From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756109AbZAWG3u (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:29:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761274AbZAWGRA (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:17:00 -0500 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:36444 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761251AbZAWGQ4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:16:56 -0500 Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:14:50 -0800 From: Greg KH To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org Cc: Justin Forbes , Zwane Mwaikambo , "Theodore Ts'o" , Randy Dunlap , Dave Jones , Chuck Wolber , Chris Wedgwood , Michael Krufky , Chuck Ebbert , Domenico Andreoli , Willy Tarreau , Rodrigo Rubira Branco , Jake Edge , Eugene Teo , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Nick Piggin , Chris Mason , Dave Chinner Subject: [patch 36/40] mm: do_sync_mapping_range integrity fix Message-ID: <20090123061450.GJ2922@kroah.com> References: <20090123001330.046404396@mini.kroah.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline; filename="mm-do_sync_mapping_range-integrity-fix.patch" In-Reply-To: <20090123001908.GA7397@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Nick Piggin commit ee53a891f47444c53318b98dac947ede963db400 upstream. Chris Mason notices do_sync_mapping_range didn't actually ask for data integrity writeout. Unfortunately, it is advertised as being usable for data integrity operations. This is a data integrity bug. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin Cc: Chris Mason Cc: Dave Chinner Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/sync.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/sync.c +++ b/fs/sync.c @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ int do_sync_mapping_range(struct address if (flags & SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE) { ret = __filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, offset, endbyte, - WB_SYNC_NONE); + WB_SYNC_ALL); if (ret < 0) goto out; }