cromfs_read()'s fast path decompresses a block directly into the
caller's buffer whenever a read reaches a block at its start and the
caller has room for the whole decompressed block, bypassing the
per-file decompression cache (ff_buffer). It nonetheless marked that
block as cached by setting ff_offset, without ever writing ff_buffer
itself.
A later read of the same block that fell onto the slow path trusted
that false cache tag, skipped decompression, and copied from
ff_buffer without it ever having been populated for that block. A
repeated identical fast-path read of the same block hit the same
false tag and skipped decompression entirely, leaving the caller's
buffer untouched and returning whatever was already there.
Fixed by having the fast path only read the cache, never populate it:
reuse ff_buffer when a prior slow-path read already cached the same
block, otherwise decompress straight into the caller's buffer without
touching ff_offset/ff_buffer.
Co-authored-by: Pavlo
Assisted-by: Claude Code:claude-sonnet-5
Signed-off-by: alexcekay <alexander@auterion.com>
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