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-rw-r--r--drivers/video/fb_defio.c14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
index 6113c47e095..6b93ef93cb1 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static int fb_deferred_io_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
return 0;
}
-int fb_deferred_io_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int fb_deferred_io_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
{
struct fb_info *info = file->private_data;
@@ -100,6 +100,16 @@ static int fb_deferred_io_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
/* protect against the workqueue changing the page list */
mutex_lock(&fbdefio->lock);
+ /*
+ * We want the page to remain locked from ->page_mkwrite until
+ * the PTE is marked dirty to avoid page_mkclean() being called
+ * before the PTE is updated, which would leave the page ignored
+ * by defio.
+ * Do this by locking the page here and informing the caller
+ * about it with VM_FAULT_LOCKED.
+ */
+ lock_page(page);
+
/* we loop through the pagelist before adding in order
to keep the pagelist sorted */
list_for_each_entry(cur, &fbdefio->pagelist, lru) {
@@ -121,7 +131,7 @@ page_already_added:
/* come back after delay to process the deferred IO */
schedule_delayed_work(&info->deferred_work, fbdefio->delay);
- return 0;
+ return VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
}
static const struct vm_operations_struct fb_deferred_io_vm_ops = {