From: Dongsheng Yang <dongsheng.yang@linux.dev>
To: Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>,
dm-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Zheng Gu <cengku@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] dm-pcache: zero cache_info before default init
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:40:19 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b24702f2-ea70-4c45-b0a9-dae9cc6104a3@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251111121337.1063443-4-me@linux.beauty>
在 11/11/2025 8:13 PM, Li Chen 写道:
> From: Li Chen <chenl311@chinatelecom.cn>
>
> pcache_meta_find_latest() leaves whatever it last copied into the
> caller’s buffer even when it returns NULL. For cache_info_init(),
> that meant cache->cache_info could still contain CRC-bad garbage when
> no valid metadata exists, leading later initialization paths to read
> bogus flags.
>
> Explicitly memset cache->cache_info in cache_info_init_default()
> so new-cache paths start from a clean slate. The default sequence
> number assignment becomes redundant with this reset, so it drops out.
>
> Signed-off-by: Li Chen <chenl311@chinatelecom.cn>
Reviewed-by: Dongsheng Yang <dongsheng.yang@linux.dev>
> ---
> drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.c b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.c
> index d516d4904227..698697a7a73c 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.c
> @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static void cache_info_init_default(struct pcache_cache *cache)
> {
> struct pcache_cache_info *cache_info = &cache->cache_info;
>
> - cache_info->header.seq = 0;
> + memset(cache_info, 0, sizeof(*cache_info));
> cache_info->n_segs = cache->cache_dev->seg_num;
> cache_info_set_gc_percent(cache_info, PCACHE_CACHE_GC_PERCENT_DEFAULT);
> }
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-13 6:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-11 12:13 [PATCH v2 0/3] dm-pcache: built-in support and metadata hardening Li Chen
2025-11-11 12:13 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] dm-pcache: allow built-in build and rename flush helper Li Chen
2025-11-13 6:39 ` Dongsheng Yang
2025-11-11 12:13 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] dm-pcache: reuse meta_addr in pcache_meta_find_latest Li Chen
2025-11-13 6:40 ` Dongsheng Yang
2025-11-11 12:13 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] dm-pcache: zero cache_info before default init Li Chen
2025-11-12 8:24 ` Zheng Gu
2025-11-13 6:40 ` Dongsheng Yang [this message]
2025-11-13 6:43 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] dm-pcache: built-in support and metadata hardening Dongsheng Yang
2025-11-18 18:05 ` Mikulas Patocka
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