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authorRoss Zwisler <zwisler@kernel.org>2018-09-11 13:31:16 -0400
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2018-09-11 13:31:16 -0400
commitb1f382178d150f256c1cf95b9341fda6eb764459 (patch)
treea0d4c289912c4150b948abd2729980d85d3e9ade /fs/ext4/mmp.c
parent5f8c10936fab2b69a487400f2872902e597dd320 (diff)
downloadlinux-b1f382178d150f256c1cf95b9341fda6eb764459.tar.gz
ext4: close race between direct IO and ext4_break_layouts()
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.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
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