From 2d6d7f98284648c5ed113fe22a132148950b140f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Weiner Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 14:32:18 -0800 Subject: mm: protect set_page_dirty() from ongoing truncation Tejun, while reviewing the code, spotted the following race condition between the dirtying and truncation of a page: __set_page_dirty_nobuffers() __delete_from_page_cache() if (TestSetPageDirty(page)) page->mapping = NULL if (PageDirty()) dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY); dec_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info, BDI_RECLAIMABLE); if (page->mapping) account_page_dirtied(page) __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY); __inc_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info, BDI_RECLAIMABLE); which results in an imbalance of NR_FILE_DIRTY and BDI_RECLAIMABLE. Dirtiers usually lock out truncation, either by holding the page lock directly, or in case of zap_pte_range(), by pinning the mapcount with the page table lock held. The notable exception to this rule, though, is do_wp_page(), for which this race exists. However, do_wp_page() already waits for a locked page to unlock before setting the dirty bit, in order to prevent a race where clear_page_dirty() misses the page bit in the presence of dirty ptes. Upgrade that wait to a fully locked set_page_dirty() to also cover the situation explained above. Afterwards, the code in set_page_dirty() dealing with a truncation race is no longer needed. Remove it. Reported-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/writeback.h | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h index a219be961c0a..00048339c23e 100644 --- a/include/linux/writeback.h +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h @@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc, writepage_t writepage, void *data); int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc); -void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page); void writeback_set_ratelimit(void); void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end); -- cgit v1.2.3