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drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shmem.c contains a shmem_writeback()
which calls shmem_writepage() from a shrinker: that usually works well
enough; but if /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/shmem_enabled has been
set to "always" (intended to be usable) or "force" (forces huge everywhere
for easy testing), shmem_writepage() is surprised to be called with a huge
page, and crashes on the VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageCompound) (I did not find out
where the crash happens when CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is off).
LRU page reclaim always splits the shmem huge page first: I'd prefer not
to demand that of i915, so check and split compound in shmem_writepage().
Patch history: when first sent last year
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LSU.2.11.2008301401390.5954@eggly.anvils
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20200919042009.bomzxmrg7%25akpm@linux-foundation.org/
Matthew Wilcox noticed that tail pages were wrongly left clean. This
version brackets the split with Set and Clear PageDirty as he suggested:
which works very well, even if it falls short of our aspirations. And
recently I realized that the crash is not limited to the testing option
"force", but affects "always" too: which is more important to fix.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/bac6158c-8b3d-4dca-cffc-4982f58d9794@google.com
Fixes:
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| include | ||
| init | ||
| ipc | ||
| kernel | ||
| lib | ||
| LICENSES | ||
| mm | ||
| net | ||
| samples | ||
| scripts | ||
| security | ||
| sound | ||
| tools | ||
| usr | ||
| virt | ||
| .clang-format | ||
| .cocciconfig | ||
| .get_maintainer.ignore | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .mailmap | ||
| COPYING | ||
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| README | ||
Linux kernel
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In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.