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FAILED: patch "[PATCH] f2fs: read i_size once in f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

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The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x c04f209773ecb31e592cababce0d6658ee0b8d58
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '[email protected]' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' 'HEAD^..'

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From c04f209773ecb31e592cababce0d6658ee0b8d58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nanzhe Zhao <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:56:28 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: read i_size once in f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite

f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite() reads i_size twice: once to check whether the folio is partially beyond EOF, and once to calculate the offset for folio_zero_segment(). But a concurrent buffered write can extend isize and cause the following race condition to corrupt data:

buffered write writes [0,3500)

CPU0 (write fault) CPU1 (buffered write)
---- ----
f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite()
folio_lock(folio)
if (((loff_t)(folio->index + 1) << PAGE_SHIFT) >
i_size_read(inode))
/* i_size_read() = 3500 */

                                           write(fd, buf, 200, 4096)
                                           /* writes into page1, does not
                                              wait for folio lock */
                                           i_size_write(inode, 4296)

offset = i_size_read(inode) & ~PAGE_MASK
/* i_size_read() = 4296, offset = 200 */ folio_zero_segment(folio, offset, folio_size(folio)) /* valid data [200, 3500) is zeroed */

Fix this by reading i_size once and using the same value for both the EOF check and the zeroing offset.

---
 fs/f2fs/file.c | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
fs/f2fs/file.c +10 -4
index 4363e28056e6b..713fb6f49bcb3 100644
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ static vm_fault_t f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
 	struct dnode_of_data dn;
 	bool need_alloc = !f2fs_is_pinned_file(inode);
+	loff_t isize;
 	int err = 0;
 	vm_fault_t ret;
 
@@ -188,8 +189,14 @@ static vm_fault_t f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	filemap_invalidate_lock_shared(inode->i_mapping);
 
 	folio_lock(folio);
+	/*
+	 * A concurrent buffered write can extend isize, so we store isize in a
+	 * local variable to let the zeroing offset match the EOF check below.
+	 */
+	isize = i_size_read(inode);
+
 	if (unlikely(folio->mapping != inode->i_mapping ||
-			folio_pos(folio) > i_size_read(inode) ||
+			folio_pos(folio) > isize ||
 			!folio_test_uptodate(folio))) {
 		folio_unlock(folio);
 		err = -EFAULT;
@@ -219,11 +226,10 @@ static vm_fault_t f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	f2fs_wait_on_block_writeback(inode, dn.data_blkaddr);
 
 	/* page is wholly or partially inside EOF */
-	if (((loff_t)(folio->index + 1) << PAGE_SHIFT) >
-						i_size_read(inode)) {
+	if (((loff_t)(folio->index + 1) << PAGE_SHIFT) > isize) {
 		loff_t offset;
 
-		offset = i_size_read(inode) & ~PAGE_MASK;
+		offset = isize & ~PAGE_MASK;
 		folio_zero_segment(folio, offset, folio_size(folio));
 	}
 	folio_mark_dirty(folio);
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