ext4: protect i_disksize update by i_data_sem in direct write path
i_disksize update should be protected by i_data_sem, by either taking the lock explicitly or by using ext4_update_i_disksize() helper. But the i_disksize updates in ext4_direct_IO_write() are not protected at all, which may be racing with i_disksize updates in writeback path in delalloc buffer write path. This is found by code inspection, and I didn't hit any i_disksize corruption due to this bug. Thanks to Jan Kara for catching this bug and suggesting the fix! Reported-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Eryu Guan <guaneryu@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
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