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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
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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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