linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/14] vmscan: Fix mapping use after free

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Message-ID: <20100701095318.GE31741@csn.ul.ie>
Date:	Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:53:18 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/14] vmscan: Fix mapping use after free

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:27:05PM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie> wrote:
> > From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
> >
> > Use lock_page_nosync in handle_write_error as after writepage we have no
> > reference to the mapping when taking the page lock.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
> 
> Trivial.
> Please modify description of the function if you have a next turn.
> "run sleeping lock_page()" -> "run sleeping lock_page_nosync"
> 

Fixed, thanks.

-- 
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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