Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] block: Don't invalidate pagecache for invalid falloc modes

[Mike Snitzer]

On Thu, May 18 2023 at  6:33P -0400,
Sarthak Kukreti <sarthakkukreti@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Only call truncate_bdev_range() if the fallocate mode is
> supported. This fixes a bug where data in the pagecache
> could be invalidated if the fallocate() was called on the
> block device with an invalid mode.
> 
> Fixes: 25f4c41415e5 ("block: implement (some of) fallocate for block devices")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reported-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sarthak Kukreti <sarthakkukreti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>

Jens, this one is independent of the rest of the patchset and should
be ready to go upstream whenever you are able.

Thanks,
Mike