linux/fs
Jeff Layton 838726c475 cifs: fix O_APPEND on directio mounts
The direct I/O write codepath for CIFS is done through
cifs_user_write(). That function does not currently call
generic_write_checks() so the file position isn't being properly set
when the file is opened with O_APPEND.  It's also not doing the other
"normal" checks that should be done for a write call.

The problem is currently that when you open a file with O_APPEND on a
mount with the directio mount option, the file position is set to the
beginning of the file. This makes any subsequent writes clobber the data
in the file starting at the beginning.

This seems to fix the problem in cursory testing. It is, however
important to note that NFS disallows the combination of
(O_DIRECT|O_APPEND). If my understanding is correct, the concern is
races with multiple clients appending to a file clobbering each others'
data. Since the write model for CIFS and NFS is pretty similar in this
regard, CIFS is probably subject to the same sort of races. What's
unclear to me is why this is a particular problem with O_DIRECT and not
with buffered writes...

Regardless, disallowing O_APPEND on an entire mount is probably not
reasonable, so we'll probably just have to deal with it and reevaluate
this flag combination when we get proper support for O_DIRECT. In the
meantime this patch at least fixes the existing problem.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Cc: Stable Tree <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
2008-08-28 14:15:32 +00:00
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9p [PATCH] fix ->llseek() for a bunch of directories 2008-08-25 01:18:09 -04:00
adfs [PATCH] fix ->llseek() for a bunch of directories 2008-08-25 01:18:09 -04:00
affs [PATCH] fix ->llseek() for a bunch of directories 2008-08-25 01:18:09 -04:00
afs mm: rename page trylock 2008-08-04 21:31:34 -07:00
autofs mount options: fix autofs 2008-02-08 09:22:40 -08:00
autofs4 [PATCH] fix ->llseek() for a bunch of directories 2008-08-25 01:18:09 -04:00
befs [PATCH] fix ->llseek() for a bunch of directories 2008-08-25 01:18:09 -04:00
bfs SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
cifs cifs: fix O_APPEND on directio mounts 2008-08-28 14:15:32 +00:00
coda [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00
configfs [PATCH] configfs: Consolidate locking around configfs_detach_prep() in configfs_rmdir() 2008-08-22 11:09:02 -07:00
cramfs cramfs: fix named-pipe handling 2008-08-20 15:40:32 -07:00
debugfs debugfs: Implement debugfs_remove_recursive() 2008-07-21 21:54:59 -07:00
devpts [PATCH] devpts: switch to IDA 2008-08-01 11:25:29 -04:00
dlm dlm: rename structs 2008-08-13 12:47:36 -05:00
ecryptfs eCryptfs: use page_alloc not kmalloc to get a page of memory 2008-07-28 16:30:21 -07:00
efs [PATCH] fix efs_lookup() 2008-08-25 01:18:04 -04:00
exportfs fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
ext2 vfs: pagecache usage optimization for pagesize!=blocksize 2008-07-28 16:30:21 -07:00
ext3 [PATCH] fix races and leaks in vfs_quota_on() users 2008-08-01 11:25:25 -04:00
ext4 ext4: Initialize writeback_index to 0 when allocating a new inode 2008-08-19 21:14:52 -04:00
fat vfat: fix 'sync' mount deadlock due to BKL->lock_super conversion 2008-08-20 08:31:19 -07:00
freevxfs fs/freevxfs/: proper externs 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
fuse [PATCH] fix MAY_CHDIR/MAY_ACCESS/LOOKUP_ACCESS mess 2008-07-26 20:53:21 -04:00
gfs2 [PATCH] don't pass nameidata to gfs2_lookupi() 2008-07-26 20:53:36 -04:00
hfs [PATCH] f_count may wrap around 2008-07-26 20:53:40 -04:00
hfsplus [PATCH] f_count may wrap around 2008-07-26 20:53:40 -04:00
hostfs [PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototype 2008-07-26 20:53:14 -04:00
hpfs [patch 05/14] hpfs: dont call permission() 2008-07-26 20:53:13 -04:00
hppfs [patch] hppfs: remove hppfs_permission 2008-07-26 20:53:07 -04:00
hugetlbfs SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
isofs SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
jbd Merge branch 'core/locking' into core/urgent 2008-08-12 00:11:49 +02:00
jbd2 Merge branch 'core/locking' into core/urgent 2008-08-12 00:11:49 +02:00
jffs2 removed unused #include <linux/version.h>'s 2008-08-23 12:14:12 -07:00
jfs [PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototype 2008-07-26 20:53:14 -04:00
lockd Merge branch 'for-2.6.27' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2008-08-12 16:39:22 -07:00
minix SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
msdos fatfs: add UTC timestamp option 2008-07-25 10:53:34 -07:00
ncpfs [PATCH] don't pass nameidata to __ncp_lookup_validate() 2008-07-26 20:53:37 -04:00
nfs Revert "UFS: add const to parser token table" 2008-08-04 16:50:38 -07:00
nfs_common
nfsd Merge branch 'for-2.6.27' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2008-08-12 16:39:22 -07:00
nls
ntfs [PATCH] ntfs: use d_add_ci 2008-08-25 01:18:06 -04:00
ocfs2 ocfs2: Increment the reference count of an already-active stack. 2008-08-25 07:29:47 -07:00
omfs omfs: fix oops when file metadata is corrupted 2008-08-15 08:35:44 -07:00
openpromfs SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
partitions fs/partitions/efi: convert to pr_debug 2008-07-25 10:53:44 -07:00
proc [PATCH] proc: inode number fixlet 2008-08-25 01:18:03 -04:00
qnx4 SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
ramfs ramfs: enable splice write 2008-07-04 09:52:14 +02:00
reiserfs reiserfs: removed duplicated #include 2008-08-12 16:07:30 -07:00
romfs romfs_readpage: don't report errors for pages beyond i_size 2008-07-30 14:30:34 -07:00
smbfs [PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototype 2008-07-26 20:53:14 -04:00
sysfs Use WARN() in fs/sysfs 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
sysv SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
ubifs UBIFS: xattr bugfixes 2008-08-14 12:46:20 +03:00
udf SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
ufs Revert "UFS: add const to parser token table" 2008-08-04 16:50:38 -07:00
vfat fatfs: add UTC timestamp option 2008-07-25 10:53:34 -07:00
xfs [PATCH] fix ->llseek() for a bunch of directories 2008-08-25 01:18:09 -04:00
aio.c [PATCH] f_count may wrap around 2008-07-26 20:53:40 -04:00
anon_inodes.c flag parameters: NONBLOCK in anon_inode_getfd 2008-07-24 10:47:28 -07:00
attr.c [patch 4/4] vfs: immutable inode checking cleanup 2008-07-26 20:53:28 -04:00
bad_inode.c [PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototype 2008-07-26 20:53:14 -04:00
binfmt_aout.c tracehook: exec 2008-07-26 12:00:08 -07:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c binfmt_elf_fdpic: Magical stack pointer index, for NEW_AUX_ENT compat. 2008-07-28 18:10:28 +09:00
binfmt_elf.c tracehook: exec 2008-07-26 12:00:08 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c binfmt_misc.c: avoid potential kernel stack overflow 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
binfmt_flat.c binfmt_flat: Stub in a FLAT_PLAT_INIT(). 2008-08-11 20:17:55 +09:00
binfmt_misc.c binfmt_misc: fix false -ENOEXEC when coupled with other binary handlers 2008-08-20 15:40:31 -07:00
binfmt_script.c binfmt_misc.c: avoid potential kernel stack overflow 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
binfmt_som.c tracehook: exec 2008-07-26 12:00:08 -07:00
bio-integrity.c bio-integrity: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL for bio_integrity_init_slab() 2008-07-28 16:30:21 -07:00
bio.c bio: fix __bio_copy_iov() handling of bio->bv_len 2008-08-27 09:50:19 +02:00
block_dev.c [PATCH] switch mtd and dm-table to lookup_bdev() 2008-08-01 11:25:31 -04:00
buffer.c block: submit_bh() inadvertently discards barrier flag on a sync write 2008-08-27 09:50:19 +02:00
char_dev.c Remove the lock_kernel() call from chrdev_open() 2008-06-20 14:05:53 -06:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c x86: compat_binfmt_elf 2008-01-30 13:31:46 +01:00
compat_ioctl.c remove unused #include <linux/dirent.h>'s 2008-07-25 10:53:34 -07:00
compat.c [PATCH] fix regular readdir() and friends 2008-08-25 01:18:08 -04:00
dcache.c [PATCH] change d_add_ci argument ordering 2008-08-25 01:18:05 -04:00
dcookies.c d_path: Make d_path() use a struct path 2008-02-14 21:17:09 -08:00
direct-io.c dio: use get_user_pages_fast 2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00
dnotify.c [PATCH] split linux/file.h 2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
dquot.c [PATCH] fix races and leaks in vfs_quota_on() users 2008-08-01 11:25:25 -04:00
drop_caches.c vfs: skip inodes without pages to free in drop_pagecache_sb() 2008-04-29 08:06:05 -07:00
eventfd.c flag parameters: check magic constants 2008-07-24 10:47:29 -07:00
eventpoll.c fs/eventpoll.c: fix sys_epoll_create1() comment 2008-08-12 16:07:30 -07:00
exec.c exec: include pagemap.h again to fix build 2008-07-28 16:30:20 -07:00
fcntl.c [PATCH] clean dup2() up a bit 2008-08-01 11:25:24 -04:00
fifo.c [PATCH] reuse xxx_fifo_fops for xxx_pipe_fops 2008-07-26 20:53:06 -04:00
file_table.c [PATCH] f_count may wrap around 2008-07-26 20:53:40 -04:00
file.c [PATCH] merge locate_fd() and get_unused_fd() 2008-08-01 11:25:23 -04:00
filesystems.c
fs-writeback.c VFS: export sync_sb_inodes 2008-07-14 19:10:52 +03:00
generic_acl.c
inode.c fs/inode.c: properly init address_space->writeback_index 2008-08-15 08:35:44 -07:00
inotify_user.c [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00
inotify.c inotify: remove debug code 2008-02-06 10:41:07 -08:00
internal.h [PATCH] move a bunch of declarations to fs/internal.h 2008-04-21 23:11:01 -04:00
ioctl.c make vfs_ioctl() static 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
ioprio.c fix setpriority(PRIO_PGRP) thread iterator breakage 2008-08-20 15:40:32 -07:00
Kconfig [CIFS] Reorder cifs config item for better clarity 2008-08-26 18:32:28 +00:00
Kconfig.binfmt sh: Initial ELF FDPIC support. 2008-07-28 18:10:28 +09:00
libfs.c VFS: increase pseudo-filesystem block size to PAGE_SIZE 2008-07-30 09:41:44 -07:00
locks.c SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
Makefile omfs: update kbuild to include OMFS 2008-07-26 12:00:05 -07:00
mbcache.c vfs: fix possible deadlock in ext2, ext3, ext4 when using xattrs 2008-04-15 19:35:41 -07:00
mpage.c vfs: add hooks for ext4's delayed allocation support 2008-07-11 19:27:31 -04:00
namei.c [patch 3/4] vfs: remove unused nameidata argument of may_create() 2008-08-01 11:25:30 -04:00
namespace.c [PATCH] pass struct path * to do_add_mount() 2008-08-01 11:25:32 -04:00
nfsctl.c Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
no-block.c
open.c [PATCH] merge locate_fd() and get_unused_fd() 2008-08-01 11:25:23 -04:00
pipe.c [PATCH] reuse xxx_fifo_fops for xxx_pipe_fops 2008-07-26 20:53:06 -04:00
pnode.c [patch 7/7] vfs: mountinfo: show dominating group id 2008-04-23 00:05:09 -04:00
pnode.h [patch 7/7] vfs: mountinfo: show dominating group id 2008-04-23 00:05:09 -04:00
posix_acl.c
quota_v1.c quota: move function-macros from quota.h to quotaops.h 2008-07-25 10:53:35 -07:00
quota_v2.c quota: move function-macros from quota.h to quotaops.h 2008-07-25 10:53:35 -07:00
quota.c quota: cleanup loop in sync_dquots() 2008-07-25 10:53:35 -07:00
read_write.c Remove BKL from remote_llseek v2 2008-07-02 15:06:27 -06:00
read_write.h
readdir.c [PATCH] fix regular readdir() and friends 2008-08-25 01:18:08 -04:00
select.c Fix performance regression on lmbench select benchmark 2008-06-22 12:23:15 -07:00
seq_file.c [PATCH] deal with the first call of ->show() generating no output 2008-08-25 01:18:10 -04:00
signalfd.c flag parameters: check magic constants 2008-07-24 10:47:29 -07:00
splice.c mm: rename page trylock 2008-08-04 21:31:34 -07:00
stack.c
stat.c [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00
super.c fix soft lock up at NFS mount via per-SB LRU-list of unused dentries 2008-07-24 10:47:15 -07:00
sync.c SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE may and will block. Document that. 2008-07-24 10:47:17 -07:00
timerfd.c flag parameters: check magic constants 2008-07-24 10:47:29 -07:00
utimes.c [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00
xattr_acl.c
xattr.c [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00