Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] problem of cont_prepare_write() | From | OGAWA Hirofumi <> | Date | Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:38:12 +0900 |
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Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> writes:
> Perhaps cont_prepare_write() should look to see if the zerofilled page is > outside the current i_size and if so, advance i_size to the end of the > zerofilled page prior to releasing the page lock.
Yes, my first patch was it.
Umm... however, if ->i_size is updated before ->commit_write(), doesn't it allow access to those pages, before all write() work is successful?
Doesn't this cause strange behavior? (especially a failure case of prepare_write()) -- OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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