mm: fix clear_page_dirty_for_io vs fault race
Fix msync data loss and (less importantly) dirty page accounting
inaccuracies due to the race remaining in clear_page_dirty_for_io().
The deleted comment explains what the race was, and the added comments
explain how it is fixed.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 61d51da..50dd3d1 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1765,6 +1765,15 @@
unlock:
pte_unmap_unlock(page_table, ptl);
if (dirty_page) {
+ /*
+ * Yes, Virginia, this is actually required to prevent a race
+ * with clear_page_dirty_for_io() from clearing the page dirty
+ * bit after it clear all dirty ptes, but before a racing
+ * do_wp_page installs a dirty pte.
+ *
+ * do_no_page is protected similarly.
+ */
+ wait_on_page_locked(dirty_page);
set_page_dirty_balance(dirty_page);
put_page(dirty_page);
}