From 2d6d7f98284648c5ed113fe22a132148950b140f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Weiner Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 14:32:18 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] mm: protect set_page_dirty() from ongoing truncation Tejun, while reviewing the code, spotted the following race condition between the dirtying and truncation of a page: __set_page_dirty_nobuffers() __delete_from_page_cache() if (TestSetPageDirty(page)) page->mapping = NULL if (PageDirty()) dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY); dec_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info, BDI_RECLAIMABLE); if (page->mapping) account_page_dirtied(page) __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY); __inc_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info, BDI_RECLAIMABLE); which results in an imbalance of NR_FILE_DIRTY and BDI_RECLAIMABLE. Dirtiers usually lock out truncation, either by holding the page lock directly, or in case of zap_pte_range(), by pinning the mapcount with the page table lock held. The notable exception to this rule, though, is do_wp_page(), for which this race exists. However, do_wp_page() already waits for a locked page to unlock before setting the dirty bit, in order to prevent a race where clear_page_dirty() misses the page bit in the presence of dirty ptes. Upgrade that wait to a fully locked set_page_dirty() to also cover the situation explained above. Afterwards, the code in set_page_dirty() dealing with a truncation race is no longer needed. Remove it. Reported-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/writeback.h | 1 - mm/memory.c | 27 +++++++++++++++--------- mm/page-writeback.c | 43 +++++++++++---------------------------- 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h index a219be961c0a..00048339c23e 100644 --- a/include/linux/writeback.h +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h @@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc, writepage_t writepage, void *data); int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc); -void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page); void writeback_set_ratelimit(void); void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end); diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index d7e497e98f46..c6565f00fb38 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -2137,17 +2137,24 @@ reuse: if (!dirty_page) return ret; - /* - * Yes, Virginia, this is actually required to prevent a race - * with clear_page_dirty_for_io() from clearing the page dirty - * bit after it clear all dirty ptes, but before a racing - * do_wp_page installs a dirty pte. - * - * do_shared_fault is protected similarly. - */ if (!page_mkwrite) { - wait_on_page_locked(dirty_page); - set_page_dirty_balance(dirty_page); + struct address_space *mapping; + int dirtied; + + lock_page(dirty_page); + dirtied = set_page_dirty(dirty_page); + VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageAnon(dirty_page), dirty_page); + mapping = dirty_page->mapping; + unlock_page(dirty_page); + + if (dirtied && mapping) { + /* + * Some device drivers do not set page.mapping + * but still dirty their pages + */ + balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping); + } + /* file_update_time outside page_lock */ if (vma->vm_file) file_update_time(vma->vm_file); diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index d5d81f5384d1..6f4335238e33 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -1541,16 +1541,6 @@ pause: bdi_start_background_writeback(bdi); } -void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page) -{ - if (set_page_dirty(page)) { - struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page); - - if (mapping) - balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping); - } -} - static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, bdp_ratelimits); /* @@ -2123,32 +2113,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_dirtied); * page dirty in that case, but not all the buffers. This is a "bottom-up" * dirtying, whereas __set_page_dirty_buffers() is a "top-down" dirtying. * - * Most callers have locked the page, which pins the address_space in memory. - * But zap_pte_range() does not lock the page, however in that case the - * mapping is pinned by the vma's ->vm_file reference. - * - * We take care to handle the case where the page was truncated from the - * mapping by re-checking page_mapping() inside tree_lock. + * The caller must ensure this doesn't race with truncation. Most will simply + * hold the page lock, but e.g. zap_pte_range() calls with the page mapped and + * the pte lock held, which also locks out truncation. */ int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page *page) { if (!TestSetPageDirty(page)) { struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page); - struct address_space *mapping2; unsigned long flags; if (!mapping) return 1; spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags); - mapping2 = page_mapping(page); - if (mapping2) { /* Race with truncate? */ - BUG_ON(mapping2 != mapping); - WARN_ON_ONCE(!PagePrivate(page) && !PageUptodate(page)); - account_page_dirtied(page, mapping); - radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree, - page_index(page), PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY); - } + BUG_ON(page_mapping(page) != mapping); + WARN_ON_ONCE(!PagePrivate(page) && !PageUptodate(page)); + account_page_dirtied(page, mapping); + radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree, page_index(page), + PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags); if (mapping->host) { /* !PageAnon && !swapper_space */ @@ -2305,12 +2288,10 @@ int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page) /* * We carefully synchronise fault handlers against * installing a dirty pte and marking the page dirty - * at this point. We do this by having them hold the - * page lock at some point after installing their - * pte, but before marking the page dirty. - * Pages are always locked coming in here, so we get - * the desired exclusion. See mm/memory.c:do_wp_page() - * for more comments. + * at this point. We do this by having them hold the + * page lock while dirtying the page, and pages are + * always locked coming in here, so we get the desired + * exclusion. */ if (TestClearPageDirty(page)) { dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY); -- 2.39.2