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authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2012-01-04 00:27:45 +0400
committerArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2012-01-04 00:27:45 +0400
commit5d3cb0ffdd0c8987dc17a2ef4529b246198ceb72 (patch)
treec60bdca0529cbd44d32b3918b78d14e182ef57cd /fs/ext4/page-io.c
parent3b0d597139efddfd8960b44249b4a4c977d172f1 (diff)
parent5f0a6e2d503896062f641639dacfe5055c2f593b (diff)
downloadlinux-5d3cb0ffdd0c8987dc17a2ef4529b246198ceb72.tar.xz
Merge branch 'v3.2-rc7' into next/pm
Conflicts: arch/arm/kernel/setup.c arch/arm/mach-shmobile/board-kota2.c
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diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index 7ce1d0b19c94..7e106c810c62 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -385,6 +385,18 @@ int ext4_bio_write_page(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
block_end = block_start + blocksize;
if (block_start >= len) {
+ /*
+ * Comments copied from block_write_full_page_endio:
+ *
+ * The page straddles i_size. It must be zeroed out on
+ * each and every writepage invocation because it may
+ * be mmapped. "A file is mapped in multiples of the
+ * page size. For a file that is not a multiple of
+ * the page size, the remaining memory is zeroed when
+ * mapped, and writes to that region are not written
+ * out to the file."
+ */
+ zero_user_segment(page, block_start, block_end);
clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
continue;