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Currently in ext4 direct write path, we update i_disksize only when new eof is greater than i_size, and don't update it even when new eof is greater than i_disksize but less than i_size. This doesn't work well with delalloc buffer write, which updates i_size and i_disksize only when delalloc blocks are resolved (at writeback time), the i_disksize from direct write can be lost if a previous buffer write succeeded at write time but failed at writeback time, then results in corrupted ondisk inode size. Consider this case, first buffer write 4k data to a new file at offset 16k with delayed allocation, then direct write 4k data to the same file at offset 4k before delalloc blocks are resolved, which doesn't update i_disksize because it writes within i_size(20k), but the extent tree metadata has been committed in journal. Then writeback of the delalloc blocks fails (due to device error etc.), and i_size/i_disksize from buffer write can't be written to disk (still zero). A subsequent umount/mount cycle recovers journal and writes extent tree metadata from direct write to disk, but with i_disksize being zero. Fix it by updating i_disksize too in direct write path when new eof is greater than i_disksize but less than i_size, so i_disksize is always consistent with direct write. This fixes occasional i_size corruption in fstests generic/475. Signed-off-by: Eryu Guan <guaneryu@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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