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

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Date:	Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:35:17 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
To:	Gordon Farquharson <gordonfarquharson@...il.com>
cc:	Andrei Popa <andrei.popa@...eo.ro>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Martin Michlmayr <tbm@...ius.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	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)



On Sun, 24 Dec 2006, Gordon Farquharson wrote:
> 
> The apt cache files (/var/cache/apt/*.bin) still get corrupted with
> this patch and 2.6.19.

Yeah, if my guess about do_no_page() is right, _none_ of the previous 
patches should have ANY effect what-so-ever. In fact, I'd say that even 
the "ext3 works in writeback mode" thing that Andrei reports is probably a 
total fluke brought on by timing changes rather than anything else.

So please try the latest patch instead (on top of anything that shows 
corruption reliably - the patch should be _totally_ independent of all the 
other issues, and I think it will apply cleanly on top of 2.6.18.3 and 
2.6.19 too, so anything that shows corruption is a fine target - but try 
to choose something that has been the "best" at corrupting things for you, 
to make the testing as good as possible).

Patch included here again (although I think you were cc'd on my previous 
email too, so you should already have it, and our emails just crossed)

And if this doesn't fix it, I don't know what will..

		Linus

---
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 563792f..cf429c4 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2247,21 +2249,23 @@ retry:
 	if (pte_none(*page_table)) {
 		flush_icache_page(vma, new_page);
 		entry = mk_pte(new_page, vma->vm_page_prot);
-		if (write_access)
-			entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
-		set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, entry);
 		if (anon) {
 			inc_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss);
 			lru_cache_add_active(new_page);
 			page_add_new_anon_rmap(new_page, vma, address);
+			if (write_access)
+				entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
 		} else {
 			inc_mm_counter(mm, file_rss);
 			page_add_file_rmap(new_page);
+			entry = pte_wrprotect(entry);
 			if (write_access) {
 				dirty_page = new_page;
 				get_page(dirty_page);
+				entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
 			}
 		}
+		set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, entry);
 	} else {
 		/* One of our sibling threads was faster, back out. */
 		page_cache_release(new_page);
-
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