linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one (was: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3)

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Date:	Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:29:54 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	Martin Michlmayr <tbm@...ius.com>
Cc:	Andrei Popa <andrei.popa@...eo.ro>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Gordon Farquharson <gordonfarquharson@...il.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one (was: 2.6.19 file content
	corruption on ext3)


A cleanup of try_to_unmap. I have not identified any races that this
would solve, but for consistencies sake.

Also includes a small s390 optimization by moving
page_test_and_clear_dirty() out of the vma iteration.


From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>

We clear the page in the following sequence:
  ClearPageDirty - lock ptl, clear pte, unlock ptl

hence we should dirty in the opposite order:
  lock ptl, clear pte, unlock ptl - SetPageDirty

try_to_unmap_one violates this by doing the SetPageDirty under the ptl.

Also move page_test_and_clear_dirty() to try_to_unmap().

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
---
 mm/rmap.c |   10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/mm/rmap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/rmap.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/rmap.c
@@ -590,8 +590,6 @@ void page_remove_rmap(struct page *page)
 		 * Leaving it set also helps swapoff to reinstate ptes
 		 * faster for those pages still in swapcache.
 		 */
-		if (page_test_and_clear_dirty(page))
-			set_page_dirty(page);
 		__dec_zone_page_state(page,
 				PageAnon(page) ? NR_ANON_PAGES : NR_FILE_MAPPED);
 	}
@@ -610,6 +608,7 @@ static int try_to_unmap_one(struct page 
 	pte_t pteval;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 	int ret = SWAP_AGAIN;
+	struct page *dirty_page = NULL;
 
 	address = vma_address(page, vma);
 	if (address == -EFAULT)
@@ -636,7 +635,7 @@ static int try_to_unmap_one(struct page 
 
 	/* Move the dirty bit to the physical page now the pte is gone. */
 	if (pte_dirty(pteval))
-		set_page_dirty(page);
+		dirty_page = page;
 
 	/* Update high watermark before we lower rss */
 	update_hiwater_rss(mm);
@@ -687,6 +686,8 @@ static int try_to_unmap_one(struct page 
 
 out_unmap:
 	pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
+	if (dirty_page)
+		set_page_dirty(dirty_page);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -918,6 +919,9 @@ int try_to_unmap(struct page *page, int 
 	else
 		ret = try_to_unmap_file(page, migration);
 
+	if (page_test_and_clear_dirty(page))
+		set_page_dirty(page);
+
 	if (!page_mapped(page))
 		ret = SWAP_SUCCESS;
 	return ret;


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