1 files changed, 48 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/internal/poll/copy_file_range_linux.go b/src/internal/poll/copy_file_range_linux.go
index 24bee614a6..fc34aef4cb 100644
--- a/src/internal/poll/copy_file_range_linux.go
+++ b/src/internal/poll/copy_file_range_linux.go
@@ -10,15 +10,61 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 )
 
-var copyFileRangeSupported int32 = 1 // accessed atomically
+var copyFileRangeSupported int32 = -1 // accessed atomically
 
 const maxCopyFileRangeRound = 1 << 30
 
+func kernelVersion() (major int, minor int) {
+	var uname syscall.Utsname
+	if err := syscall.Uname(&uname); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	rl := uname.Release
+	var values [2]int
+	vi := 0
+	value := 0
+	for _, c := range rl {
+		if '0' <= c && c <= '9' {
+			value = (value * 10) + int(c-'0')
+		} else {
+			// Note that we're assuming N.N.N here.  If we see anything else we are likely to
+			// mis-parse it.
+			values[vi] = value
+			vi++
+			if vi >= len(values) {
+				break
+			}
+			value = 0
+		}
+	}
+	switch vi {
+	case 0:
+		return 0, 0
+	case 1:
+		return values[0], 0
+	case 2:
+		return values[0], values[1]
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 // CopyFileRange copies at most remain bytes of data from src to dst, using
 // the copy_file_range system call. dst and src must refer to regular files.
 func CopyFileRange(dst, src *FD, remain int64) (written int64, handled bool, err error) {
-	if atomic.LoadInt32(&copyFileRangeSupported) == 0 {
+	if supported := atomic.LoadInt32(&copyFileRangeSupported); supported == 0 {
 		return 0, false, nil
+	} else if supported == -1 {
+		major, minor := kernelVersion()
+		if major > 5 || (major == 5 && minor >= 3) {
+			atomic.StoreInt32(&copyFileRangeSupported, 1)
+		} else {
+			// copy_file_range(2) is broken in various ways on kernels older than 5.3,
+			// see issue #42400 and
+			// https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/copy_file_range.2.html#VERSIONS
+			atomic.StoreInt32(&copyFileRangeSupported, 0)
+			return 0, false, nil
+		}
 	}
 	for remain > 0 {
 		max := remain