Re: [PATCH] Revert "f2fs: remove non-uptodate folio from the page cache in move_data_block"

From: Chao Yu

Date: Mon Jun 15 2026 - 22:57:49 EST

On 6/15/26 23:21, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> On 06/12, Chao Yu wrote:
>> On 6/8/26 17:09, zhaoyang.huang wrote:
>>> From: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> This reverts commit 9609dd704725a40cd63d915f2ab6c44248a44598.
>>>
>>> The kernel panics are keeping to be reported especially when the f2fs
>>> partition get almost full. By investigation, we find that the reason is
>>> one f2fs page got freed to buddy without being deleted from LRU and the
>>> root cause is the race happened in [2] which is enrolled by this commit.
>>>
>>> There are 3 race processes in this scenario, please find below for their
>>> main activities.
>>>
>>> The changed code in move_data_block() lets the GC path evict the tail-end
>>> folio from the page cache through folio_end_dropbehind(). Once
>>> folio_unmap_invalidate() removes the folio from mapping->i_pages, the
>>> page-cache references for all pages in the folio are dropped. The folio
>>> is then kept alive only by temporary external references, which allows a
>>> later split to operate on a folio whose subpages are no longer protected
>>> by page-cache references.
>>>
>>> After the page-cache references are gone, split_folio_to_order() can
>>> split the big folio into individual pages and put the resulting subpages
>>> back on the LRU. For tail pages beyond EOF, split removes them from the
>>> page cache and drops their page-cache references. A tail page can then
>>> remain on the LRU with PG_lru set while holding only the split caller's
>>> temporary reference. When free_folio_and_swap_cache() drops that final
>>> reference, the page enters the final folio_put() release path.
>>>
>>> In parallel, folio_isolate_lru() can observe the same tail page with a
>>> non-zero refcount and PG_lru set. It clears PG_lru before taking its own
>>> reference. If this races with the final folio_put() from the split path,
>>> __folio_put() sees PG_lru already cleared and skips lruvec_del_folio().
>>> The page is then freed back to the allocator while its lru links are
>>> still present in the LRU list. A later LRU operation on a neighboring
>>> page detects the stale link and reports list corruption.
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> [ 22.486082] list_del corruption. next->prev should be fffffffec10e0ac8, but was dead000000000122. (next=fffffffec10e0a88)
>>> [ 22.486130] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>>> [ 22.486134] kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:67!
>>> [ 22.486141] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] SMP
>>> [ 22.488502] Tainted: [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE
>>> [ 22.488506] Hardware name: Spreadtrum UMS9230 1H10 SoC (DT)
>>> [ 22.488511] pstate: 604000c5 (nZCv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
>>> [ 22.488517] pc : __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x14c/0x154
>>> [ 22.488531] lr : __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x14c/0x154
>>> [ 22.488539] sp : ffffffc08006b830
>>> [ 22.488542] x29: ffffffc08006b868 x28: 0000000000003020 x27: 0000000000000000
>>> [ 22.488553] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000004 x24: fffffffec10e0ac0
>>> [ 22.488564] x23: 00000000000000e8 x22: 0000000000000024 x21: dead000000000122
>>> [ 22.488574] x20: fffffffec10e0a88 x19: fffffffec10e0ac8 x18: ffffffc080061060
>>> [ 22.488585] x17: 20747562202c3863 x16: 6130653031636566 x15: 0000000000000058
>>> [ 22.488595] x14: 0000000000000004 x13: ffffff80f91e0000 x12: 0000000000000003
>>> [ 22.488605] x11: 0000000000000003 x10: 0000000000000001 x9 : ffe85721f0e25f00
>>> [ 22.488615] x8 : ffe85721f0e25f00 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 6c65645f7473696c
>>> [ 22.488625] x5 : ffffffed39b23026 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000010
>>> [ 22.488636] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 000000000000006d
>>> [ 22.488647] Call trace:
>>> [ 22.488651] __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x14c/0x154 (P)
>>> [ 22.488661] __folio_put+0x2bc/0x434
>>> [ 22.488670] folio_put+0x28/0x58
>>> [ 22.488678] do_garbage_collect+0x1a34/0x2584
>>> [ 22.488689] f2fs_gc+0x230/0x9b4
>>> [ 22.488697] f2fs_fallocate+0xb90/0xdf4
>>> [ 22.488706] vfs_fallocate+0x1b4/0x2bc
>>> [ 22.488716] __arm64_sys_fallocate+0x44/0x78
>>> [ 22.488725] invoke_syscall+0x58/0xe4
>>> [ 22.488732] do_el0_svc+0x48/0xdc
>>> [ 22.488739] el0_svc+0x3c/0x98
>>> [ 22.488747] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x20/0x130
>>> [ 22.488754] el0t_64_sync+0x1c4/0x1c8
>>>
>>> [2]
>>> CPU0 (f2fs GC) CPU1 (split_folio_to_order) CPU2 (folio_isolate_lru)
>>>
>>> F: pagecache refs = n
>>> F: extra refs = GC + split
>>> F: PG_lru set
>>> move_data_block()
>>> folio = f2fs_grab_cache_folio(F)
>>> ...
>>> __folio_set_dropbehind(F)
>>> folio_unlock(F)
>>> folio_end_dropbehind(F)
>>> folio_unmap_invalidate(F)
>>> __filemap_remove_folio(F)
>>> folio_put_refs(F, n)
>>> folio_put(F)
>>> split_folio_to_order(F)
>>> folio_ref_freeze(F, 1)
>>> ...
>>> lru_add_split_folio(T)
>>> list_add_tail(&T->lru, &F->lru)
>>> folio_set_lru(T)
>>> __filemap_remove_folio(T)
>>> folio_put_refs(T, 1)
>>> /* T refcount == 1, PageLRU set */
>>> folio_isolate_lru(T)
>>> folio_test_clear_lru(T)
>>> free_folio_and_swap_cache(T)
>>> folio_put(T)
>>> /* refcount: 1 -> 0 */
>>> __folio_put(T)
>>> __page_cache_release(T)
>>> folio_test_lru(T) == false
>>> /* skip lruvec_del_folio(T) */
>>> free_frozen_pages(T)
>>> folio_get(T)
>>> lruvec_del_folio(T)
>>> later:
>>> list_del(adjacent->lru)
>>> next == &T->lru
>>> next->prev == LIST_POISON / PCP freelist
>>> BUG
>>>
>>
>> Missing Fixes and Cc: stable lines.
>
> Applied with them.

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

>
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> I suspect this is a bug of MM, we can revert this first, and reapply after we
>> fix this iusse in MM.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>> ---
>>> fs/f2fs/gc.c | 6 +-----
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
>>> index ba93010924c0..3084e05e22f2 100644
>>> --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
>>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
>>> @@ -1468,11 +1468,7 @@ static int move_data_block(struct inode *inode, block_t bidx,
>>> put_out:
>>> f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
>>> out:
>>> - if (!folio_test_uptodate(folio))
>>> - __folio_set_dropbehind(folio);
>>> - folio_unlock(folio);
>>> - folio_end_dropbehind(folio);
>>> - folio_put(folio);
>>> + f2fs_folio_put(folio, true);
>>> return err;
>>> }
>>