[PATCH v2] coda: honor the append state of each write

From: Hungyu Lin

Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 00:15:59 EST


coda_open() adds O_APPEND to the container file's f_flags after it has
been opened, without updating its cached f_iocb_flags. An O_APPEND write
can therefore overwrite existing data instead of appending. For example,
writing "Z" to a file containing "abc" produces "Zbc" rather than "abcZ".

Pass RWF_APPEND or RWF_NOAPPEND to vfs_iter_write() according to the
incoming IOCB_APPEND state. This also honors changes made with F_SETFL
and per-write append overrides instead of relying on the container's
open-time flags.

Fixes: 164f4064ca81 ("keep iocb_flags() result cached in struct file")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 6.9+
Signed-off-by: Hungyu Lin <dennylin0707@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Keep cfi->cfi_container as the vfs_iter_write() argument.

fs/coda/file.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/coda/file.c b/fs/coda/file.c
index 6ca8bfcb58f2..c9fba41f7cea 100644
--- a/fs/coda/file.c
+++ b/fs/coda/file.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ coda_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
struct file *host_file = cfi->cfi_container;
loff_t ki_pos = iocb->ki_pos;
size_t count = iov_iter_count(to);
+ rwf_t flags = (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_APPEND) ? RWF_APPEND : RWF_NOAPPEND;
ssize_t ret;

ret = venus_access_intent(coda_inode->i_sb, coda_i2f(coda_inode),
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ coda_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
goto finish_write;

inode_lock(coda_inode);
- ret = vfs_iter_write(cfi->cfi_container, to, &iocb->ki_pos, 0);
+ ret = vfs_iter_write(cfi->cfi_container, to, &iocb->ki_pos, flags);
coda_inode->i_size = file_inode(host_file)->i_size;
coda_inode->i_blocks = (coda_inode->i_size + 511) >> 9;
inode_set_mtime_to_ts(coda_inode, inode_set_ctime_current(coda_inode));

base-commit: 6628e7d4c6b25c8d18f1345e3a20d21829aae7e4
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2.43.0