Re: [PATCH 6.1.y] mm: zswap: fix missing folio cleanup in writeback race path

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On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 2:16 AM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 10:03:46AM +0000, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> > In zswap_writeback_entry(), after we get a folio from
> > __read_swap_cache_async(), we grab the tree lock again to check that the
> > swap entry was not invalidated and recycled.  If it was, we delete the
> > folio we just added to the swap cache and exit.
> >
> > However, __read_swap_cache_async() returns the folio locked when it is
> > newly allocated, which is always true for this path, and the folio is
> > ref'd.  Make sure to unlock and put the folio before returning.
> >
> > This was discovered by code inspection, probably because this path handles
> > a race condition that should not happen often, and the bug would not crash
> > the system, it will only strand the folio indefinitely.
> >
> > Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240125085127.1327013-1-yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Fixes: 04fc7816089c ("mm: fix zswap writeback race condition")
> > Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Domenico Cerasuolo <cerasuolodomenico@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > (cherry picked from commit e3b63e966cac0bf78aaa1efede1827a252815a1d)
>
> For obvious reasons, I can't take a patch only for 6.1, and not for
> newer kernel releases (i.e. 6.6.y) as then there would be a regression.
> Can you please provide a backport for that tree and then we can take
> this one.

I sent one, it's here:
https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20240226221017.1332778-1-yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx/

I clarified in a reply that it's for 6.6.y. Do I need to resend it?





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