Re: FIle copy to FAT FS on NVDIMM hits BUG_ON at fs/buffer.c:3305!

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On Wed, 2017-07-26 at 10:11 -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 06:23:08PM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> > The locking of this path seems to be broken. The guy familiar to
> > bdev_write_page() path will made real fix though, The following
> > patch should be explaining enough what is wrong.
> > 
> > In short, clean_buffers() must be called before unlocking
> > lock_page().
> 
> Thanks for that.  This should fix the problem while not leaking the
> unlock_page call outside bdev_write_page.
> 
> --- 8< ---
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks Willy and Hirofumi for the quick fix!  I've tested the change,
and it works fine.

Tested-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx>

Out of curiosity, I am still wondering about the following: 
 - Why is this issue exposed with FAT FS, but not with other FSs?
 - Why did I not see this issue with BTT?

Thanks,
-Toshi




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