On 8/8/18 12:25 PM, Dave Jiang wrote:
> From: Ross Zwisler <zwis...@kernel.org>
>
> If the refcount of a page is lowered between the time that it is returned
> by dax_busy_page() and when the refcount is again checked in
> ext4_break_layouts() => ___wait_var_event(), the waiting function
> ext4_wait_dax_page() will never be called. This means that
> ext4_break_layouts() will still have 'retry' set to false, so we'll stop
> looping and never check the refcount of other pages in this inode.
>
> Instead, always continue looping as long as dax_layout_busy_page() gives us
> a page which it found with an elevated refcount.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwis...@linux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <j...@suse.cz>
Ted - wondering if this one is still on your radar?
Thanks,
-Eric
> ---
>
> v2:
> - remove verbiage in comment header (Jan)
>
> fs/ext4/inode.c | 9 +++------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index 8f6ad7667974..d2663a1e3ec2 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -4191,9 +4191,8 @@ int ext4_update_disksize_before_punch(struct inode
> *inode, loff_t offset,
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static void ext4_wait_dax_page(struct ext4_inode_info *ei, bool *did_unlock)
> +static void ext4_wait_dax_page(struct ext4_inode_info *ei)
> {
> - *did_unlock = true;
> up_write(&ei->i_mmap_sem);
> schedule();
> down_write(&ei->i_mmap_sem);
> @@ -4203,14 +4202,12 @@ int ext4_break_layouts(struct inode *inode)
> {
> struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
> struct page *page;
> - bool retry;
> int error;
>
> if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!rwsem_is_locked(&ei->i_mmap_sem)))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> do {
> - retry = false;
> page = dax_layout_busy_page(inode->i_mapping);
> if (!page)
> return 0;
> @@ -4218,8 +4215,8 @@ int ext4_break_layouts(struct inode *inode)
> error = ___wait_var_event(&page->_refcount,
> atomic_read(&page->_refcount) == 1,
> TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 0, 0,
> - ext4_wait_dax_page(ei, &retry));
> - } while (error == 0 && retry);
> + ext4_wait_dax_page(ei));
> + } while (error == 0);
>
> return error;
> }
>
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