Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] dax: fix cache flush on PMD-mapped pages

From: Jan Kara
Date: Thu Feb 03 2022 - 05:17:10 EST


On Wed 02-02-22 22:33:03, Muchun Song wrote:
> The flush_cache_page() only remove a PAGE_SIZE sized range from the cache.
> However, it does not cover the full pages in a THP except a head page.
> Replace it with flush_cache_range() to fix this issue.
>
> Fixes: f729c8c9b24f ("dax: wrprotect pmd_t in dax_mapping_entry_mkclean")
> Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza

> ---
> fs/dax.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
> index 88be1c02a151..e031e4b6c13c 100644
> --- a/fs/dax.c
> +++ b/fs/dax.c
> @@ -857,7 +857,8 @@ static void dax_entry_mkclean(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index,
> if (!pmd_dirty(*pmdp) && !pmd_write(*pmdp))
> goto unlock_pmd;
>
> - flush_cache_page(vma, address, pfn);
> + flush_cache_range(vma, address,
> + address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
> pmd = pmdp_invalidate(vma, address, pmdp);
> pmd = pmd_wrprotect(pmd);
> pmd = pmd_mkclean(pmd);
> --
> 2.11.0
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR