On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 09:26:19AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote: > Check for NULL entries before checking the entry order, otherwise NULL > is misinterpreted as a present pte conflict. The 'order' check needs to > happen before the locked check as an unlocked entry at the wrong order > must fallback to lookup the correct order. > > Reported-by: Jeff Smits <jeff.smits@xxxxxxxxx> > Reported-by: Doug Nelson <doug.nelson@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Fixes: 23c84eb78375 ("dax: Fix missed wakeup with PMD faults") > Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/dax.c | 5 +++-- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c > index a71881e77204..08160011d94c 100644 > --- a/fs/dax.c > +++ b/fs/dax.c > @@ -221,10 +221,11 @@ static void *get_unlocked_entry(struct xa_state *xas, unsigned int order) > > for (;;) { > entry = xas_find_conflict(xas); > + if (!entry || WARN_ON_ONCE(!xa_is_value(entry))) > + return entry; > if (dax_entry_order(entry) < order) > return XA_RETRY_ENTRY; > - if (!entry || WARN_ON_ONCE(!xa_is_value(entry)) || > - !dax_is_locked(entry)) > + if (!dax_is_locked(entry)) > return entry; Yes, I think this works. Should we also add: static unsigned int dax_entry_order(void *entry) { + BUG_ON(!xa_is_value(entry)); if (xa_to_value(entry) & DAX_PMD) return PMD_ORDER; return 0; } which would have caught this logic error before it caused a performance regression?