linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lock_page() doesn't lock if __wait_on_bit

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Date:	Sun, 13 Dec 2015 10:55:54 -0500
From:	Chris Mason <clm@...com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Jones <dsj@...com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jon Christopherson <jon@...s.org>, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lock_page() doesn't lock if __wait_on_bit_lock returns
 -EINTR

On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 10:50:01AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 11:41:26AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > It looks like PeterZ's pending patch should fix this, by passing in
> > the proper TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE to the bit_wait_io function, and going
> > back to signal_pending_state(). PeterZ, did I follow the history of
> > this correctly?
> 
> Yes. I made a right mess of things with my 'fix'.

Our two fixes together made it overnight.  So at least for the
lock_page() case things are extra super fixed.

-chris
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