linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] shmem: Update folio if shmem_replace

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Date:   Fri, 5 Aug 2022 20:52:15 +0000
From:   William Kucharski <william.kucharski@...cle.com>
To:     "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
CC:     Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] shmem: Update folio if shmem_replace_page() updates the
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Looks good.

Reviewed-by: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@...cle.com>


> On Jul 29, 2022, at 10:25 PM, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
> If we allocate a new page, we need to make sure that our folio matches
> that new page.  This will be solved by changing shmem_replace_page()
> to shmem_replace_folio(), but this is the minimal fix.
> 
> Fixes: da08e9b79323 ("mm/shmem: convert shmem_swapin_page() to shmem_swapin_folio()")
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
> ---
> mm/shmem.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
> index a6f565308133..bcc0a3c7b5bf 100644
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -1771,6 +1771,7 @@ static int shmem_swapin_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
> 
> if (shmem_should_replace_folio(folio, gfp)) {
> error = shmem_replace_page(&page, gfp, info, index);
> + folio = page_folio(page);
> if (error)
> goto failed;
> }
> -- 
> 2.35.1