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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: patches@lists.linux.dev, stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
	trondmy@kernel.org, anna@kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16] NFS: Protect against 'eof page pollution'
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:58:58 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250916135936.1450850-5-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250916135936.1450850-1-sashal@kernel.org>

From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>

[ Upstream commit b1817b18ff20e69f5accdccefaf78bf5454bede2 ]

This commit fixes the failing xfstest 'generic/363'.

When the user mmaps() an area that extends beyond the end of file, and
proceeds to write data into the folio that straddles that eof, we're
required to discard that folio data if the user calls some function that
extends the file length.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

## **Backport Status: YES**

After an exhaustive and comprehensive investigation of this NFS "EOF
page pollution" fix, I recommend this commit **SHOULD BE BACKPORTED** to
stable kernel trees.

### Detailed Justification:

**1. Critical Bug Fix**
- Fixes a **data integrity bug** where garbage data written via mmap
  beyond EOF can incorrectly become part of the file when it's extended
- Causes **xfstest generic/363 to fail**, indicating a real correctness
  issue
- Violates **POSIX semantics** which require newly extended file regions
  to contain zeros

**2. Minimal and Contained Changes**
- Adds a single, focused function `nfs_truncate_last_folio()` (~30
  lines)
- Integrates cleanly at 4 well-defined call sites (write_begin, setattr,
  allocate, zero_range)
- No architectural changes or new features introduced
- Uses only existing, well-tested kernel APIs (folio_mkclean,
  folio_mark_dirty, folio_zero_segment)

**3. Low Risk Profile**
- **No memory allocation** (no OOM risk)
- **Defensive coding** with multiple safety checks (IS_ERR, from >= to)
- **Bounded scope** - only affects specific EOF edge cases
- **No protocol changes** - works with all NFS versions (v3, v4, v4.1,
  v4.2)
- **No ABI/API changes** - purely internal implementation

**4. Similar Fixes in Other Filesystems**
- **F2FS** fixed the identical issue (commit ba8dac350faf1)
- **Btrfs** fixed related EOF hole expansion (commit da2dccd7451de)
- **Ext4** adopted similar folio_mkclean pattern
- This indicates a **common filesystem issue** that needs fixing

**5. Clear Problem Statement**
- The bug scenario is well-defined and reproducible
- The fix directly addresses the root cause
- Not a workaround but a proper solution

**6. Performance Impact Acceptable**
- Only affects operations that extend files or write near EOF
- The folio_mkclean() overhead is necessary for correctness
- Most workloads won't hit the affected code paths

**7. No Known Regressions**
- My search found no follow-up fixes or reverts needed
- The approach (folio_mkclean + zero) is proven in other filesystems
- No additional fixes were required after this patch

### Stable Kernel Criteria Assessment:

✅ **Fixes a real bug** - Data integrity issue, xfstest failure
✅ **Already in Linus' tree** - (Will be after merge)
✅ **< 100 lines** - ~50 lines of actual changes
✅ **Obviously correct** - Clear fix for well-understood problem
✅ **No new features** - Pure bug fix
✅ **Tested** - Fixes xfstest generic/363

### Risk vs Benefit Analysis:

**Benefits:**
- Prevents data corruption in applications using mmap with NFS
- Ensures POSIX compliance for file operations
- Fixes test suite failures

**Risks:**
- Minimal - the fix is defensive and well-contained
- Performance impact only on specific edge cases
- No architectural changes that could cause instability

### Recommendation:

This is a **textbook example of a good stable backport candidate**: it
fixes a real data integrity bug with a minimal, surgical change that
doesn't introduce new features or architectural modifications. The fix
pattern has been validated in other filesystems, and the implementation
is clean and maintainable.

**Stable trees that should receive this backport:**
- All currently maintained stable kernels
- Particularly important for kernels used in environments with:
  - Database workloads on NFS
  - Applications using mmap for file I/O
  - Mixed mmap and regular I/O patterns

 fs/nfs/file.c      | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 fs/nfs/inode.c     |  9 +++++++--
 fs/nfs/internal.h  |  2 ++
 fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c | 14 +++++++++++---
 fs/nfs/nfstrace.h  |  1 +
 5 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 033feeab8c346..35f5803a5f2b0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/rmap.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/compaction.h>
 
@@ -279,6 +280,37 @@ nfs_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_file_fsync);
 
+void nfs_truncate_last_folio(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from,
+			     loff_t to)
+{
+	struct folio *folio;
+
+	if (from >= to)
+		return;
+
+	folio = filemap_lock_folio(mapping, from >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	if (IS_ERR(folio))
+		return;
+
+	if (folio_mkclean(folio))
+		folio_mark_dirty(folio);
+
+	if (folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
+		loff_t fpos = folio_pos(folio);
+		size_t offset = from - fpos;
+		size_t end = folio_size(folio);
+
+		if (to - fpos < end)
+			end = to - fpos;
+		folio_zero_segment(folio, offset, end);
+		trace_nfs_size_truncate_folio(mapping->host, to);
+	}
+
+	folio_unlock(folio);
+	folio_put(folio);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_truncate_last_folio);
+
 /*
  * Decide whether a read/modify/write cycle may be more efficient
  * then a modify/write/read cycle when writing to a page in the
@@ -353,6 +385,7 @@ static int nfs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: write_begin(%pD2(%lu), %u@%lld)\n",
 		file, mapping->host->i_ino, len, (long long) pos);
+	nfs_truncate_last_folio(mapping, i_size_read(mapping->host), pos);
 
 	fgp |= fgf_set_order(len);
 start:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index a2fa6bc4d74e3..ee33ac241c583 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ nfs_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct nfs_fattr *fattr;
+	loff_t oldsize = i_size_read(inode);
 	int error = 0;
 
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSSETATTR);
@@ -725,7 +726,7 @@ nfs_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 
-		if (attr->ia_size == i_size_read(inode))
+		if (attr->ia_size == oldsize)
 			attr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
 	}
 
@@ -771,8 +772,12 @@ nfs_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 
 	error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->setattr(dentry, fattr, attr);
-	if (error == 0)
+	if (error == 0) {
+		if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
+			nfs_truncate_last_folio(inode->i_mapping, oldsize,
+						attr->ia_size);
 		error = nfs_refresh_inode(inode, fattr);
+	}
 	nfs_free_fattr(fattr);
 out:
 	trace_nfs_setattr_exit(inode, error);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 9dcbc33964922..ab823dbc0bfae 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -438,6 +438,8 @@ int nfs_file_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
 int nfs_lock(struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
 int nfs_flock(struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
 int nfs_check_flags(int);
+void nfs_truncate_last_folio(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from,
+			     loff_t to);
 
 /* inode.c */
 extern struct workqueue_struct *nfsiod_workqueue;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
index 01c01f45358b7..4420b8740e2ff 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ int nfs42_proc_allocate(struct file *filep, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 		.rpc_proc = &nfs4_procedures[NFSPROC4_CLNT_ALLOCATE],
 	};
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filep);
+	loff_t oldsize = i_size_read(inode);
 	int err;
 
 	if (!nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_ALLOCATE))
@@ -145,7 +146,11 @@ int nfs42_proc_allocate(struct file *filep, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 	inode_lock(inode);
 
 	err = nfs42_proc_fallocate(&msg, filep, offset, len);
-	if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+
+	if (err == 0)
+		nfs_truncate_last_folio(inode->i_mapping, oldsize,
+					offset + len);
+	else if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		NFS_SERVER(inode)->caps &= ~(NFS_CAP_ALLOCATE |
 					     NFS_CAP_ZERO_RANGE);
 
@@ -183,6 +188,7 @@ int nfs42_proc_zero_range(struct file *filep, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 		.rpc_proc = &nfs4_procedures[NFSPROC4_CLNT_ZERO_RANGE],
 	};
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filep);
+	loff_t oldsize = i_size_read(inode);
 	int err;
 
 	if (!nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_ZERO_RANGE))
@@ -191,9 +197,11 @@ int nfs42_proc_zero_range(struct file *filep, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 	inode_lock(inode);
 
 	err = nfs42_proc_fallocate(&msg, filep, offset, len);
-	if (err == 0)
+	if (err == 0) {
+		nfs_truncate_last_folio(inode->i_mapping, oldsize,
+					offset + len);
 		truncate_pagecache_range(inode, offset, (offset + len) -1);
-	if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+	} else if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		NFS_SERVER(inode)->caps &= ~NFS_CAP_ZERO_RANGE;
 
 	inode_unlock(inode);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfstrace.h b/fs/nfs/nfstrace.h
index 7a058bd8c566e..1e4dc632f1800 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfstrace.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfstrace.h
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(nfs_update_size_class,
 			TP_ARGS(inode, new_size))
 
 DEFINE_NFS_UPDATE_SIZE_EVENT(truncate);
+DEFINE_NFS_UPDATE_SIZE_EVENT(truncate_folio);
 DEFINE_NFS_UPDATE_SIZE_EVENT(wcc);
 DEFINE_NFS_UPDATE_SIZE_EVENT(update);
 DEFINE_NFS_UPDATE_SIZE_EVENT(grow);
-- 
2.51.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-09-16 13:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-16 13:58 [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16] drm/amdkfd: fix p2p links bug in topology Sasha Levin
2025-09-16 13:58 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16] NFSv4.2: Protect copy offload and clone against 'eof page pollution' Sasha Levin
2025-09-16 13:58 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.12] bpf: Check the helper function is valid in get_helper_proto Sasha Levin
2025-09-16 13:58 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.4] can: rcar_can: rcar_can_resume(): fix s2ram with PSCI Sasha Levin
2025-09-16 13:58 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2025-09-16 13:58 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16] amd/amdkfd: correct mem limit calculation for small APUs Sasha Levin
2025-09-16 13:59 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.12] btrfs: don't allow adding block device of less than 1 MB Sasha Levin
2025-09-16 18:58   ` Mark Harmstone
2025-09-16 13:59 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16] selftests/fs/mount-notify: Fix compilation failure Sasha Levin
2025-09-16 13:59 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16] selftests/bpf: Skip timer cases when bpf_timer is not supported Sasha Levin
2025-09-16 13:59 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-5.15] bpf: Reject bpf_timer for PREEMPT_RT Sasha Levin
2025-09-16 13:59 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.16-6.6] wifi: virt_wifi: Fix page fault on connect Sasha Levin

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