Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760274AbaLLGwl (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2014 01:52:41 -0500 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:52598 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966003AbaLLGsW (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2014 01:48:22 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "Al Viro" , "Mikulas Patocka" Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 06:14:25 +0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) Subject: [PATCH 3.2 051/164] fs: make cont_expand_zero interruptible In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2001:470:1f08:1539:c97:8151:cc89:c28d X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.2.65-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Mikulas Patocka commit c2ca0fcd202863b14bd041a7fece2e789926c225 upstream. This patch makes it possible to kill a process looping in cont_expand_zero. A process may spend a lot of time in this function, so it is desirable to be able to kill it. It happened to me that I wanted to copy a piece data from the disk to a file. By mistake, I used the "seek" parameter to dd instead of "skip". Due to the "seek" parameter, dd attempted to extend the file and became stuck doing so - the only possibility was to reset the machine or wait many hours until the filesystem runs out of space and cont_expand_zero fails. We need this patch to be able to terminate the process. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- fs/buffer.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -2261,6 +2261,11 @@ static int cont_expand_zero(struct file err = 0; balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping); + + if (unlikely(fatal_signal_pending(current))) { + err = -EINTR; + goto out; + } } /* page covers the boundary, find the boundary offset */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/