mapping_set_error should only be called on 0 returns (which it ignores) or a negative error code. writepage_cb ends up being able to call writepage_cb on the magic AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE return value from ->writepage which means success but the caller needs to unlock the page. Ignore that and just call mapping_set_error on negative errors. (no fixes tag as this goes back more than 20 years over various renames and refactors so I've given up chasing down the original introduction) Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- mm/page-writeback.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index 3f255534986a2f..703e83c69ffe08 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -2535,7 +2535,9 @@ static int writepage_cb(struct folio *folio, struct writeback_control *wbc, { struct address_space *mapping = data; int ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(&folio->page, wbc); - mapping_set_error(mapping, ret); + + if (ret < 0) + mapping_set_error(mapping, ret); return ret; } -- 2.39.2