[PATCH] f2fs: disallow mmap write and data-modifying fallocate on atomic files
From: Daeho Jeong
Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 13:21:11 EST
From: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Stores through a shared writable mapping and fallocate with
FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE, FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE, FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE or
FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE do not go through ->write_begin, so they bypass
the COW inode and modify the original inode directly. Reject them while
the file is in atomic write mode, as fallocate already does for pinned
and compressed files. A write fault gets SIGBUS and fallocate gets
-EOPNOTSUPP.
fallocate without these flags only preallocates blocks and stays
allowed.
Fixes: 3db1de0e582c ("f2fs: change the current atomic write way")
Signed-off-by: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/file.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index ef4d218e694..56c686b8580 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ static vm_fault_t f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
}
+ /* mmap stores bypass the COW inode and would break atomicity */
+ if (f2fs_is_atomic_file(inode))
+ return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+
if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_COMPRESS_RELEASED)) {
err = -EIO;
goto out;
@@ -2113,9 +2117,11 @@ static long f2fs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode,
/*
* Pinned file should not support partial truncation since the block
- * can be used by applications.
+ * can be used by applications. Atomic files should not either, since
+ * these modify the original inode directly and break atomicity.
*/
- if ((f2fs_compressed_file(inode) || f2fs_is_pinned_file(inode)) &&
+ if ((f2fs_compressed_file(inode) || f2fs_is_pinned_file(inode) ||
+ f2fs_is_atomic_file(inode)) &&
(mode & (FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE |
FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE | FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE))) {
ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
--
2.56.0.rc1.315.gc6ed9934b7-goog