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Re: [Stable 4.4 - NEEDS REVIEW - 2/3] mm: filemap: don't plant shadow entries without radix tree node

From Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [Stable 4.4 - NEEDS REVIEW - 2/3] mm: filemap: don't plant shadow entries without radix tree node
Date 2016-10-24 21:20 +0200
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On Mon 24-10-16 14:56:00, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> Hi Michal,
> 
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 05:26:04PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > @@ -155,44 +155,27 @@ static void page_cache_tree_delete(struct address_space *mapping,
> >  				   struct page *page, void *shadow)
> >  {
> >  	struct radix_tree_node *node;
> > -	unsigned long index;
> > -	unsigned int offset;
> > -	unsigned int tag;
> >  	void **slot;
> >  
> >  	VM_BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
> >  
> >  	__radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, page->index, &node, &slot);
> >  
> > -	if (shadow) {
> > -		mapping->nrshadows++;
> > -		/*
> > -		 * Make sure the nrshadows update is committed before
> > -		 * the nrpages update so that final truncate racing
> > -		 * with reclaim does not see both counters 0 at the
> > -		 * same time and miss a shadow entry.
> > -		 */
> > -		smp_wmb();
> > -	}
> > -	mapping->nrpages--;
> > +	radix_tree_clear_tags(&mapping->page_tree, node, slot);
> >  
> >  	if (!node) {
> > -		/* Clear direct pointer tags in root node */
> > -		mapping->page_tree.gfp_mask &= __GFP_BITS_MASK;
> > -		radix_tree_replace_slot(slot, shadow);
> > -		return;
> > -	}
> 
> There is no need to include the refactoring of the tag clearing in the
> stable backport. I already sent a simpler backport of this patch for
> 4.4 to Greg, attached here for reference:

I do not see this in 4.4 so maybe it's fallen through cracks. Yours
definitely looks easier and I will use it. I will post all 4 patches for
inclusion for stable tomorrow unless something else pops out.

Thanks for the review again!
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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[Stable 4.4 - NEEDS REVIEW - 0/3] mm: working set fixes Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-10-24 17:30 +0200
  [Stable 4.4 - NEEDS REVIEW - 2/3] mm: filemap: don't plant shadow entries without radix tree node Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-10-24 17:30 +0200
    Re: [Stable 4.4 - NEEDS REVIEW - 2/3] mm: filemap: don't plant  shadow entries without radix tree node Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-10-24 21:00 +0200
      Re: [Stable 4.4 - NEEDS REVIEW - 2/3] mm: filemap: don't plant  shadow entries without radix tree node Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-10-24 21:20 +0200
  [Stable 4.4 - NEEDS REVIEW - 3/3] mm: filemap: fix mapping->nrpages double accounting in fuse Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-10-24 17:30 +0200
    Re: [Stable 4.4 - NEEDS REVIEW - 3/3] mm: filemap: fix  mapping->nrpages double accounting in fuse Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-10-24 21:00 +0200
  [Stable 4.4 - NEEDS REVIEW - 1/3] mm: workingset: fix crash in shadow node shrinker caused by replace_page_cache_page() Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-10-24 17:30 +0200
    Re: [Stable 4.4 - NEEDS REVIEW - 1/3] mm: workingset: fix crash in  shadow node shrinker caused by replace_page_cache_page() Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-10-24 21:00 +0200
    Re: [Stable 4.4 - NEEDS REVIEW - 1/3] mm: workingset: fix crash in  shadow node shrinker caused by replace_page_cache_page() Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> - 2016-10-24 21:00 +0200

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