RE: [PATCH v1] exfat: fix unexpected EOF while reading dir

From: Sungjong Seo
Date: Wed Dec 28 2022 - 21:26:34 EST


> If the position is not aligned with the dentry size, the return
> value of readdir() will be NULL and errno is 0, which means the
> end of the directory stream is reached.
>
> If the position is aligned with dentry size, but there is no file
> or directory at the position, exfat_readdir() will continue to
> get dentry from the next dentry. So the dentry gotten by readdir()
> may not be at the position.
>
> After this commit, if the position is not aligned with the dentry
> size, round the position up to the dentry size and continue to get
> the dentry.
>
> Fixes: ca06197382bd ("exfat: add directory operations")
>
> Signed-off-by: Yuezhang Mo <Yuezhang.Mo@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Wu <Andy.Wu@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Aoyama Wataru <wataru.aoyama@xxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Wang Yugui <wangyugui@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good. Thanks.

Reviewed-by: Sungjong Seo <sj1557.seo@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> fs/exfat/dir.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/exfat/dir.c b/fs/exfat/dir.c
> index 1dfa67f307f1..1122bee3b634 100644
> --- a/fs/exfat/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/exfat/dir.c
> @@ -234,10 +234,7 @@ static int exfat_iterate(struct file *file, struct
> dir_context *ctx)
> fake_offset = 1;
> }
>
> - if (cpos & (DENTRY_SIZE - 1)) {
> - err = -ENOENT;
> - goto unlock;
> - }
> + cpos = round_up(cpos, DENTRY_SIZE);
>
> /* name buffer should be allocated before use */
> err = exfat_alloc_namebuf(nb);
> --
> 2.25.1