ecryptfs corrupts files over 4GB size on i686

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I can reproduce this in saucy and on mainline (3.12.0-031200rc6-generic). It is specific to i686.

My guess is that a size_t is being used when a loff_t is needed. I'm looking into it now.

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.12 kernel[0].

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[0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.12-rc6-saucy/

Disregard my comment in #4. Commented at almost the same time :-)

Tyler, the attached diff helps me read/write files over 4GB. I think some of the changes may be redundant, so I'm checking to see what is the minimal set of changes required.

Tyler, reduced it down to a one line fix. Tested with a 0.5GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 32GB test file with a sanity check on each byte. Patch attached below. Not yet tested with ecryptfs tests, but it looks like the root issue.

Thanks Colin!

As I mentioned in IRC, I came up with the same patch last night and successfully ran tests against it overnight. We'll go with your patch since it already has a commit message. I targeted it for 3.11+ stable and will push it to Linus today. I'll also get the Ubuntu SRU prepared.

Patch works for me on 3.12-rc6.

Thanks Colin and Tyler!

Any update on this? I would like to use encrypted home, but I need to use big files for virtualbox

striscio, problem has been fixed on mainline-kernel 3.12, if you have to, just update like described in: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2013/11/linux-kernel-3-12-released-install-ubuntu-or-linux-mint/
update to saucy-kernel will be as soon as possible.

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-saucy' to 'verification-done-saucy'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

-proposed works for me. Tested against NUL-File and multiple VirtualBox-images.

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.11.0-14.21

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linux (3.11.0-14.21) saucy; urgency=low

  [Brad Figg]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1250540

  [ Anthony Wong ]

  * SAUCE: Work around broken ACPI backlight on Dell Inspiron 5537
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  [ Colin Ian King ]

  * SAUCE: eCryptfs: fix 32 bit corruption issue
    - LP: #1243636

  [ Ming Lei ]

  * SAUCE: ext4: fix performance regression in ext4_writepages
    - LP: #1242812

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  * net: mv643xx_eth: update statistics timer from timer context only
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  * net: mv643xx_eth: fix orphaned statistics timer crash
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  * sit: amend "allow to use rtnl ops on fb tunnel"
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  * proc connector: fix info leaks
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  * net: secure_seq: Fix warning when CONFIG_IPV6 and CONFIG_INET are not
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  * bridge: update mdb expiration timer upon reports.
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  * l2tp: must disable bh before calling l2tp_xmit_skb()
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  * netem: update backlog after drop
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  * netem: free skb's in tree on reset
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  * bnx2x: record rx queue for LRO packets
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  * virtio-net: don't respond to cpu hotplug notifier if we're not ready
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  * bridge: Correctly clamp MAX forward_delay when enabling STP
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  * net: dst: provide accessor function to dst->xfrm
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