]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/linux.git/commitdiff
dm-pcache: zero cache_info before default init
authorLi Chen <chenl311@chinatelecom.cn>
Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:13:36 +0000 (20:13 +0800)
committerMikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:02:08 +0000 (19:02 +0100)
pcache_meta_find_latest() leaves whatever it last copied into the
caller’s buffer even when it returns NULL. For cache_info_init(),
that meant cache->cache_info could still contain CRC-bad garbage when
no valid metadata exists, leading later initialization paths to read
bogus flags.

Explicitly memset cache->cache_info in cache_info_init_default()
so new-cache paths start from a clean slate. The default sequence
number assignment becomes redundant with this reset, so it drops out.

Signed-off-by: Li Chen <chenl311@chinatelecom.cn>
Reviewed-by: Zheng Gu <cengku@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.c

index d516d49042272e6d1e15a8a0e078049437bcf000..698697a7a73c66f759aa3d59debd3e099f3946ab 100644 (file)
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static void cache_info_init_default(struct pcache_cache *cache)
 {
        struct pcache_cache_info *cache_info = &cache->cache_info;
 
-       cache_info->header.seq = 0;
+       memset(cache_info, 0, sizeof(*cache_info));
        cache_info->n_segs = cache->cache_dev->seg_num;
        cache_info_set_gc_percent(cache_info, PCACHE_CACHE_GC_PERCENT_DEFAULT);
 }