[merged mm-stable] mm-huge_memory-fix-folio_set_dirty-vs-folio_mark_dirty.patch removed from -mm tree

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The quilt patch titled
     Subject: mm/huge_memory: fix folio_set_dirty() vs. folio_mark_dirty()
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     mm-huge_memory-fix-folio_set_dirty-vs-folio_mark_dirty.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/huge_memory: fix folio_set_dirty() vs. folio_mark_dirty()
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:54:07 +0100

The correct folio replacement for "set_page_dirty()" is
"folio_mark_dirty()", not "folio_set_dirty()".  Using the latter won't
properly inform the FS using the dirty_folio() callback.

This has been found by code inspection, but likely this can result in some
real trouble.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240122175407.307992-1-david@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: a8e61d584eda0 ("mm/huge_memory: page_remove_rmap() -> folio_remove_rmap_pmd()")
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/huge_memory.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/huge_memory.c~mm-huge_memory-fix-folio_set_dirty-vs-folio_mark_dirty
+++ a/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(stru
 			page = pmd_page(old_pmd);
 			folio = page_folio(page);
 			if (!folio_test_dirty(folio) && pmd_dirty(old_pmd))
-				folio_set_dirty(folio);
+				folio_mark_dirty(folio);
 			if (!folio_test_referenced(folio) && pmd_young(old_pmd))
 				folio_set_referenced(folio);
 			folio_remove_rmap_pmd(folio, page, vma);
@@ -3563,7 +3563,7 @@ int set_pmd_migration_entry(struct page_
 	}
 
 	if (pmd_dirty(pmdval))
-		folio_set_dirty(folio);
+		folio_mark_dirty(folio);
 	if (pmd_write(pmdval))
 		entry = make_writable_migration_entry(page_to_pfn(page));
 	else if (anon_exclusive)
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from david@xxxxxxxxxx are






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