File truncation in eCos

["Mark Hamilton" <mhamilton@alliantnetworks.com>]

I'm using the JFFS file system and I'm having problems with files being
truncated during garbage collection. I believe I've tracked down the
problem. I'm hoping someone can give me positive feedback on my fix. The
problem is in this snippet of code below:





Jffs2_gc_fetch_page reads 4K of data into a static buffer. The static buffer
is hidden in the jffs2_gc_fetch_page function. The problem is when the
writebuf pointer is calculated. The offset is used again to reference into
the pg_ptr. You can image when start is equal to 4K that writebuf will
extend beyond the end of the pg_ptr valid memory. Offset is set to start
just before the while loop.

I made a comment below with what I think the fix should be.
Am I missing something?

  pg_ptr = jffs2_gc_fetch_page(c, f, start, &pg);

  if (IS_ERR(pg_ptr)) {
    printk(KERN_WARNING "read_cache_page() returned error: %ld\n",
              PTR_ERR(pg_ptr));
     return PTR_ERR(pg_ptr);
  }
   offset = start;
   while(offset < orig_end) {
     uint32_t datalen;
     uint32_t cdatalen;
     char comprtype = JFFS2_COMPR_NONE;
     ret = jffs2_reserve_space_gc(c, sizeof(ri) + JFFS2_MIN_DATA_LEN,
&phys_ofs,
                                                   &alloclen);
     if (ret) {
      printk(KERN_WARNING "jffs2_reserve_space_gc of %zd bytes for
                garbage_collect_dnode failed: %d\n",
                sizeof(ri)+ JFFS2_MIN_DATA_LEN, ret);
      break;
   }

   cdatalen = min_t(uint32_t, alloclen - sizeof(ri), end - offset);
   datalen = end - offset;

    // This looks to be wrong.
    writebuf = pg_ptr + (offset & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE -1));
    // I think it should be.
    writebuf = pg_ptr + ((offset -start) & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE -1));