Re: [PATCH 5.10 0/2] mm/truncate: fix issue in ext4_set_page_dirty()

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On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 02:37:45PM +0000, Roman Smirnov wrote:
> Syzkaller reports warning in ext4_set_page_dirty() in 5.10 stable 
> releases. The problem can be fixed by the following patches 
> which can be cleanly applied to the 5.10 branch.

I do not understand the crash, and I do not understand why this patch
would fix it.  Can you explain either?

> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
> 
> Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=02f21431b65c214aa1d6
> 
> Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) (2):
>   mm/truncate: Inline invalidate_complete_page() into its one caller
>   mm/truncate: Replace page_mapped() call in invalidate_inode_page()
> 
>  kernel/futex/core.c |  2 +-
>  mm/truncate.c       | 34 +++++++---------------------------
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 




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