+ mm-validate-inode-in-mapping_set_error.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: mm: validate inode in mapping_set_error()
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     mm-validate-inode-in-mapping_set_error.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-validate-inode-in-mapping_set_error.patch
and later at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-validate-inode-in-mapping_set_error.patch

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From: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: validate inode in mapping_set_error()

The swap address_space doesn't have host. Thus, it makes kernel crash once
swap write meets error. Fix it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201010000650.750063-1-minchan@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 735e4ae5ba28 ("vfs: track per-sb writeback errors and report them to syncfs")
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 include/linux/pagemap.h |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h~mm-validate-inode-in-mapping_set_error
+++ a/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ static inline void mapping_set_error(str
 	__filemap_set_wb_err(mapping, error);
 
 	/* Record it in superblock */
-	errseq_set(&mapping->host->i_sb->s_wb_err, error);
+	if (mapping->host)
+		errseq_set(&mapping->host->i_sb->s_wb_err, error);
 
 	/* Record it in flags for now, for legacy callers */
 	if (error == -ENOSPC)
_

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

mm-validate-inode-in-mapping_set_error.patch
mm-madvise-pass-mm-to-do_madvise.patch
pid-move-pidfd_get_pid-to-pidc.patch
mm-madvise-introduce-process_madvise-syscall-an-external-memory-hinting-api.patch
mm-madvise-introduce-process_madvise-syscall-an-external-memory-hinting-api-fix.patch
mm-madvise-introduce-process_madvise-syscall-an-external-memory-hinting-api-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix.patch
mm-madvise-introduce-process_madvise-syscall-an-external-memory-hinting-api-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix.patch




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