Re: [PATCH v1] mm/memory: fix folio_set_dirty() vs. folio_mark_dirty() in zap_pte_range()

From: Ryan Roberts
Date: Mon Jan 22 2024 - 13:07:52 EST


On 22/01/2024 17:17, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> 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.

That set_page_dirty() naming is pretty nasty, hey.

>
> This has been found by code inspection, but likely this can result in
> some real trouble when zapping dirty PTEs that point at clean pagecache
> folios.
>
> Reported-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2445cedb-61fb-422c-8bfb-caf0a2beed62@xxxxxxx
> Fixes: c46265030b0f ("mm/memory: page_remove_rmap() -> folio_remove_rmap_pte()")
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> mm/memory.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 7e1f4849463aa..89bcae0b224d6 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ static unsigned long zap_pte_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
> delay_rmap = 0;
> if (!folio_test_anon(folio)) {
> if (pte_dirty(ptent)) {
> - folio_set_dirty(folio);
> + folio_mark_dirty(folio);
> if (tlb_delay_rmap(tlb)) {
> delay_rmap = 1;
> force_flush = 1;