Re: [PATCH mm] unionfs: clear partial read

From: Erez Zadok
Date: Fri Nov 09 2007 - 10:26:46 EST


In message <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711090728130.22720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Hugh Dickins writes:
> unionfs_do_readpage forgot to clear the rest of the page when vfs_read
> does not fill the page: fix that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> fs/unionfs/mmap.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- 2.6.24-rc1-mm1/fs/unionfs/mmap.c 2007-11-04 13:48:02.000000000 +0000
> +++ linux/fs/unionfs/mmap.c 2007-11-06 13:51:02.000000000 +0000
> @@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ static int unionfs_do_readpage(struct fi
> err = vfs_read(lower_file, page_data, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
> &lower_file->f_pos);
> set_fs(old_fs);
> -
> + if (err >= 0 && err < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
> + memset(page_data + err, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - err);
> kunmap(page);
>
> if (err < 0)

Agreed.

Erez.
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