[PATCH v4 2/2] loop: use vfs_getattr_nosec for accurate file size

[Rajeev Mishra]

- Use vfs_getattr_nosec() instead of i_size_read() in lo_calculate_size.
- Improves accuracy for network/distributed filesystems.

Signed-off-by: Rajeev Mishra <rajeevm@xxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/block/loop.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 0e1b9eb9db10..57263c273f0f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -139,9 +139,20 @@ static int part_shift;
 
 static loff_t lo_calculate_size(struct loop_device *lo, struct file *file)
 {
+	struct kstat stat;
 	loff_t loopsize;
-	/* Compute loopsize in bytes */
-	loopsize = i_size_read(file->f_mapping->host);
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * Get the accurate file size. This provides better results than
+	 * cached inode data, particularly for network filesystems where
+	 * metadata may be stale.
+	 */
+	ret = vfs_getattr_nosec(&file->f_path, &stat, STATX_SIZE, 0);
+	if (ret)
+		return 0;
+
+	loopsize = stat.size;
 	if (lo->lo_offset > 0)
 		loopsize -= lo->lo_offset;
 	/* offset is beyond i_size, weird but possible */
-- 
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