[PATCH] mm: bug in set_page_dirty_buffers
This was triggered, but not the fault of, the dirty page accounting patches. Suitable for -stable as well, after it goes upstream. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000004c EIP is at _spin_lock+0x12/0x66 Call Trace: [<401766e7>] __set_page_dirty_buffers+0x15/0xc0 [<401401e7>] set_page_dirty+0x2c/0x51 [<40140db2>] set_page_dirty_balance+0xb/0x3b [<40145d29>] __do_fault+0x1d8/0x279 [<40147059>] __handle_mm_fault+0x125/0x951 [<401133f1>] do_page_fault+0x440/0x59f [<4034d0c1>] error_code+0x39/0x40 [<08048a33>] 0x8048a33 Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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int __set_page_dirty_buffers(struct page *page)
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int __set_page_dirty_buffers(struct page *page)
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struct address_space * const mapping = page->mapping;
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struct address_space * const mapping = page_mapping(page);
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if (unlikely(!mapping))
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return !TestSetPageDirty(page);
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spin_lock(&mapping->private_lock);
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spin_lock(&mapping->private_lock);
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if (page_has_buffers(page)) {
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if (page_has_buffers(page)) {
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