Re: [PATCH 06/10] hugetlbfs: Convert remove_inode_hugepages() to use filemap_get_folios()

From: Sumanth Korikkar
Date: Mon Jun 13 2022 - 02:57:04 EST


On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 10:17:36PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 05:52:05PM +0200, Sumanth Korikkar wrote:
> > To reproduce:
> > * clone libhugetlbfs:
> > * Execute, PATH=$PATH:"obj64/" LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../obj64/ alloc-instantiate-race shared
>
> ... it's a lot harder to set up hugetlb than that ...
>
> anyway, i figured it out without being able to run the reproducer.
>
> Can you try this?
>
> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> index a30587f2e598..8ef861297ffb 100644
> --- a/mm/filemap.c
> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> @@ -2160,7 +2160,11 @@ unsigned filemap_get_folios(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t *start,
> if (xa_is_value(folio))
> continue;
> if (!folio_batch_add(fbatch, folio)) {
> - *start = folio->index + folio_nr_pages(folio);
> + unsigned long nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
> +
> + if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio))
> + nr = 1;
> + *start = folio->index + nr;
> goto out;
> }
> }

Yes, With the patch, The above tests works fine.

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Thanks,
Sumanth