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[v1,05/54] fs/buffer: comment on direct access to bvec table

Message ID 1482854250-13481-6-git-send-email-tom.leiming@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Ming Lei Dec. 27, 2016, 3:55 p.m. UTC 
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
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 fs/buffer.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index d21771fcf7d3..63d2f40c21fd 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -3060,8 +3060,13 @@  static void end_bio_bh_io_sync(struct bio *bio)
 void guard_bio_eod(int op, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	sector_t maxsector;
-	struct bio_vec *bvec = &bio->bi_io_vec[bio->bi_vcnt - 1];
 	unsigned truncated_bytes;
+	/*
+	 * It is safe to truncate the last bvec in the following way
+	 * even though multipage bvec is supported, but we need to
+	 * fix the parameters passed to zero_user().
+	 */
+	struct bio_vec *bvec = &bio->bi_io_vec[bio->bi_vcnt - 1];
 
 	maxsector = i_size_read(bio->bi_bdev->bd_inode) >> 9;
 	if (!maxsector)