* [PATCH] f2fs: fix to zero post-EOF data when extending file size
@ 2026-07-06 7:26 Chao Yu
2026-07-14 3:00 ` [f2fs-dev] " patchwork-bot+f2fs
2026-07-15 18:05 ` Jaegeuk Kim
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Chao Yu @ 2026-07-06 7:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jaegeuk; +Cc: linux-f2fs-devel, linux-kernel, Chao Yu, stable
generic/794 4s ... - output mismatch (see /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad)
--- tests/generic/794.out 2026-06-12 08:46:32.766426241 +0800
+++ /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad 2026-07-05 18:32:55.000000000 +0800
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
QA output created by 794
append_write
+FAIL: non-zero data in gap [4080,4096) after shutdown+remount
+000000 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a >ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ<
+*
+001000
truncate_up
...
(Run 'diff -u /share/git/fstests/tests/generic/794.out /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad' to see the entire diff)
Ran: generic/794
Failures: generic/794
Failed 1 of 1 tests
Steps of generic/794:
1. write 4096 bytes to file w/ 0x5a
2. use fiemap to get PBA of first block in file
3. truncate file to 4080
4. umount; write 4096 bytes to file w/ 0x5a directly via PBA; mount
5. extend filesize via
a) append 4096 from offset 4096, or
b) truncate 8192, or
c) fallocate 4096 from offset 4096
6. verify the gap is zeroed in memory [4080,4096)
7. sync range 4096 from offset 4096; shutdown -f (flush meta before shutdown)
8. umount; mount; verify [4080,4096) is zeroed or not.
When extending file size (e.g. via truncate, fallocate, or write) across an
unaligned EOF boundary, we need to ensure that post-EOF data in the partial
page is zeroed out in pagecache and marked dirty, meanwhile, tagging the inode
with FI_ZERO_POST_EOF, so that following checkpoint() and fsync() can persist
the page contain zeroed data before committing inode w/ updated i_size.
This help to prevent stale disk data beyond the previous EOF from being exposed
after remounting or crash recovery.
Since f2fs is a LFS filesystem, we only support direct write via PBA in pinfile,
and pinfile has section-aligned filesize, so in Android, there should no problem,
but for other usage in different environment, let's fix this w/ fsync_mode=strict
mount option.
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
---
fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 4 ++++
fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 1 +
fs/f2fs/file.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index 064f5b537423..6f486d3a94c7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -1359,6 +1359,10 @@ static int f2fs_sync_inode_meta(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
inode = igrab(&fi->vfs_inode);
spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_lock[DIRTY_META]);
if (inode) {
+ if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF)) {
+ filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
+ clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF);
+ }
sync_inode_metadata(inode, 0);
/* it's on eviction */
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 8e2fb0bda467..41be09dad43c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ enum {
FI_ATOMIC_REPLACE, /* indicate atomic replace */
FI_OPENED_FILE, /* indicate file has been opened */
FI_DONATE_FINISHED, /* indicate page donation of file has been finished */
+ FI_ZERO_POST_EOF, /* indicate unaligned EOF gap was zeroed in pagecache */
FI_MAX, /* max flag, never be used */
};
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 11cc8d79c235..2e9d585073ec 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -36,21 +36,43 @@
#include <trace/events/f2fs.h>
#include <uapi/linux/f2fs.h>
+static int fill_zero(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
+ loff_t start, loff_t len);
+
static void f2fs_zero_post_eof_page(struct inode *inode,
loff_t new_size, bool lock)
{
loff_t old_size = i_size_read(inode);
+ unsigned int offset;
if (old_size >= new_size)
return;
- if (mapping_empty(inode->i_mapping))
- return;
-
if (lock)
filemap_invalidate_lock(inode->i_mapping);
+
/* zero or drop pages only in range of [old_size, new_size] */
truncate_inode_pages_range(inode->i_mapping, old_size, new_size);
+
+ /*
+ * When expanding an unaligned EOF size, zero post-EOF data in
+ * pagecache and set FI_ZERO_POST_EOF, so following checkpointing
+ * or fsync can persist correct data to disk before committing
+ * inode w/ updated i_size.
+ */
+ if (F2FS_OPTION(F2FS_I_SB(inode)).fsync_mode != FSYNC_MODE_STRICT)
+ goto out_unlock;
+
+ offset = old_size & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+ if (offset) {
+ unsigned int len = min_t(loff_t, PAGE_SIZE - offset,
+ new_size - old_size);
+ pgoff_t index = old_size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+ fill_zero(inode, index, offset, len);
+ set_inode_flag(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF);
+ }
+out_unlock:
if (lock)
filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
}
@@ -304,6 +326,13 @@ static int f2fs_do_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
goto go_write;
+ if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF)) {
+ ret = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF);
+ }
+
/* if fdatasync is triggered, let's do in-place-update */
if (datasync || get_dirty_pages(inode) <= SM_I(sbi)->min_fsync_blocks)
set_inode_flag(inode, FI_NEED_IPU);
--
2.49.0
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* Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: fix to zero post-EOF data when extending file size
2026-07-06 7:26 [PATCH] f2fs: fix to zero post-EOF data when extending file size Chao Yu
@ 2026-07-14 3:00 ` patchwork-bot+f2fs
2026-07-15 18:05 ` Jaegeuk Kim
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: patchwork-bot+f2fs @ 2026-07-14 3:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chao Yu; +Cc: jaegeuk, stable, linux-kernel, linux-f2fs-devel
Hello:
This patch was applied to jaegeuk/f2fs.git (dev)
by Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>:
On Mon, 6 Jul 2026 07:26:06 +0000 you wrote:
> generic/794 4s ... - output mismatch (see /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad)
> --- tests/generic/794.out 2026-06-12 08:46:32.766426241 +0800
> +++ /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad 2026-07-05 18:32:55.000000000 +0800
> @@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
> QA output created by 794
> append_write
> +FAIL: non-zero data in gap [4080,4096) after shutdown+remount
> +000000 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a >ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ<
> +*
> +001000
> truncate_up
> ...
> (Run 'diff -u /share/git/fstests/tests/generic/794.out /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad' to see the entire diff)
> Ran: generic/794
> Failures: generic/794
> Failed 1 of 1 tests
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [f2fs-dev] f2fs: fix to zero post-EOF data when extending file size
https://git.kernel.org/jaegeuk/f2fs/c/7e097cad3ac1
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* Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: fix to zero post-EOF data when extending file size
2026-07-06 7:26 [PATCH] f2fs: fix to zero post-EOF data when extending file size Chao Yu
2026-07-14 3:00 ` [f2fs-dev] " patchwork-bot+f2fs
@ 2026-07-15 18:05 ` Jaegeuk Kim
2026-07-20 13:04 ` Chao Yu
1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Jaegeuk Kim @ 2026-07-15 18:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chao Yu; +Cc: stable, linux-kernel, linux-f2fs-devel
This causes sysmtem hang during xfstests.
On 07/06, Chao Yu via Linux-f2fs-devel wrote:
> generic/794 4s ... - output mismatch (see /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad)
> --- tests/generic/794.out 2026-06-12 08:46:32.766426241 +0800
> +++ /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad 2026-07-05 18:32:55.000000000 +0800
> @@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
> QA output created by 794
> append_write
> +FAIL: non-zero data in gap [4080,4096) after shutdown+remount
> +000000 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a >ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ<
> +*
> +001000
> truncate_up
> ...
> (Run 'diff -u /share/git/fstests/tests/generic/794.out /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad' to see the entire diff)
> Ran: generic/794
> Failures: generic/794
> Failed 1 of 1 tests
>
> Steps of generic/794:
> 1. write 4096 bytes to file w/ 0x5a
> 2. use fiemap to get PBA of first block in file
> 3. truncate file to 4080
> 4. umount; write 4096 bytes to file w/ 0x5a directly via PBA; mount
> 5. extend filesize via
> a) append 4096 from offset 4096, or
> b) truncate 8192, or
> c) fallocate 4096 from offset 4096
> 6. verify the gap is zeroed in memory [4080,4096)
> 7. sync range 4096 from offset 4096; shutdown -f (flush meta before shutdown)
> 8. umount; mount; verify [4080,4096) is zeroed or not.
>
> When extending file size (e.g. via truncate, fallocate, or write) across an
> unaligned EOF boundary, we need to ensure that post-EOF data in the partial
> page is zeroed out in pagecache and marked dirty, meanwhile, tagging the inode
> with FI_ZERO_POST_EOF, so that following checkpoint() and fsync() can persist
> the page contain zeroed data before committing inode w/ updated i_size.
>
> This help to prevent stale disk data beyond the previous EOF from being exposed
> after remounting or crash recovery.
>
> Since f2fs is a LFS filesystem, we only support direct write via PBA in pinfile,
> and pinfile has section-aligned filesize, so in Android, there should no problem,
> but for other usage in different environment, let's fix this w/ fsync_mode=strict
> mount option.
>
> Cc: stable@kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
> ---
> fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 4 ++++
> fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 1 +
> fs/f2fs/file.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> index 064f5b537423..6f486d3a94c7 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> @@ -1359,6 +1359,10 @@ static int f2fs_sync_inode_meta(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
> inode = igrab(&fi->vfs_inode);
> spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_lock[DIRTY_META]);
> if (inode) {
> + if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF)) {
> + filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
> + clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF);
> + }
> sync_inode_metadata(inode, 0);
>
> /* it's on eviction */
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> index 8e2fb0bda467..41be09dad43c 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> @@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ enum {
> FI_ATOMIC_REPLACE, /* indicate atomic replace */
> FI_OPENED_FILE, /* indicate file has been opened */
> FI_DONATE_FINISHED, /* indicate page donation of file has been finished */
> + FI_ZERO_POST_EOF, /* indicate unaligned EOF gap was zeroed in pagecache */
> FI_MAX, /* max flag, never be used */
> };
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> index 11cc8d79c235..2e9d585073ec 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> @@ -36,21 +36,43 @@
> #include <trace/events/f2fs.h>
> #include <uapi/linux/f2fs.h>
>
> +static int fill_zero(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
> + loff_t start, loff_t len);
> +
> static void f2fs_zero_post_eof_page(struct inode *inode,
> loff_t new_size, bool lock)
> {
> loff_t old_size = i_size_read(inode);
> + unsigned int offset;
>
> if (old_size >= new_size)
> return;
>
> - if (mapping_empty(inode->i_mapping))
> - return;
> -
> if (lock)
> filemap_invalidate_lock(inode->i_mapping);
> +
> /* zero or drop pages only in range of [old_size, new_size] */
> truncate_inode_pages_range(inode->i_mapping, old_size, new_size);
> +
> + /*
> + * When expanding an unaligned EOF size, zero post-EOF data in
> + * pagecache and set FI_ZERO_POST_EOF, so following checkpointing
> + * or fsync can persist correct data to disk before committing
> + * inode w/ updated i_size.
> + */
> + if (F2FS_OPTION(F2FS_I_SB(inode)).fsync_mode != FSYNC_MODE_STRICT)
> + goto out_unlock;
> +
> + offset = old_size & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
> + if (offset) {
> + unsigned int len = min_t(loff_t, PAGE_SIZE - offset,
> + new_size - old_size);
> + pgoff_t index = old_size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> +
> + fill_zero(inode, index, offset, len);
> + set_inode_flag(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF);
> + }
> +out_unlock:
> if (lock)
> filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
> }
> @@ -304,6 +326,13 @@ static int f2fs_do_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
> if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
> goto go_write;
>
> + if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF)) {
> + ret = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> + clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF);
> + }
> +
> /* if fdatasync is triggered, let's do in-place-update */
> if (datasync || get_dirty_pages(inode) <= SM_I(sbi)->min_fsync_blocks)
> set_inode_flag(inode, FI_NEED_IPU);
> --
> 2.49.0
>
>
>
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> Linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-f2fs-devel
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* Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: fix to zero post-EOF data when extending file size
2026-07-15 18:05 ` Jaegeuk Kim
@ 2026-07-20 13:04 ` Chao Yu
2026-07-29 3:41 ` Jaegeuk Kim
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Chao Yu @ 2026-07-20 13:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jaegeuk Kim; +Cc: chao, stable, linux-kernel, linux-f2fs-devel
On 7/16/26 02:05, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> This causes sysmtem hang during xfstests.
Fixed a potential deadlock issue during checkpoint in v2, though I can
not reproduce it.
Thanks,
>
> On 07/06, Chao Yu via Linux-f2fs-devel wrote:
>> generic/794 4s ... - output mismatch (see /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad)
>> --- tests/generic/794.out 2026-06-12 08:46:32.766426241 +0800
>> +++ /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad 2026-07-05 18:32:55.000000000 +0800
>> @@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
>> QA output created by 794
>> append_write
>> +FAIL: non-zero data in gap [4080,4096) after shutdown+remount
>> +000000 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a >ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ<
>> +*
>> +001000
>> truncate_up
>> ...
>> (Run 'diff -u /share/git/fstests/tests/generic/794.out /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad' to see the entire diff)
>> Ran: generic/794
>> Failures: generic/794
>> Failed 1 of 1 tests
>>
>> Steps of generic/794:
>> 1. write 4096 bytes to file w/ 0x5a
>> 2. use fiemap to get PBA of first block in file
>> 3. truncate file to 4080
>> 4. umount; write 4096 bytes to file w/ 0x5a directly via PBA; mount
>> 5. extend filesize via
>> a) append 4096 from offset 4096, or
>> b) truncate 8192, or
>> c) fallocate 4096 from offset 4096
>> 6. verify the gap is zeroed in memory [4080,4096)
>> 7. sync range 4096 from offset 4096; shutdown -f (flush meta before shutdown)
>> 8. umount; mount; verify [4080,4096) is zeroed or not.
>>
>> When extending file size (e.g. via truncate, fallocate, or write) across an
>> unaligned EOF boundary, we need to ensure that post-EOF data in the partial
>> page is zeroed out in pagecache and marked dirty, meanwhile, tagging the inode
>> with FI_ZERO_POST_EOF, so that following checkpoint() and fsync() can persist
>> the page contain zeroed data before committing inode w/ updated i_size.
>>
>> This help to prevent stale disk data beyond the previous EOF from being exposed
>> after remounting or crash recovery.
>>
>> Since f2fs is a LFS filesystem, we only support direct write via PBA in pinfile,
>> and pinfile has section-aligned filesize, so in Android, there should no problem,
>> but for other usage in different environment, let's fix this w/ fsync_mode=strict
>> mount option.
>>
>> Cc: stable@kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
>> ---
>> fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 4 ++++
>> fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 1 +
>> fs/f2fs/file.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>> 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
>> index 064f5b537423..6f486d3a94c7 100644
>> --- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
>> @@ -1359,6 +1359,10 @@ static int f2fs_sync_inode_meta(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
>> inode = igrab(&fi->vfs_inode);
>> spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_lock[DIRTY_META]);
>> if (inode) {
>> + if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF)) {
>> + filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
>> + clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF);
>> + }
>> sync_inode_metadata(inode, 0);
>>
>> /* it's on eviction */
>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
>> index 8e2fb0bda467..41be09dad43c 100644
>> --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
>> @@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ enum {
>> FI_ATOMIC_REPLACE, /* indicate atomic replace */
>> FI_OPENED_FILE, /* indicate file has been opened */
>> FI_DONATE_FINISHED, /* indicate page donation of file has been finished */
>> + FI_ZERO_POST_EOF, /* indicate unaligned EOF gap was zeroed in pagecache */
>> FI_MAX, /* max flag, never be used */
>> };
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
>> index 11cc8d79c235..2e9d585073ec 100644
>> --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
>> @@ -36,21 +36,43 @@
>> #include <trace/events/f2fs.h>
>> #include <uapi/linux/f2fs.h>
>>
>> +static int fill_zero(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
>> + loff_t start, loff_t len);
>> +
>> static void f2fs_zero_post_eof_page(struct inode *inode,
>> loff_t new_size, bool lock)
>> {
>> loff_t old_size = i_size_read(inode);
>> + unsigned int offset;
>>
>> if (old_size >= new_size)
>> return;
>>
>> - if (mapping_empty(inode->i_mapping))
>> - return;
>> -
>> if (lock)
>> filemap_invalidate_lock(inode->i_mapping);
>> +
>> /* zero or drop pages only in range of [old_size, new_size] */
>> truncate_inode_pages_range(inode->i_mapping, old_size, new_size);
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * When expanding an unaligned EOF size, zero post-EOF data in
>> + * pagecache and set FI_ZERO_POST_EOF, so following checkpointing
>> + * or fsync can persist correct data to disk before committing
>> + * inode w/ updated i_size.
>> + */
>> + if (F2FS_OPTION(F2FS_I_SB(inode)).fsync_mode != FSYNC_MODE_STRICT)
>> + goto out_unlock;
>> +
>> + offset = old_size & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
>> + if (offset) {
>> + unsigned int len = min_t(loff_t, PAGE_SIZE - offset,
>> + new_size - old_size);
>> + pgoff_t index = old_size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>> +
>> + fill_zero(inode, index, offset, len);
>> + set_inode_flag(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF);
>> + }
>> +out_unlock:
>> if (lock)
>> filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
>> }
>> @@ -304,6 +326,13 @@ static int f2fs_do_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
>> if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
>> goto go_write;
>>
>> + if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF)) {
>> + ret = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
>> + if (ret)
>> + return ret;
>> + clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF);
>> + }
>> +
>> /* if fdatasync is triggered, let's do in-place-update */
>> if (datasync || get_dirty_pages(inode) <= SM_I(sbi)->min_fsync_blocks)
>> set_inode_flag(inode, FI_NEED_IPU);
>> --
>> 2.49.0
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Linux-f2fs-devel mailing list
>> Linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-f2fs-devel
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* Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: fix to zero post-EOF data when extending file size
2026-07-20 13:04 ` Chao Yu
@ 2026-07-29 3:41 ` Jaegeuk Kim
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Jaegeuk Kim @ 2026-07-29 3:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chao Yu; +Cc: linux-f2fs-devel, stable, linux-kernel
On 07/20, Chao Yu via Linux-f2fs-devel wrote:
> On 7/16/26 02:05, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > This causes sysmtem hang during xfstests.
>
> Fixed a potential deadlock issue during checkpoint in v2, though I can
> not reproduce it.
I got this on generic/269 with v2. I'll dequeue the patch first.
[ 90.879237] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 90.881987] kernel BUG at segment.c:2902!
[ 90.884058] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 90.886628] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 2566 Comm: f2fs_ckpt-252:3 Tainted: G OE 7.2.0-rc5-custom #1 PREEMPT(full)
[ 90.891533] Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
[ 90.894647] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-debian-1.17.0-1 04/01/2014
[ 90.900014] RIP: 0010:new_curseg+0xa17/0xa60 [f2fs]
[ 90.902240] Code: 8b 71 48 e9 16 f8 ff ff 4c 8b 69 08 41 8b 84 24 4c 06 00 00 31 d2 41 8b 8c 24 48 06 00 00 f7 f1 89 45 a4 89 f0 e9 e9 fe ff ff <0f> 0b 49 8b 3c 24 68 40 0c 00 00 45 31 c0 31 c9 41 b9 8b ff ff ff
[ 90.910818] RSP: 0018:ffffd4acc4167670 EFLAGS: 00010293
[ 90.913153] RAX: 00000000000000f8 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 90.916400] RDX: ffffffffffffffff RSI: 00000000000000f8 RDI: 00000000000000f8
[ 90.919494] RBP: ffffd4acc41676d0 R08: ffff8d640bdab2a0 R09: ffffffffc10673eb
[ 90.923182] R10: 00000000000000f8 R11: 0000000000000014 R12: ffff8d64892c6000
[ 90.926315] R13: ffff8d648c236b80 R14: 00000000000000f8 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 90.929430] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8d6504b73000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 90.933668] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 90.937206] CR2: 00005577fade9868 CR3: 0000000092d82002 CR4: 0000000000372ef0
[ 90.940305] Call Trace:
[ 90.941486] <TASK>
[ 90.942464] f2fs_allocate_data_block+0x69b/0xb10 [f2fs]
[ 90.944862] do_write_page+0x72/0x360 [f2fs]
[ 90.946798] ? __folio_start_writeback+0x90/0x1d0
[ 90.949485] f2fs_do_write_node_page+0x35/0x70 [f2fs]
[ 90.952813] __write_node_folio+0x33c/0x640 [f2fs]
[ 90.955104] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20
[ 90.957550] f2fs_sync_node_pages+0x3d8/0x530 [f2fs]
[ 90.960954] block_operations+0x41d/0x590 [f2fs]
[ 90.963415] ? __pfx_issue_checkpoint_thread+0x10/0x10 [f2fs]
[ 90.966293] f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x15a/0x13c0 [f2fs]
[ 90.969193] ? update_load_avg+0x79/0x2e0
[ 90.971712] ? kvm_clock_get_cycles+0x18/0x40
[ 90.974030] ? module_sect_read+0x81/0xc0
[ 90.976675] ? __pfx_issue_checkpoint_thread+0x10/0x10 [f2fs]
[ 90.980146] __write_checkpoint_sync+0x75/0xb0 [f2fs]
[ 90.983100] __checkpoint_and_complete_reqs+0x3b/0x110 [f2fs]
[ 90.986332] ? __pfx_issue_checkpoint_thread+0x10/0x10 [f2fs]
[ 90.989853] issue_checkpoint_thread+0x4b/0x100 [f2fs]
[ 90.992622] ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
[ 90.995875] kthread+0x10a/0x140
[ 90.998141] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 91.000585] ret_from_fork+0x1ef/0x2b0
[ 91.002565] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 91.004510] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
>
> Thanks,
>
> >
> > On 07/06, Chao Yu via Linux-f2fs-devel wrote:
> > > generic/794 4s ... - output mismatch (see /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad)
> > > --- tests/generic/794.out 2026-06-12 08:46:32.766426241 +0800
> > > +++ /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad 2026-07-05 18:32:55.000000000 +0800
> > > @@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
> > > QA output created by 794
> > > append_write
> > > +FAIL: non-zero data in gap [4080,4096) after shutdown+remount
> > > +000000 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a >ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ<
> > > +*
> > > +001000
> > > truncate_up
> > > ...
> > > (Run 'diff -u /share/git/fstests/tests/generic/794.out /share/git/fstests/results//generic/794.out.bad' to see the entire diff)
> > > Ran: generic/794
> > > Failures: generic/794
> > > Failed 1 of 1 tests
> > >
> > > Steps of generic/794:
> > > 1. write 4096 bytes to file w/ 0x5a
> > > 2. use fiemap to get PBA of first block in file
> > > 3. truncate file to 4080
> > > 4. umount; write 4096 bytes to file w/ 0x5a directly via PBA; mount
> > > 5. extend filesize via
> > > a) append 4096 from offset 4096, or
> > > b) truncate 8192, or
> > > c) fallocate 4096 from offset 4096
> > > 6. verify the gap is zeroed in memory [4080,4096)
> > > 7. sync range 4096 from offset 4096; shutdown -f (flush meta before shutdown)
> > > 8. umount; mount; verify [4080,4096) is zeroed or not.
> > >
> > > When extending file size (e.g. via truncate, fallocate, or write) across an
> > > unaligned EOF boundary, we need to ensure that post-EOF data in the partial
> > > page is zeroed out in pagecache and marked dirty, meanwhile, tagging the inode
> > > with FI_ZERO_POST_EOF, so that following checkpoint() and fsync() can persist
> > > the page contain zeroed data before committing inode w/ updated i_size.
> > >
> > > This help to prevent stale disk data beyond the previous EOF from being exposed
> > > after remounting or crash recovery.
> > >
> > > Since f2fs is a LFS filesystem, we only support direct write via PBA in pinfile,
> > > and pinfile has section-aligned filesize, so in Android, there should no problem,
> > > but for other usage in different environment, let's fix this w/ fsync_mode=strict
> > > mount option.
> > >
> > > Cc: stable@kernel.org
> > > Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
> > > ---
> > > fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 4 ++++
> > > fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 1 +
> > > fs/f2fs/file.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > > 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> > > index 064f5b537423..6f486d3a94c7 100644
> > > --- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> > > @@ -1359,6 +1359,10 @@ static int f2fs_sync_inode_meta(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
> > > inode = igrab(&fi->vfs_inode);
> > > spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_lock[DIRTY_META]);
> > > if (inode) {
> > > + if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF)) {
> > > + filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
> > > + clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF);
> > > + }
> > > sync_inode_metadata(inode, 0);
> > > /* it's on eviction */
> > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> > > index 8e2fb0bda467..41be09dad43c 100644
> > > --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> > > @@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ enum {
> > > FI_ATOMIC_REPLACE, /* indicate atomic replace */
> > > FI_OPENED_FILE, /* indicate file has been opened */
> > > FI_DONATE_FINISHED, /* indicate page donation of file has been finished */
> > > + FI_ZERO_POST_EOF, /* indicate unaligned EOF gap was zeroed in pagecache */
> > > FI_MAX, /* max flag, never be used */
> > > };
> > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > > index 11cc8d79c235..2e9d585073ec 100644
> > > --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > > @@ -36,21 +36,43 @@
> > > #include <trace/events/f2fs.h>
> > > #include <uapi/linux/f2fs.h>
> > > +static int fill_zero(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
> > > + loff_t start, loff_t len);
> > > +
> > > static void f2fs_zero_post_eof_page(struct inode *inode,
> > > loff_t new_size, bool lock)
> > > {
> > > loff_t old_size = i_size_read(inode);
> > > + unsigned int offset;
> > > if (old_size >= new_size)
> > > return;
> > > - if (mapping_empty(inode->i_mapping))
> > > - return;
> > > -
> > > if (lock)
> > > filemap_invalidate_lock(inode->i_mapping);
> > > +
> > > /* zero or drop pages only in range of [old_size, new_size] */
> > > truncate_inode_pages_range(inode->i_mapping, old_size, new_size);
> > > +
> > > + /*
> > > + * When expanding an unaligned EOF size, zero post-EOF data in
> > > + * pagecache and set FI_ZERO_POST_EOF, so following checkpointing
> > > + * or fsync can persist correct data to disk before committing
> > > + * inode w/ updated i_size.
> > > + */
> > > + if (F2FS_OPTION(F2FS_I_SB(inode)).fsync_mode != FSYNC_MODE_STRICT)
> > > + goto out_unlock;
> > > +
> > > + offset = old_size & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
> > > + if (offset) {
> > > + unsigned int len = min_t(loff_t, PAGE_SIZE - offset,
> > > + new_size - old_size);
> > > + pgoff_t index = old_size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> > > +
> > > + fill_zero(inode, index, offset, len);
> > > + set_inode_flag(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF);
> > > + }
> > > +out_unlock:
> > > if (lock)
> > > filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
> > > }
> > > @@ -304,6 +326,13 @@ static int f2fs_do_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
> > > if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
> > > goto go_write;
> > > + if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF)) {
> > > + ret = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
> > > + if (ret)
> > > + return ret;
> > > + clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ZERO_POST_EOF);
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > /* if fdatasync is triggered, let's do in-place-update */
> > > if (datasync || get_dirty_pages(inode) <= SM_I(sbi)->min_fsync_blocks)
> > > set_inode_flag(inode, FI_NEED_IPU);
> > > --
> > > 2.49.0
> > >
> > >
> > >
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