Re: [PATCH v2] ext2: Handle fiemap on empty files to prevent EINVAL

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On Fri 13-06-25 18:59:05, Wei Gao wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 11:42:17AM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > On Fri 13-06-25 11:18:38, Wei Gao wrote:
> > > Previously, ext2_fiemap would unconditionally apply "len = min_t(u64, len,
> > > i_size_read(inode));", When inode->i_size was 0 (for an empty file), this
> > > would reduce the requested len to 0. Passing len = 0 to iomap_fiemap could
> > > then result in an -EINVAL error, even for valid queries on empty files.
> > > 
> > > Link: https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/issues/1246
> > > Signed-off-by: Wei Gao <wegao@xxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > > diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
> > > index 30f8201c155f..591db2b4390a 100644
> > > --- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
> > > +++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
> > > @@ -895,9 +895,15 @@ int ext2_fiemap(struct inode *inode, struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
> > >  		u64 start, u64 len)
> > >  {
> > >  	int ret;
> > > +	u64 i_size;
> > >  
> > >  	inode_lock(inode);
> > > -	len = min_t(u64, len, i_size_read(inode));
> > > +
> > > +	i_size = i_size_read(inode);
> > > +
> > > +	if (i_size > 0)
> > > +		len = min_t(u64, len, i_size_read(inode));
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks! This would actually lead to excessively slow fiemap for 0-length
> > files. So what I've ended up with is attached modification of your patch.
> Thank you for your patient review, I really appreciate it. 
> 
> BTW i have stupid question:
> Where can I see the real-time status of this patch? such as whether it has been merged?
> I have checked https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fsdevel/list/
> but do not find current patch, maybe this patch need specific sent it to
> linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx? I just get maillist through scripts/get_maintainer.pl but
> mail list not contain linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

You cannot easily check it. You can see the patch is sitting in
git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs.git for_next
branch. During the next merge window, I'll push it to Linus.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR




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