Re: [PATCH v2] dax: fix dax_range_compare_iter() to use correct size and address offset

From: Jan Kara

Date: Wed Oct 14 2026 - 09:00:39 EST


On Sun 11-10-26 14:48:39, jianyungao89@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Jianyun Gao <jianyungao89@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> dax_range_compare_iter() has two bugs in how it calls
> dax_iomap_direct_access() and uses the returned addresses:
>
> 1. The size argument passed to dax_iomap_direct_access() is
> ALIGN(pos + len, PAGE_SIZE), which is an absolute file offset
> rather than a length. This causes the underlying dax_direct_access()
> to request a massively inflated nr_pages via PHYS_PFN(size).
>
> 2. The addresses returned by dax_iomap_direct_access() are page-aligned
> starting addresses, but memcmp() compares from saddr/daddr directly
> without adding the page-in-page offset of pos1/pos2. When pos1/pos2
> are not page-aligned, this compares the wrong data.
>
> Fix the size by computing ALIGN(len + offset_in_page(pos), PAGE_SIZE),
> matching the pattern used in dax_iomap_copy_around(). Fix the address
> by adding offset_in_page(pos1)/offset_in_page(pos2) to saddr/daddr in
> the memcmp() call.
>
> Fixes: 6f7db3894ae2 ("fsdax: dedup file range to use a compare function")
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jianyun Gao <jianyungao89@xxxxxxxxx>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza

> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Add offset_in_page(pos1)/offset_in_page(pos2) to the saddr/daddr
> arguments in memcmp() to fix the page-in-page offset issue pointed
> out in the v1 review.
> - Use offset_in_page() macro instead of (pos & ~PAGE_MASK) for
> consistency with the rest of the codebase.
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20261010071453.6028-1-jianyungao89@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> fs/dax.c | 12 +++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
> index 6ba50142eeb2..b08d408418bd 100644
> --- a/fs/dax.c
> +++ b/fs/dax.c
> @@ -2197,6 +2197,7 @@ static int dax_range_compare_iter(struct iomap_iter *it_src,
> const struct iomap *dmap = &it_dest->iomap;
> loff_t pos1 = it_src->pos, pos2 = it_dest->pos;
> void *saddr, *daddr;
> + size_t size1, size2;
> int id, ret;
>
> len = min(len, min(smap->length, dmap->length));
> @@ -2212,17 +2213,18 @@ static int dax_range_compare_iter(struct iomap_iter *it_src,
> }
>
> id = dax_read_lock();
> - ret = dax_iomap_direct_access(smap, pos1, ALIGN(pos1 + len, PAGE_SIZE),
> - &saddr, NULL);
> + size1 = ALIGN(len + offset_in_page(pos1), PAGE_SIZE);
> + ret = dax_iomap_direct_access(smap, pos1, size1, &saddr, NULL);
> if (ret < 0)
> goto out_unlock;
>
> - ret = dax_iomap_direct_access(dmap, pos2, ALIGN(pos2 + len, PAGE_SIZE),
> - &daddr, NULL);
> + size2 = ALIGN(len + offset_in_page(pos2), PAGE_SIZE);
> + ret = dax_iomap_direct_access(dmap, pos2, size2, &daddr, NULL);
> if (ret < 0)
> goto out_unlock;
>
> - *same = !memcmp(saddr, daddr, len);
> + *same = !memcmp(saddr + offset_in_page(pos1),
> + daddr + offset_in_page(pos2), len);
> if (!*same)
> len = 0;
> dax_read_unlock(id);
> --
> 2.34.1
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR