The patch titled hostfs convert to new aops fix has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is hostfs-convert-to-new-aops-fix.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: hostfs convert to new aops fix From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx> Fix lock ordering for hostfs. It seems that this filesystem may not be vulnerable to the bug, given that it implements its own writepage, but it is better to retain the safe ordering. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c~hostfs-convert-to-new-aops-fix fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c --- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c~hostfs-convert-to-new-aops-fix +++ a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ #include <linux/list.h> #include <linux/statfs.h> #include <linux/kdev_t.h> +#include <linux/swap.h> /* mark_page_accessed */ #include <asm/uaccess.h> #include "hostfs.h" #include "kern_util.h" @@ -493,14 +494,15 @@ int hostfs_write_end(struct file *file, if (!PageUptodate(page) && err == PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) SetPageUptodate(page); - unlock_page(page); - page_cache_release(page); /* If err > 0, write_file has added err to pos, so we are comparing * i_size against the last byte written. */ if (err > 0 && (pos > inode->i_size)) inode->i_size = pos; + unlock_page(page); + mark_page_accessed(page); + page_cache_release(page); return err; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from npiggin@xxxxxxx are origin.patch mm-fix-fault-vs-invalidate-race-for-linear-mappings.patch mm-merge-populate-and-nopage-into-fault-fixes-nonlinear.patch mm-fault-feedback-1.patch mm-fault-feedback-2.patch mm-fault-feedback-2-fix.patch mm-fault-feedback-2-fix-2.patch mm-fix-clear_page_dirty_for_io-vs-fault-race.patch mm-revert-kernel_ds-buffered-write-optimisation.patch revert-81b0c8713385ce1b1b9058e916edcf9561ad76d6.patch revert-6527c2bdf1f833cc18e8f42bd97973d583e4aa83.patch mm-clean-up-buffered-write-code.patch mm-debug-write-deadlocks.patch mm-trim-more-holes.patch mm-buffered-write-cleanup.patch mm-write-iovec-cleanup.patch mm-fix-pagecache-write-deadlocks.patch mm-buffered-write-iterator.patch fs-fix-data-loss-on-error.patch fs-introduce-write_begin-write_end-and-perform_write-aops.patch introduce-write_begin-write_end-aops-important-fix.patch mm-restore-kernel_ds-optimisations.patch implement-simple-fs-aops.patch block_dev-convert-to-new-aops.patch ext2-convert-to-new-aops.patch ext3-convert-to-new-aops.patch ext3-convert-to-new-aops-fix.patch ext4-convert-to-new-aops.patch ext4-convert-to-new-aops-fix.patch xfs-convert-to-new-aops.patch fs-new-cont-helpers.patch fat-convert-to-new-aops.patch hfs-convert-to-new-aops.patch hfsplus-convert-to-new-aops.patch hpfs-convert-to-new-aops.patch bfs-convert-to-new-aops.patch qnx4-convert-to-new-aops.patch reiserfs-use-generic-write.patch reiserfs-convert-to-new-aops.patch reiserfs-convert-to-new-aops-fix.patch reiserfs-use-generic_cont_expand_simple.patch with-reiserfs-no-longer-using-the-weird-generic_cont_expand-remove-it-completely.patch nfs-convert-to-new-aops.patch smb-convert-to-new-aops.patch fuse-convert-to-new-aops.patch hostfs-convert-to-new-aops.patch hostfs-convert-to-new-aops-fix.patch jffs2-convert-to-new-aops.patch ufs-convert-to-new-aops.patch udf-convert-to-new-aops.patch udf-convert-to-new-aops-fix.patch sysv-convert-to-new-aops.patch minix-convert-to-new-aops.patch jfs-convert-to-new-aops.patch fs-adfs-convert-to-new-aops.patch fs-affs-convert-to-new-aops.patch affs-convert-to-new-aops-fix.patch ocfs2-convert-to-new-aops.patch fs-remove-some-aop_truncated_page.patch fs-reiserfs-cleanups.patch fs-introduce-write_begin-write_end-and-perform_write-aops-revoke.patch reiser4-fix-for-new-aops-patches.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html