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commit c2dc78b86e0821ecf9a9d0c35dba2618279a5bb6 upstream. We normally ksm_zero_pages++ in ksmd when page is merged with zero page, but ksm_zero_pages-- is done from page tables side, where there is no any accessing protection of ksm_zero_pages. So we can read very exceptional value of ksm_zero_pages in rare cases, such as -1, which is very confusing to users. Fix it by changing to use atomic_long_t, and the same case with the mm->ksm_zero_pages. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240528-b4-ksm-counters-v3-2-34bb358fdc13@linux.dev Fixes: e2942062e01d ("ksm: count all zero pages placed by KSM") Fixes: 6080d19f0704 ("ksm: add ksm zero pages for each process") Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@linux.dev> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Cc: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn> Cc: Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io> Cc: xu xin <xu.xin16@zte.com.cn> Cc: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@zte.com.cn> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.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
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
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.