forked from Minki/linux
mainlining shenanigans
94ab10dd42
It is not easily reproducible, but on 5.16-rc I have several times hit
the VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageTail(page), page) in
page_cache_add_speculative(): usually from filemap_get_read_batch() for
an ext4 read, yesterday from next_uptodate_page() from
filemap_map_pages() for a shmem fault.
That BUG used to be placed where page_ref_add_unless() had succeeded,
but now it is placed before folio_ref_add_unless() is attempted: that is
not safe, since it is only the acquired reference which makes the page
safe from racing THP collapse or split.
We could keep the BUG, checking PageTail only when
folio_ref_try_add_rcu() has succeeded; but I don't think it adds much
value - just delete it.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/8b98fc6f-3439-8614-c3f3-945c659a1aba@google.com
Fixes:
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arch | ||
block | ||
certs | ||
crypto | ||
Documentation | ||
drivers | ||
fs | ||
include | ||
init | ||
ipc | ||
kernel | ||
lib | ||
LICENSES | ||
mm | ||
net | ||
samples | ||
scripts | ||
security | ||
sound | ||
tools | ||
usr | ||
virt | ||
.clang-format | ||
.cocciconfig | ||
.get_maintainer.ignore | ||
.gitattributes | ||
.gitignore | ||
.mailmap | ||
COPYING | ||
CREDITS | ||
Kbuild | ||
Kconfig | ||
MAINTAINERS | ||
Makefile | ||
README |
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.