On Fri 29-04-16 13:53:40, Ross Zwisler wrote: > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:35:36PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > > Currently the handling of huge pages for DAX is racy. For example the > > following can happen: > > > > CPU0 (THP write fault) CPU1 (normal read fault) > > > > __dax_pmd_fault() __dax_fault() > > get_block(inode, block, &bh, 0) -> not mapped > > get_block(inode, block, &bh, 0) > > -> not mapped > > if (!buffer_mapped(&bh) && write) > > get_block(inode, block, &bh, 1) -> allocates blocks > > truncate_pagecache_range(inode, lstart, lend); > > dax_load_hole(); > > > > This results in data corruption since process on CPU1 won't see changes > > into the file done by CPU0. > > > > The race can happen even if two normal faults race however with THP the > > situation is even worse because the two faults don't operate on the same > > entries in the radix tree and we want to use these entries for > > serialization. So make THP support in DAX code depend on CONFIG_BROKEN > > for now. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> > > --- > > fs/dax.c | 2 +- > > include/linux/dax.h | 2 +- > > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c > > index d7addfab2094..388327f56fa8 100644 > > --- a/fs/dax.c > > +++ b/fs/dax.c > > @@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ int dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf, > > } > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_fault); > > > > -#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE > > +#if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && defined(CONFIG_BROKEN) > > /* > > * The 'colour' (ie low bits) within a PMD of a page offset. This comes up > > * more often than one might expect in the below function. > > diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h > > index 7c45ac7ea1d1..0591f4853228 100644 > > --- a/include/linux/dax.h > > +++ b/include/linux/dax.h > > @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static inline struct page *read_dax_sector(struct block_device *bdev, > > } > > #endif > > > > -#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE > > +#if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && defined(CONFIG_BROKEN) > > int dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long addr, pmd_t *, > > unsigned int flags, get_block_t); > > int __dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long addr, pmd_t *, > > -- > > 2.6.6 > > Ah, sorry, I think by "make PMD depend on CONFIG_BROKEN" Dan & I meant this: > > diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig > index 6725f59..b8fcb41 100644 > --- a/fs/Kconfig > +++ b/fs/Kconfig > @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ config FS_DAX_PMD > depends on FS_DAX > depends on ZONE_DEVICE > depends on TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE > + depends on BROKEN > > endif # BLOCK > > This has the benefit that you have only one place to quickly reenable PMD code > if/when we want to work on it. OK, makes sense. I've changed this. Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>