Re: v4.4-rc4 regression with direct-io

Ross Zwisler
2015-12-08T23:14:45Z

On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 09:51:09PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 02:39:02PM -0700, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> > Hey Jan,
> >
> > In my test setup this commit:
> >
> > 74cedf9b6c60 ("direct-io: Fix negative return from dio read beyond eof")
> >
> > causes a regression with XFS and the test generic/113. The test used to
> > pass, but with the above mentioned commit it just hangs indefinitely.
> >
> > This commit went in between v4.4-rc3 and v4.4-rc4, and it looks like it was
> > marked for stable?
>
> See the tip of vfs.git#for-linus for fix...

I've confirmed that this fixes my test case. Thanks!