linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] fs: Use delayed shrinker unregistration

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Message-ID: <51cbf269-daff-d7b8-653f-7ba388475ab8@linux.dev>
Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2023 10:50:11 +0800
From:   Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@...ux.dev>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
        Kirill Tkhai <tkhai@...ru>, vbabka@...e.cz,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, brauner@...nel.org, djwong@...nel.org,
        hughd@...gle.com, paulmck@...nel.org, muchun.song@...ux.dev,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] fs: Use delayed shrinker unregistration



On 2023/6/9 08:27, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 09:17:54 +1000 Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com> wrote:
> 
>>> Given that we're at -rc5 now, and the file system folks didn't get
>>> consulted until fairly late in the progress, and the fact that this
>>> may cause use-after-free problems that could lead to security issues,
>>> perhaps we shoould consider reverting the SRCU changeover now, and try
>>> again for the next merge window?
>>
>> Yes, please, because I think we can fix this in a much better way
>> and make things a whole lot simpler at the same time.
> 
> Qi Zheng, if agreeable could you please prepare and send reverts of
> 475733dda5a ("mm: vmscan: add shrinker_srcu_generation") and of
> f95bdb700bc6bb74 ("mm: vmscan: make global slab shrink lockless")?

OK. After reading the proposal suggested by Dave, I think it is more
feasible. I will revert the previous changes ASAP, and then try to
implement Dave's proposal.

Thanks,
Qi

> 
> Thanks.