All coming events are stored in FIFO order and this is also should be
applicable to ->ovflist, which originally is stack, i.e. LIFO.
Thus to keep correct FIFO order ->ovflist should reversed by adding
elements to the head of the read list but not to the tail.
Signed-off-by: Roman Penyaev <rpenyaev@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
fs/eventpoll.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 2329f96469e2..3627c2e07149 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -722,7 +722,11 @@ static __poll_t ep_scan_ready_list(struct eventpoll *ep,
* contain them, and the list_splice() below takes care of them.
*/
if (!ep_is_linked(epi)) {
- list_add_tail(&epi->rdllink, &ep->rdllist);
+ /*
+ * ->ovflist is LIFO, so we have to reverse it in order
+ * to keep in FIFO.
+ */
+ list_add(&epi->rdllink, &ep->rdllist);
ep_pm_stay_awake(epi);
}
}
--
2.19.1
