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vfs: generic_copy_file_checks should return EINVAL when source offset is beyond EOF

Message ID 20210201204756.74577-1-dai.ngo@oracle.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series vfs: generic_copy_file_checks should return EINVAL when source offset is beyond EOF | expand

Commit Message

Dai Ngo Feb. 1, 2021, 8:47 p.m. UTC 
Fix by returning -EINVAL instead of 0, per man page of copy_file_range,
when the requested range extends beyond the end of the source file.
Probem was discovered by subtest inter11 of nfstest_ssc.

Signed-off-by: Dai Ngo <dai.ngo@oracle.com>
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 fs/read_write.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 75f764b43418..438c00910716 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@  static int generic_copy_file_checks(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 	/* Shorten the copy to EOF */
 	size_in = i_size_read(inode_in);
 	if (pos_in >= size_in)
-		count = 0;
+		count = -EINVAL;
 	else
 		count = min(count, size_in - (uint64_t)pos_in);