Hi Trond, On Sun, 2020-02-02 at 17:53 -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote: > When a NFS directory page cache page is removed from the page cache, > its contents are freed through a call to nfs_readdir_clear_array(). > To prevent the removal of the page cache entry until after we've > finished reading it, we must take the page lock. > > Fixes: 11de3b11e08c ("NFS: Fix a memory leak in nfs_readdir") > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v2.6.37+ > Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/nfs/dir.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++----------- > 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c > index ba0d55930e8a..90467b44ec13 100644 > --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c > +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c > @@ -705,8 +705,6 @@ int nfs_readdir_filler(void *data, struct page* page) > static > void cache_page_release(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc) > { > - if (!desc->page->mapping) > - nfs_readdir_clear_array(desc->page); > put_page(desc->page); > desc->page = NULL; > } > @@ -720,19 +718,28 @@ struct page *get_cache_page(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t > *desc) > > /* > * Returns 0 if desc->dir_cookie was found on page desc->page_index > + * and locks the page to prevent removal from the page cache. > */ > static > -int find_cache_page(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc) > +int find_and_lock_cache_page(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc) > { > int res; > > desc->page = get_cache_page(desc); > if (IS_ERR(desc->page)) > return PTR_ERR(desc->page); > - > - res = nfs_readdir_search_array(desc); > + res = lock_page_killable(desc->page); > if (res != 0) > - cache_page_release(desc); > + goto error; > + res = -EAGAIN; > + if (desc->page->mapping != NULL) { > + res = nfs_readdir_search_array(desc); > + if (res == 0) > + return 0; > + } > + unlock_page(desc->page); > +error: > + cache_page_release(desc); > return res; > } > Can you give me some guidance on how to apply this on top of Dai's v2 patch from January 23? Right now I have the nfsi->page_index getting set before the unlock_page(): @@ -732,15 +733,24 @@ int find_cache_page(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc) if (IS_ERR(desc->page)) return PTR_ERR(desc->page); - res = nfs_readdir_search_array(desc); + res = lock_page_killable(desc->page); if (res != 0) cache_page_release(desc); + goto error; + res = -EAGAIN; + if (desc->page->mapping != NULL) { + res = nfs_readdir_search_array(desc); + if (res == 0) + return 0; + } dentry = file_dentry(desc->file); inode = d_inode(dentry); nfsi = NFS_I(inode); nfsi->page_index = desc->page_index; - + unlock_page(desc->page); +error: + cache_page_release(desc); return res; } Please let me know if there is a better way to handle the conflict! Anna > @@ -747,7 +754,7 @@ int readdir_search_pagecache(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t > *desc) > desc->last_cookie = 0; > } > do { > - res = find_cache_page(desc); > + res = find_and_lock_cache_page(desc); > } while (res == -EAGAIN); > return res; > } > @@ -786,7 +793,6 @@ int nfs_do_filldir(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc) > desc->eof = true; > > kunmap(desc->page); > - cache_page_release(desc); > dfprintk(DIRCACHE, "NFS: nfs_do_filldir() filling ended @ cookie %Lu; > returning = %d\n", > (unsigned long long)*desc->dir_cookie, res); > return res; > @@ -832,13 +838,13 @@ int uncached_readdir(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc) > > status = nfs_do_filldir(desc); > > + out_release: > + nfs_readdir_clear_array(desc->page); > + cache_page_release(desc); > out: > dfprintk(DIRCACHE, "NFS: %s: returns %d\n", > __func__, status); > return status; > - out_release: > - cache_page_release(desc); > - goto out; > } > > /* The file offset position represents the dirent entry number. A > @@ -903,6 +909,8 @@ static int nfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct > dir_context *ctx) > break; > > res = nfs_do_filldir(desc); > + unlock_page(desc->page); > + cache_page_release(desc); > if (res < 0) > break; > } while (!desc->eof);