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

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Date:	Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:51:55 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Cc:	Andrei Popa <andrei.popa@...eo.ro>,
	Gordon Farquharson <gordonfarquharson@...il.com>,
	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, Dec 24, 2006 at 12:24:46PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 24 Dec 2006, Andrei Popa wrote:
> > 
> > Hash check on download completion found bad chunks, consider using
> > "safe_sync".
> 
> Dang. Did you get any warning messages from the kernel?
> 
> 		Linus

BTW, rmap.c patch is broken - needs at least

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 57306fa..669acb2 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static int page_mkclean_one(struct page 
 		entry = ptep_clear_flush(vma, address, pte);
 		entry = pte_wrprotect(entry);
 		entry = pte_mkclean(entry);
-		set_pte_at(vma, address, pte, entry);
+		set_pte_at(mm, address, pte, entry);
 		lazy_mmu_prot_update(entry);
 		ret = 1;
 	}
-
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