Re: linux-5.13.2: warning from kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:359

[Miaohe Lin]

On 2021/7/19 19:22, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 07:12:58PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>> When in the commit 2799e77529c2a, we're using the percpu_ref to serialize against
>> concurrent swapoff, i.e. there's percpu_ref inside get_swap_device() instead of
>> rcu_read_lock(). Please see commit 63d8620ecf93 ("mm/swapfile: use percpu_ref to
>> serialize against concurrent swapoff") for detail.
> 
> Oh, so this is a backport problem.  2799e77529c2 was backported without
> its prerequisite 63d8620ecf93.  Greg, probably best to just drop

Yes, they're posted as a patch set:

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210426123316.806267-1-linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx

> 2799e77529c2 from all stable trees; the race described is not very
> important (swapoff vs reading a page back from that swap device).
> .
> 

The swapoff races with reading a page back from that swap device should be really
uncommon as most users only do swapoff when the system is going to shutdown.

Sorry for the trouble!