Re: [PATCH v4] khugepaged: fix readahead lock inversion in collapse_file()

From: Baolin Wang

Date: Thu Oct 29 2026 - 02:05:12 EST




On 10/26/26 11:20 PM, Lance Yang wrote:
collapse_file() can call page_cache_sync_readahead() while still holding
source folios locked. If truncate holds mapping->invalidate_lock
exclusively and waits for one of those folios, readahead waits for
invalidate_lock and neither side can make progress.

We need to release those folio locks before starting readahead. On a page
cache miss, roll back first, populate the collapse range, and retry once.
Doing readahead after rollback avoids an extra pass when all folios are
already present. If another miss occurs on retry, give up rather than keep
retrying while truncate or reclaim removes folios.

Keep page_cache_sync_readahead() and wait for read I/O with
filemap_lock_folio(), releasing each folio before moving to the next. The
existing uptodate check during collapse still handles read errors.

Shmem uses shmem_get_folio() for swapin and fallocated folios without
taking mapping->invalidate_lock, so it is unaffected.

Reported-by: syzbot+16bf7cd0ebeb1de93aa5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=16bf7cd0ebeb1de93aa5
Fixes: 730633f0b7f9 ("mm: Protect operations adding pages to page cache with invalidate_lock")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
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Thanks. I'm fine with followups to clean up the code.
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>