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lib/scatterlist.c: don't flush_kernel_dcache_page on slab page
Commit b1adaf6 ("[SCSI] block: add sg buffer copy helper functions") introduces two sg buffer copy helpers, and calls flush_kernel_dcache_page() on pages in SG list after these pages are written to. Unfortunately, the commit may introduce a potential bug: - Before sending some SCSI commands, kmalloc() buffer may be passed to block layper, so flush_kernel_dcache_page() can see a slab page finally - According to cachetlb.txt, flush_kernel_dcache_page() is only called on "a user page", which surely can't be a slab page. - ARCH's implementation of flush_kernel_dcache_page() may use page mapping information to do optimization so page_mapping() will see the slab page, then VM_BUG_ON() is triggered. Aaro Koskinen reported the bug on ARM/kirkwood when DEBUG_VM is enabled, and this patch fixes the bug by adding test of '!PageSlab(miter->page)' before calling flush_kernel_dcache_page(). Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <[email protected]> Reported-by: Aaro Koskinen <[email protected]> Tested-by: Simon Baatz <[email protected]> Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux <[email protected]> Cc: Will Deacon <[email protected]> Cc: Aaro Koskinen <[email protected]> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <[email protected]> Cc: FUJITA Tomonori <[email protected]> Cc: Tejun Heo <[email protected]> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <[email protected]> Cc: Jens Axboe <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> [3.2+] Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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