On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 10:49:24PM +0800, [email protected] wrote:
> From: Jianyun Gao <[email protected]>
> 
> When dax_range_compare_iter() returns a negative error code (e.g. -EIO),
> dax_dedupe_file_range_compare() incorrectly returns 'ret' which holds the
> positive return value from iomap_iter() indicating more iterations remain.
> This positive value leaks to the caller, where vfs_dedupe_file_range()
> interprets it as success (bytes_deduped = len), causing userspace to
> incorrectly believe deduplication completed.
> 
> Return 'status' instead to propagate the actual error code.
> 
> Fixes: 39eb05112987 ("dax: advance the iomap_iter on dedupe range")
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Jianyun Gao <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>

Seems fine to me,
Reviewed-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <[email protected]>

--D

> ---
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Add Fixes tag and Cc stable
> - Add Reviewed-by tag from Jan Kara
> 
> v1: Link: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
> 
>  fs/dax.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
> index 6ba50142eeb2..1f6a4fbb97bd 100644
> --- a/fs/dax.c
> +++ b/fs/dax.c
> @@ -2261,7 +2261,7 @@ int dax_dedupe_file_range_compare(struct inode *src, 
> loff_t srcoff,
>               status = dax_range_compare_iter(&src_iter, &dst_iter,
>                               min(src_iter.len, dst_iter.len), same);
>               if (status < 0)
> -                     return ret;
> +                     return status;
>               src_iter.status = dst_iter.status = status;
>       }
>       return ret;
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 

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