Linux kernel modifications for the Kernel Hacking exam
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I was running traces of the read code against an RAID storage system to
understand why read requests were being misaligned against the underlying
RAID strips. I found that the page end offset calculation in
filemap_get_read_batch() was off by one.
When a read is submitted with end offset 1048575, then it calculates the
end page for read of 256 when it should be 255. "last_index" is the index
of the page beyond the end of the read and it should be skipped when get a
batch of pages for read in @filemap_get_read_batch().
The below simple patch fixes the problem. This code was introduced in
kernel 5.12.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230208022400.28962-1-coolqyj@163.com
Fixes:
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arch | ||
block | ||
certs | ||
crypto | ||
Documentation | ||
drivers | ||
fs | ||
include | ||
init | ||
io_uring | ||
ipc | ||
kernel | ||
lib | ||
LICENSES | ||
mm | ||
net | ||
rust | ||
samples | ||
scripts | ||
security | ||
sound | ||
tools | ||
usr | ||
virt | ||
.clang-format | ||
.cocciconfig | ||
.get_maintainer.ignore | ||
.gitattributes | ||
.gitignore | ||
.mailmap | ||
.rustfmt.toml | ||
COPYING | ||
CREDITS | ||
Kbuild | ||
Kconfig | ||
MAINTAINERS | ||
Makefile | ||
README |
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.