Reproducer for the bug that tmpfs returns null bytes for truncated files

truncate_read.c

// Compile and run:
// gcc -Wall -lpthread truncate_read.c && ./a.out

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <pthread.h>

int fd;
int l = 10*1024*1024;
pthread_t tid[2];

void* read_thread(void *arg){
	int o,n;
	char b;
	for(o=l; o>0; o--) {
		b = 'a';
		n = pread(fd, &b, 1, o);
		if(n==0) {
			continue;
		}
		if(b != 'x') {
			printf("wrong data: %x\n", b);
		}
	}
	return NULL;
}

void* truncate_thread(void *arg){
	// Parent = Truncater
	int o,n;
	// "3" seems to be the sweet spot to trigger the most errors.
	for(o=l; o>0; o-=3) {
		n = ftruncate(fd, o);
		if(n!=0) {
			perror("ftruncate err");
		}
	}
	return NULL;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
	fd = open("/dev/shm/x", O_RDWR | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, 0666);
	if(fd < 0) {
		printf("open failed\n");
		exit(1);
	}
	char* x = malloc(l);
	memset(x, 'x', l);
	write(fd, x, l);

	pthread_create(&(tid[0]), NULL, &read_thread, NULL);
	pthread_create(&(tid[1]), NULL, &truncate_thread, NULL);

	void *res;
	pthread_join(tid[0], &res);
	pthread_join(tid[1], &res);

	return 0;
}