[PATCH v2 2/7] exfat: hold the invalidate lock while truncating

From: Chi Zhiling

Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 23:32:50 EST


From: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@xxxxxxxxxx>

truncate_setsize() ends in truncate_inode_pages(), which is documented
as being "Called under (and serialised by) inode->i_rwsem and
mapping->invalidate_lock".

Hold invalidate_lock while executing truncate_setsize() to ensure that
truncate and mmap writes are mutually exclusive. This can simplify the
handling in exfat_page_mkwrite().

Signed-off-by: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/exfat/file.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/exfat/file.c b/fs/exfat/file.c
index b30aec858da6..81eeb76ef94b 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/file.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/file.c
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ int exfat_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
* about to be freed.
*/
inode_dio_wait(inode);
+ filemap_invalidate_lock(inode->i_mapping);
truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);

/*
@@ -420,6 +421,7 @@ int exfat_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
* is already written by it, so mark_inode_dirty() is unneeded.
*/
exfat_truncate(inode);
+ filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
} else
mark_inode_dirty(inode);

@@ -784,8 +786,10 @@ static int exfat_extend_valid_size(struct inode *inode, loff_t new_valid_size)
ret = exfat_zero_new_range(inode, gap_start, new_valid_size);
filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
if (ret) {
+ filemap_invalidate_lock(inode->i_mapping);
truncate_setsize(inode, old_valid_size);
exfat_truncate(inode);
+ filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
return ret;
}

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2.53.0