Check lru_cache_disabled under bh_lru_lock. Otherwise, it could introduce race below and it fails to migrate pages containing buffer_head. CPU 0 CPU 1 bh_lru_install lru_cache_disable lru_cache_disabled = false atomic_inc(&lru_disable_count); invalidate_bh_lrus_cpu of CPU 0 bh_lru_lock __invalidate_bh_lrus bh_lru_unlock bh_lru_lock install the bh bh_lru_unlock Fixes: 8cc621d2f45d (mm: fs: invalidate BH LRU during page migration) Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/buffer.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c index 8e112b6bd371..c76a8ef60a75 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -1235,16 +1235,18 @@ static void bh_lru_install(struct buffer_head *bh) int i; check_irqs_on(); + bh_lru_lock(); + /* * the refcount of buffer_head in bh_lru prevents dropping the * attached page(i.e., try_to_free_buffers) so it could cause * failing page migration. * Skip putting upcoming bh into bh_lru until migration is done. */ - if (lru_cache_disabled()) + if (lru_cache_disabled()) { + bh_lru_unlock(); return; - - bh_lru_lock(); + } b = this_cpu_ptr(&bh_lrus); for (i = 0; i < BH_LRU_SIZE; i++) { -- 2.35.1.616.g0bdcbb4464-goog