DAX will return to locking exceptional entry before mapping blocks for a page fault to fix possible races with concurrent writes. To avoid lock inversion between exceptional entry lock and transaction start, start the transaction already in ext4_dax_huge_fault(). Fixes: 9f141d6ef6258a3a37a045842d9ba7e68f368956 CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/file.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c index cefa9835f275..831fd6beebf0 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/file.c +++ b/fs/ext4/file.c @@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ static int ext4_dax_huge_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, enum page_entry_size pe_size) { int result; + handle_t *handle = NULL; struct inode *inode = file_inode(vmf->vma->vm_file); struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb; bool write = vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE; @@ -264,12 +265,24 @@ static int ext4_dax_huge_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, if (write) { sb_start_pagefault(sb); file_update_time(vmf->vma->vm_file); + down_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem); + handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE, + EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(sb)); + } else { + down_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem); } - down_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem); - result = dax_iomap_fault(vmf, pe_size, &ext4_iomap_ops); - up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem); - if (write) + if (!IS_ERR(handle)) + result = dax_iomap_fault(vmf, pe_size, &ext4_iomap_ops); + else + result = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS; + if (write) { + if (!IS_ERR(handle)) + ext4_journal_stop(handle); + up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem); sb_end_pagefault(sb); + } else { + up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem); + } return result; } -- 2.12.0 -- 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>