Re: [PATCH] mm,thp: recheck each page before collapsing file THP

From: Rik van Riel
Date: Fri Oct 18 2019 - 09:07:05 EST


On Thu, 2019-10-17 at 22:08 -0700, Song Liu wrote:
> In collapse_file(), after locking the page, it is necessary to
> recheck
> that the page is up-to-date, clean, and pointing to the proper
> mapping.
> If any check fails, abort the collapse.
>
> Fixes: 99cb0dbd47a1 ("mm,thp: add read-only THP support for (non-
> shmem) FS")
> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>