shmem_pwrite() currently checks for short writes before negative error
codes, which can overwrite real errors (e.g., -EFBIG) with -EIO.
Reorder the checks to return negative errors first, then handle short
writes.
Signed-off-by: Taotao Chen <chentaotao@didiglobal.com>
Reviewed-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250822030651.28099-2-chentaotao@didiglobal.com
written = file->f_op->write_iter(&kiocb, &iter);
BUG_ON(written == -EIOCBQUEUED);
- if (written != size)
- return -EIO;
-
+ /*
+ * First, check if write_iter returned a negative error.
+ * If the write failed, return the real error code immediately.
+ * This prevents it from being overwritten by the short write check below.
+ */
if (written < 0)
return written;
+ /*
+ * Check for a short write (written bytes != requested size).
+ * Even if some data was written, return -EIO to indicate that the
+ * write was not fully completed.
+ */
+ if (written != size)
+ return -EIO;
return 0;
}