Bug 1261482

Summary:	glusterd_copy_file can cause file corruption
Product:	[Community] GlusterFS	Reporter:	rjoseph
Component:	core	Assignee:	rjoseph
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Fixed In Version:	glusterfs-3.8rc2	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2016-06-16 13:35:52 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description rjoseph 2015-09-09 12:20:29 UTC

Description of problem:

glusterd_copy_file does not truncate the target file before copy data to it, which can cause file corruption.

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Comment 1 Vijay Bellur 2015-09-16 09:04:31 UTC

REVIEW: http://review.gluster.org/12141 (glusterd/utils: glusterd_copy_file does not truncate target file) posted (#2) for review on master by Rajesh Joseph (rjoseph)

Comment 2 Niels de Vos 2016-06-16 13:35:52 UTC

This bug is getting closed because a release has been made available that should address the reported issue. In case the problem is still not fixed with glusterfs-3.8.0, please open a new bug report.

glusterfs-3.8.0 has been announced on the Gluster mailinglists [1], packages for several distributions should become available in the near future. Keep an eye on the Gluster Users mailinglist [2] and the update infrastructure for your distribution.

[1] http://blog.gluster.org/2016/06/glusterfs-3-8-released/
[2] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.gluster.user