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In afs_writepages_region(), if the dirty page we find is undergoing
writeback or write to cache, but the sync_mode is WB_SYNC_NONE, we go
round the loop trying the same page again and again with no pausing or
waiting unless and until another thread manages to clear the writeback
and fscache flags.
Fix this with three measures:
(1) Advance start to after the page we found.
(2) Break out of the loop and return if rescheduling is requested.
(3) Arbitrarily give up after a maximum of 5 skips.
Fixes: 31143d5d515e ("AFS: implement basic file write support")
Reported-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
Acked-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164692725757.2097000.2060513769492301854.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.