From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> page->mapping is undefined for tail pages, so operate exclusively on the head page. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page-writeback.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index 7326b54ab728..e2da7d7e93b8 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -2841,6 +2841,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wait_on_page_writeback); */ void wait_for_stable_page(struct page *page) { + page = compound_head(page); if (bdi_cap_stable_pages_required(inode_to_bdi(page->mapping->host))) wait_on_page_writeback(page); } -- 2.26.2