Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] iter revert problems

[Al Viro]

On Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 02:55:26PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 8/23/21 4:18 AM, Pavel Begunkov wrote:
> > iov_iter_revert() doesn't go well with iov_iter_truncate() in all
> > cases, see 2/2 for the bug description. As mentioned there the current
> > problems is because of generic_write_checks(), but there was also a
> > similar case fixed in 5.12, which should have been triggerable by normal
> > write(2)/read(2) and others.
> > 
> > It may be better to enforce reexpands as a long term solution, but for
> > now this patchset is quickier and easier to backport.
> > 
> > v2: don't fail if it was justly fully reverted
> > v3: use truncated size + reexapand based approach
> 
> Al, let's get this upstream. How do you want to handle it? I can take
> it through the io_uring tree, or it can go through your tree. I really
> don't care which route it takes, but we should get this upstream as
> it solves a real problem.

Grabbed, will test and send a pull request...