FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm: workingset: fix crash in shadow node shrinker caused by" failed to apply to 4.7-stable tree

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------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From: Johannes Weiner <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:11:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] mm: workingset: fix crash in shadow node shrinker caused by
replace_page_cache_page()

Antonio reports the following crash when using fuse under memory pressure:

kernel BUG at /build/linux-a2WvEb/linux-4.4.0/mm/workingset.c:346! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP

  Modules linked in: all of them
  CPU: 2 PID: 63 Comm: kswapd0 Not tainted 4.4.0-36-generic #55-Ubuntu
  Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/P8H67-M PRO, BIOS 3904 04/27/2013
  task: ffff88040cae6040 ti: ffff880407488000 task.ti: ffff880407488000
  RIP: shadow_lru_isolate+0x181/0x190
  Call Trace:
    __list_lru_walk_one.isra.3+0x8f/0x130
    list_lru_walk_one+0x23/0x30
    scan_shadow_nodes+0x34/0x50
    shrink_slab.part.40+0x1ed/0x3d0
    shrink_zone+0x2ca/0x2e0
    kswapd+0x51e/0x990
    kthread+0xd8/0xf0
    ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70

which corresponds to the following sanity check in the shadow node tracking:

  BUG_ON(node->count & RADIX_TREE_COUNT_MASK);

The workingset code tracks radix tree nodes that exclusively contain shadow entries of evicted pages in them, and this (somewhat obscure) line checks whether there are real pages left that would interfere with reclaim of the radix tree node under memory pressure.

While discussing ways how fuse might sneak pages into the radix tree past the workingset code, Miklos pointed to replace_page_cache_page(), and indeed there is a problem there: it properly accounts for the old page being removed - __delete_from_page_cache() does that - but then does a raw raw radix_tree_insert(), not accounting for the replacement page. Eventually the page count bits in node->count underflow while leaving the node incorrectly linked to the shadow node LRU.

To address this, make sure replace_page_cache_page() uses the tracked page insertion code, page_cache_tree_insert(). This fixes the page accounting and makes sure page-containing nodes are properly unlinked from the shadow node LRU again.

Also, make the sanity checks a bit less obscure by using the helpers for checking the number of pages and shadows in a radix tree node.

index b17cc4830fa6..4a529c984a3f 100644
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ static inline void workingset_node_pages_inc(struct radix_tree_node *node)
 
 static inline void workingset_node_pages_dec(struct radix_tree_node *node)
 {
+	VM_BUG_ON(!workingset_node_pages(node));
 	node->count--;
 }
 

@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ static inline void workingset_node_shadows_inc(struct radix_tree_node *node)
 
 static inline void workingset_node_shadows_dec(struct radix_tree_node *node)
 {
+	VM_BUG_ON(!workingset_node_shadows(node));
 	node->count -= 1U << RADIX_TREE_COUNT_SHIFT;
 }
 

index 69551cfae97b..617475f529f4 100644
@@ -418,21 +418,19 @@ static enum lru_status shadow_lru_isolate(struct list_head *item,
 	 * no pages, so we expect to be able to remove them all and
 	 * delete and free the empty node afterwards.
 	 */
-
-	BUG_ON(!node->count);
-	BUG_ON(node->count & RADIX_TREE_COUNT_MASK);
+	BUG_ON(!workingset_node_shadows(node));
+	BUG_ON(workingset_node_pages(node));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < RADIX_TREE_MAP_SIZE; i++) {
 		if (node->slots[i]) {
 			BUG_ON(!radix_tree_exceptional_entry(node->slots[i]));
 			node->slots[i] = NULL;
-			BUG_ON(node->count < (1U << RADIX_TREE_COUNT_SHIFT));
-			node->count -= 1U << RADIX_TREE_COUNT_SHIFT;
+			workingset_node_shadows_dec(node);
 			BUG_ON(!mapping->nrexceptional);
 			mapping->nrexceptional--;
 		}
 	}
-	BUG_ON(node->count);
+	BUG_ON(workingset_node_shadows(node));
 	inc_node_state(page_pgdat(virt_to_page(node)), WORKINGSET_NODERECLAIM);
 	if (!__radix_tree_delete_node(&mapping->page_tree, node))
 		BUG();