[PATCHv4 16/39] thp, mm: locking tail page is a bug

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Sat May 11 2013 - 21:28:43 EST


From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Locking head page means locking entire compound page.
If we try to lock tail page, something went wrong.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/filemap.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 3a03426..9ea46a4 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ void __lock_page(struct page *page)
{
DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &page->flags, PG_locked);

+ VM_BUG_ON(PageTail(page));
__wait_on_bit_lock(page_waitqueue(page), &wait, sleep_on_page,
TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
}
@@ -690,6 +691,7 @@ int __lock_page_killable(struct page *page)
{
DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &page->flags, PG_locked);

+ VM_BUG_ON(PageTail(page));
return __wait_on_bit_lock(page_waitqueue(page), &wait,
sleep_on_page_killable, TASK_KILLABLE);
}
--
1.7.10.4

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