Re: netfs_read_gaps(): aliased sink folio makes the read destination unreadable, SIGBUS on cifs with signing

[Frank Sorenson]

On 9/9/26 12:15 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Try #3...
>
> David

retested successfully with v3


Frank

> ---
> commit 05abad6ef207137fd3a2559d6ac242d1f94c60aa
> Author: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Wed Sep 9 11:36:30 2026 +0100
>
>      netfs: Fix netfs_read_gaps() to use separate sink folios
>      
>      Fix netfs_read_gaps() to use separate folios rather than re-using a single
>      sink folio to discard the unwanted data so that cifs checksum checking sees
>      all the data that was fetched.
>      
>      Fixes: 7f84a7b9892d ("netfs: Make netfs_read_folio() handle streaming-write pages")
>      Reported-by: Frank Sorenson <sorenson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>      Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/a385053c-1c4a-4060-a3bb-befa007ddb33@xxxxxxxxxx/
>      Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
>      Tested-by: Frank Sorenson <sorenson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>      cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>      cc: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxxx>
>      cc: netfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>      cc: linux-cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>      cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> diff --git a/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c b/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
> index 424df70a5c30..105194de6e13 100644
> --- a/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
> +++ b/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
> @@ -482,15 +482,14 @@ static int netfs_read_gaps(struct file *file, struct folio *folio)
>   	struct netfs_group *group = netfs_folio_group(folio);
>   	struct netfs_folio *finfo = netfs_folio_info(folio);
>   	struct netfs_inode *ctx = netfs_inode(mapping->host);
> -	struct folio *sink = NULL;
> -	struct bio_vec *bvec;
> +	struct bio_vec *bvec = NULL;
>   	unsigned int from = finfo->dirty_offset;
>   	unsigned int to = from + finfo->dirty_len;
> -	unsigned int off = 0, i = 0;
> +	unsigned int off = 0;
>   	size_t flen = folio_size(folio);
>   	size_t nr_bvec = flen / PAGE_SIZE + 2;
>   	size_t part;
> -	int ret;
> +	int ret, i = 0, sink_from = -1, sink_to = -1;
>   
>   	_enter("%lx", folio->index);
>   
> @@ -515,24 +514,23 @@ static int netfs_read_gaps(struct file *file, struct folio *folio)
>   	if (!bvec)
>   		goto discard;
>   
> -	sink = folio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
> -	if (!sink) {
> -		kfree(bvec);
> -		goto discard;
> -	}
> -
>   	trace_netfs_folio(folio, netfs_folio_trace_read_gaps);
>   
> -	rreq->direct_bv = bvec;
> -	rreq->direct_bv_count = nr_bvec;
>   	if (from > 0) {
>   		bvec_set_folio(&bvec[i++], folio, from, 0);
>   		off = from;
>   	}
> +	sink_from = i;
>   	while (off < to) {
> +		struct folio *sink = folio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
> +
> +		if (!sink)
> +			goto discard;
>   		part = min_t(size_t, to - off, PAGE_SIZE);
> -		bvec_set_folio(&bvec[i++], sink, part, 0);
> +		bvec_set_folio(&bvec[i], sink, part, 0);
>   		off += part;
> +		sink_to = i;
> +		i++;
>   	}
>   	if (to < flen)
>   		bvec_set_folio(&bvec[i++], folio, flen - to, to);
> @@ -553,8 +551,10 @@ static int netfs_read_gaps(struct file *file, struct folio *folio)
>   		folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
>   	}
>   
> -	if (sink)
> -		folio_put(sink);
> +	if (sink_to >= 0)
> +		for (; sink_from <= sink_to; sink_from++)
> +			folio_put(bvec_folio(&bvec[sink_from]));
> +	kfree(bvec);
>   	folio_unlock(folio);
>   	netfs_put_request(rreq, netfs_rreq_trace_put_return);
>   	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
> @@ -563,6 +563,10 @@ static int netfs_read_gaps(struct file *file, struct folio *folio)
>   	netfs_put_failed_request(rreq);
>   alloc_error:
>   	folio_unlock(folio);
> +	if (sink_to >= 0)
> +		for (; sink_from <= sink_to; sink_from++)
> +			folio_put(bvec_folio(&bvec[sink_from]));
> +	kfree(bvec);
>   	return ret;
>   }
>   

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Frank Sorenson
sorenson@xxxxxxxxxx
Principal Software Maintenance Engineer, filesystems
Red Hat