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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 4f51d0ac5043..55c2776ae699 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -652,18 +652,25 @@ static unsigned int bdi_min_ratio;
int bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int min_ratio)
{
+ unsigned int delta;
int ret = 0;
spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
if (min_ratio > bdi->max_ratio) {
ret = -EINVAL;
} else {
- min_ratio -= bdi->min_ratio;
- if (bdi_min_ratio + min_ratio < 100) {
- bdi_min_ratio += min_ratio;
- bdi->min_ratio += min_ratio;
+ if (min_ratio < bdi->min_ratio) {
+ delta = bdi->min_ratio - min_ratio;
+ bdi_min_ratio -= delta;
+ bdi->min_ratio = min_ratio;
} else {
- ret = -EINVAL;
+ delta = min_ratio - bdi->min_ratio;
+ if (bdi_min_ratio + delta < 100) {
+ bdi_min_ratio += delta;
+ bdi->min_ratio = min_ratio;
+ } else {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ }
}
}
spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
@@ -2686,10 +2693,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(folio_redirty_for_writepage);
* folio_mark_dirty - Mark a folio as being modified.
* @folio: The folio.
*
- * For folios with a mapping this should be done with the folio lock held
- * for the benefit of asynchronous memory errors who prefer a consistent
- * dirty state. This rule can be broken in some special cases,
- * but should be better not to.
+ * The folio may not be truncated while this function is running.
+ * Holding the folio lock is sufficient to prevent truncation, but some
+ * callers cannot acquire a sleeping lock. These callers instead hold
+ * the page table lock for a page table which contains at least one page
+ * in this folio. Truncation will block on the page table lock as it
+ * unmaps pages before removing the folio from its mapping.
*
* Return: True if the folio was newly dirtied, false if it was already dirty.
*/