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[PATCH] mm/page-writeback: fix dirty_ratelimit calculation

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  [PATCH] mm/page-writeback: fix dirty_ratelimit calculation Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@virtuozzo.com> - 2016-01-25 15:20 +0100

#1316743 — [PATCH] mm/page-writeback: fix dirty_ratelimit calculation

Calculation of dirty_ratelimit sometimes is not correct.
E.g. initial values of dirty_ratelimit == INIT_BW and step == 0,
lead to the following result:

   UBSAN: Undefined behaviour in ../mm/page-writeback.c:1286:7
   shift exponent 25600 is too large for 64-bit type 'long unsigned int'

The fix is straightforward - make step 0 if the shift exponent is too big.

Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@virtuozzo.com>
---
 mm/page-writeback.c | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 6fe7d15..d782cba 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1169,6 +1169,7 @@ static void wb_update_dirty_ratelimit(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc,
 	unsigned long balanced_dirty_ratelimit;
 	unsigned long step;
 	unsigned long x;
+	unsigned long shift;
 
 	/*
 	 * The dirty rate will match the writeout rate in long term, except
@@ -1293,11 +1294,11 @@ static void wb_update_dirty_ratelimit(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc,
 	 * rate itself is constantly fluctuating. So decrease the track speed
 	 * when it gets close to the target. Helps eliminate pointless tremors.
 	 */
-	step >>= dirty_ratelimit / (2 * step + 1);
-	/*
-	 * Limit the tracking speed to avoid overshooting.
-	 */
-	step = (step + 7) / 8;
+	shift = dirty_ratelimit / (2 * step + 1);
+	if (shift < BITS_PER_LONG)
+		step = DIV_ROUND_UP(step >> shift, 8);
+	else
+		step = 0;
 
 	if (dirty_ratelimit < balanced_dirty_ratelimit)
 		dirty_ratelimit += step;
-- 
2.4.10

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