The patch titled
Subject: mm-reimplement-compound_nr-fix
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-reimplement-compound_nr-fix.patch
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-reimplement-compound_nr-fix.patch
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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm-reimplement-compound_nr-fix
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 13:05:05 +0000
shmem is deliberately calling zero_user_segments() on a tail page.
zero_user_segments() calls compound_nr() which used to return 1 when
called on a tail page but now trips this assert. I didn't intend this
change of behaviour, so let's start by fixing that.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/Y8AFgZEEjnUIaCbf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: <syzbot+fa6f2ee9039b87ef86c4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 19 +++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/mm.h~mm-reimplement-compound_nr-fix
+++ a/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1736,10 +1736,22 @@ static inline long folio_nr_pages(struct
#endif
}
-/* Returns the number of pages in this potentially compound page. */
+/*
+ * compound_nr() returns the number of pages in this potentially compound
+ * page. compound_nr() can be called on a tail page, and is defined to
+ * return 1 in that case.
+ */
static inline unsigned long compound_nr(struct page *page)
{
- return folio_nr_pages((struct folio *)page);
+ struct folio *folio = (struct folio *)page;
+
+ if (!test_bit(PG_head, &folio->flags))
+ return 1;
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+ return folio->_folio_nr_pages;
+#else
+ return 1L << folio->_folio_order;
+#endif
}
/**
@@ -1748,8 +1760,7 @@ static inline unsigned long compound_nr(
*/
static inline int thp_nr_pages(struct page *page)
{
- VM_BUG_ON_PGFLAGS(PageTail(page), page);
- return compound_nr(page);
+ return folio_nr_pages((struct folio *)page);
}
/**
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
buffer-add-b_folio-as-an-alias-of-b_page.patch
buffer-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch
buffer-use-b_folio-in-touch_buffer.patch
buffer-use-b_folio-in-end_buffer_async_read.patch
buffer-use-b_folio-in-end_buffer_async_write.patch
page_io-remove-buffer_head-include.patch
buffer-use-b_folio-in-mark_buffer_dirty.patch
gfs2-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch
jbd2-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch
nilfs2-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch
reiserfs-replace-obvious-uses-of-b_page-with-b_folio.patch
mpage-use-b_folio-in-do_mpage_readpage.patch
mm-memcg-add-folio_memcg_check.patch
mm-remove-folio_pincount_ptr-and-head_compound_pincount.patch
mm-convert-head_subpages_mapcount-into-folio_nr_pages_mapped.patch
doc-clarify-refcount-section-by-referring-to-folios-pages.patch
mm-convert-total_compound_mapcount-to-folio_total_mapcount.patch
mm-convert-page_remove_rmap-to-use-a-folio-internally.patch
mm-convert-page_add_anon_rmap-to-use-a-folio-internally.patch
mm-convert-page_add_file_rmap-to-use-a-folio-internally.patch
mm-add-folio_add_new_anon_rmap.patch
mm-add-folio_add_new_anon_rmap-fix-2.patch
page_alloc-use-folio-fields-directly.patch
mm-use-a-folio-in-hugepage_add_anon_rmap-and-hugepage_add_new_anon_rmap.patch
mm-use-entire_mapcount-in-__page_dup_rmap.patch
mm-debug-remove-call-to-head_compound_mapcount.patch
hugetlb-remove-uses-of-folio_mapcount_ptr.patch
mm-convert-page_mapcount-to-use-folio_entire_mapcount.patch
mm-remove-head_compound_mapcount-and-_ptr-functions.patch
mm-reimplement-compound_order.patch
mm-reimplement-compound_nr.patch
mm-reimplement-compound_nr-fix.patch
mm-convert-set_compound_page_dtor-and-set_compound_order-to-folios.patch
mm-convert-is_transparent_hugepage-to-use-a-folio.patch
mm-convert-destroy_large_folio-to-use-folio_dtor.patch
hugetlb-remove-uses-of-compound_dtor-and-compound_nr.patch
mm-remove-first-tail-page-members-from-struct-page.patch
doc-correct-struct-folio-kernel-doc.patch
mm-move-page-deferred_list-to-folio-_deferred_list.patch
mm-huge_memory-remove-page_deferred_list.patch
mm-huge_memory-convert-get_deferred_split_queue-to-take-a-folio.patch
mm-convert-deferred_split_huge_page-to-deferred_split_folio.patch
shmem-convert-shmem_write_end-to-use-a-folio.patch
