Re: [PATCH mm] unionfs: clear partial read

[Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu>]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711090728130.22720@blonde.wat.veritas.com>, Hugh Dickins writes:
> unionfs_do_readpage forgot to clear the rest of the page when vfs_read
> does not fill the page: fix that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
> ---
> 
>  fs/unionfs/mmap.c |    3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- 2.6.24-rc1-mm1/fs/unionfs/mmap.c	2007-11-04 13:48:02.000000000 +0000
> +++ linux/fs/unionfs/mmap.c	2007-11-06 13:51:02.000000000 +0000
> @@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ static int unionfs_do_readpage(struct fi
>  	err = vfs_read(lower_file, page_data, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
>  		       &lower_file->f_pos);
>  	set_fs(old_fs);
> -
> +	if (err >= 0 && err < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
> +		memset(page_data + err, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - err);
>  	kunmap(page);
>  
>  	if (err < 0)

Agreed.

Erez.
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