The patch titled Subject: mm: fs: fix lru_cache_disabled race in bh_lru has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-fs-fix-lru_cache_disabled-race-in-bh_lru.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-fs-fix-lru_cache_disabled-race-in-bh_lru.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-fs-fix-lru_cache_disabled-race-in-bh_lru.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: fs: fix lru_cache_disabled race in bh_lru 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 Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220308180709.2017638-1-minchan@xxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 8cc621d2f45d ("mm: fs: invalidate BH LRU during page migration") Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Chris Goldsworthy <cgoldswo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: John Dias <joaodias@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/buffer.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/fs/buffer.c~mm-fs-fix-lru_cache_disabled-race-in-bh_lru +++ a/fs/buffer.c @@ -1235,16 +1235,18 @@ static void bh_lru_install(struct buffer 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++) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from minchan@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-fs-fix-lru_cache_disabled-race-in-bh_lru.patch