If the data copy within a prepare_write can potentially allocate blocks
to fill holes, so if the page copy fails then new blocks must be zeroed
so uninitialised data cannot be exposed with a subsequent read.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <[email protected]>
Index: linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/filemap.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1951,7 +1951,14 @@ retry_noprogress:
bytes);
dec_preempt_count();
- if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
+ if (unlikely(copied != bytes)) {
+ /*
+ * Must zero out new buffers here so that we do end
+ * up properly filling holes rather than leaving stale
+ * data in them that might be read in future.
+ */
+ page_zero_new_buffers(page);
+
/*
* If the page is not uptodate, we cannot allow a
* partial commit_write because when we unlock the
@@ -1965,10 +1972,10 @@ retry_noprogress:
* Abort the operation entirely with a zero length
* commit_write. Retry. We will enter the
* single-segment path below, which should get the
- * filesystem to bring the page uputodate for us next
+ * filesystem to bring the page uptodate for us next
* time.
*/
- if (unlikely(copied != bytes))
+ if (!PageUptodate(page))
copied = 0;
}
Index: linux-2.6/fs/buffer.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/buffer.c
+++ linux-2.6/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1491,6 +1491,39 @@ out:
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_invalidatepage);
+void page_zero_new_buffers(struct page *page)
+{
+ unsigned int block_start, block_end;
+ struct buffer_head *head, *bh;
+
+ BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
+ if (!page_has_buffers(page))
+ return;
+
+ bh = head = page_buffers(page);
+ block_start = 0;
+ do {
+ block_end = block_start + bh->b_size;
+
+ if (buffer_new(bh)) {
+ void *kaddr;
+
+ if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
+ kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
+ memset(kaddr+block_start, 0, bh->b_size);
+ flush_dcache_page(page);
+ kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+ }
+ clear_buffer_new(bh);
+ set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+ mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+ }
+
+ block_start = block_end;
+ bh = bh->b_this_page;
+ } while (bh != head);
+}
+
/*
* We attach and possibly dirty the buffers atomically wrt
* __set_page_dirty_buffers() via private_lock. try_to_free_buffers
@@ -1784,36 +1817,33 @@ static int __block_prepare_write(struct
}
continue;
}
- if (buffer_new(bh))
- clear_buffer_new(bh);
if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) {
WARN_ON(bh->b_size != blocksize);
err = get_block(inode, block, bh, 1);
if (err)
break;
- if (buffer_new(bh)) {
- unmap_underlying_metadata(bh->b_bdev,
- bh->b_blocknr);
- if (PageUptodate(page)) {
- set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
- continue;
- }
- if (block_end > to || block_start < from) {
- void *kaddr;
-
- kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
- if (block_end > to)
- memset(kaddr+to, 0,
- block_end-to);
- if (block_start < from)
- memset(kaddr+block_start,
- 0, from-block_start);
- flush_dcache_page(page);
- kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
- }
+ }
+ if (buffer_new(bh)) {
+ unmap_underlying_metadata(bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr);
+ if (PageUptodate(page)) {
+ set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
continue;
}
+ if (block_end > to || block_start < from) {
+ void *kaddr;
+
+ kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
+ if (block_end > to)
+ memset(kaddr+to, 0, block_end-to);
+ if (block_start < from)
+ memset(kaddr+block_start,
+ 0, from-block_start);
+ flush_dcache_page(page);
+ kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+ }
+ continue;
}
+
if (PageUptodate(page)) {
if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
@@ -1833,43 +1863,10 @@ static int __block_prepare_write(struct
if (!buffer_uptodate(*wait_bh))
err = -EIO;
}
- if (!err) {
- bh = head;
- do {
- if (buffer_new(bh))
- clear_buffer_new(bh);
- } while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);
- return 0;
- }
- /* Error case: */
- /*
- * Zero out any newly allocated blocks to avoid exposing stale
- * data. If BH_New is set, we know that the block was newly
- * allocated in the above loop.
- */
- bh = head;
- block_start = 0;
- do {
- block_end = block_start+blocksize;
- if (block_end <= from)
- goto next_bh;
- if (block_start >= to)
- break;
- if (buffer_new(bh)) {
- void *kaddr;
- clear_buffer_new(bh);
- kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
- memset(kaddr+block_start, 0, bh->b_size);
- flush_dcache_page(page);
- kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
- set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
- mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
- }
-next_bh:
- block_start = block_end;
- bh = bh->b_this_page;
- } while (bh != head);
+ if (err)
+ page_zero_new_buffers(page);
+
return err;
}
@@ -2246,7 +2243,6 @@ int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page
int i;
int ret = 0;
int is_mapped_to_disk = 1;
- int dirtied_it = 0;
if (PageMappedToDisk(page))
return 0;
@@ -2282,15 +2278,16 @@ int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page
if (PageUptodate(page))
continue;
if (buffer_new(&map_bh) || !buffer_mapped(&map_bh)) {
+ /*
+ * XXX: stale data can be exposed as we are not zeroing
+ * out newly allocated blocks. If a subsequent operation
+ * fails, we'll never know about this :(
+ */
kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
- if (block_start < from) {
- memset(kaddr+block_start, 0, from-block_start);
- dirtied_it = 1;
- }
- if (block_end > to) {
+ if (block_start < from)
+ memset(kaddr+block_start, 0, block_end-block_start);
+ if (block_end > to)
memset(kaddr + to, 0, block_end - to);
- dirtied_it = 1;
- }
flush_dcache_page(page);
kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
continue;
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/buffer_head.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ struct buffer_head *alloc_page_buffers(s
int retry);
void create_empty_buffers(struct page *, unsigned long,
unsigned long b_state);
+void page_zero_new_buffers(struct page *page);
void end_buffer_read_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate);
void end_buffer_write_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate);
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/pagemap.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static inline int fault_in_pages_writeab
* the zero gets there, we'll be overwriting it.
*/
ret = __put_user(0, uaddr);
- if (ret == 0) {
+ if (likely(ret == 0)) {
char __user *end = uaddr + size - 1;
/*
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static inline int fault_in_pages_readabl
return 0;
ret = __get_user(c, uaddr);
- if (ret == 0) {
+ if (likely(ret == 0)) {
const char __user *end = uaddr + size - 1;
if (((unsigned long)uaddr & PAGE_MASK) !=
-
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