910b487..d888470d092a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -877,9 +877,15 @@ xfs_file_dio_write_unaligned(
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = xfs_file_write_checks(iocb, from, &iolock, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_unlock;
+
 	/*
 	 * We can't properly handle unaligned direct I/O to reflink files yet,
-	 * as we can't unshare a partial block.
+	 * as we can't unshare a partial block.  xfs_file_write_checks() can
+	 * drop the iolock and take it again, and the file can be reflinked in
+	 * between, so test for that only now.
 	 */
 	if (xfs_is_cow_inode(ip)) {
 		trace_xfs_reflink_bounce_dio_write(iocb, from);
@@ -887,10 +893,6 @@ xfs_file_dio_write_unaligned(
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	ret = xfs_file_write_checks(iocb, from, &iolock, NULL);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_unlock;
-
 	/*
 	 * If we are doing exclusive unaligned I/O, this must be the only I/O
 	 * in-flight.  Otherwise we risk data corruption due to unwritten extent
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-12  1:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-12  1:02 [PATCH v8 00/15] reflink and atomic write bugs Chris Mason
2026-11-12  1:02 ` [PATCH v8 01/15] xfs: don't skip the flush before shifting extents Chris Mason
2026-11-12  1:02 ` [PATCH v8 02/15] xfs: flush the shifted range before changing the file Chris Mason
2026-11-12  1:02 ` [PATCH v8 03/15] xfs: don't change the block map under a dirty folio Chris Mason
2026-11-12  1:02 ` [PATCH v8 04/15] iomap: don't punch delalloc under a dirty EOF block Chris Mason
2026-11-12  1:02 ` [PATCH v8 05/15] fs: validate atomic writes after O_APPEND and limits Chris Mason
2026-11-12  1:02 ` [PATCH v8 06/15] xfs: recheck direct write alignment after write checks Chris Mason
2026-11-12  1:02 ` Chris Mason [this message]
2026-11-12  1:02 ` [PATCH v8 08/15] xfs: refuse writes to files racing with realtime inode flag changes Chris Mason
2026-11-12  1:02 ` [PATCH v8 09/15] xfs: test for always COW after the dio write checks Chris Mason
2026-11-12  1:02 ` [PATCH v8 10/15] xfs: refuse fallocate racing with realtime flag changes Chris Mason
2026-11-12  1:02 ` [PATCH v8 11/15] xfs: restart faults " Chris Mason
2026-11-12 13:34   ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-11-12  1:02 ` [PATCH v8 12/15] xfs: test for an extsize hint again under the ILOCK Chris Mason
2026-11-12 13:35   ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-11-12  1:02 ` [PATCH v8 13/15] xfs: resample the extsize hint after taking " Chris Mason
2026-11-12 13:35   ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-11-12 13:49     ` Chris Mason
2026-11-12  1:02 ` [PATCH v8 14/15] xfs: resample the COW extsize hint after cycling ILOCK Chris Mason
2026-11-12 13:36   ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-11-12  1:02 ` [PATCH v8 15/15] xfs: don't enable DAX on zoned inodes Chris Mason
2026-11-12 13:39   ` Christoph Hellwig

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